Pete's latest creation

At last a decent day!!!Final rub down with 1200 wet and dry , and grey primer ready for the cammo scheme.
The Hunter will have to wait now for a couple of weeks as I have two other projects to finish.

Pete - Most impressed by your latest creations, look forward to seeing the Panther & Hunter at Jet & D.F Day.
May I ask what are the other two projects ?
Colin.A

My Hunter will be a clone of this full size

flyingpete wrote: At last a decent day!!!Final rub down with 1200 wet and dry.

Sometimes I think this is easier, then paint rather than trying to cover complex rounded surfaces (or oil soaked wood) with Profilm, always seem to get creases, then spend ages trying to sort it. Much easier to spray paint!

Very true Phil!
If you go for a super light glass cloth and three coats of resin I bet it weighs no more than a profilm covered model.
The biggest mistake people make is that if the weave on the cloth is not filled after three coats of resin they keep on putting layer after layer of resin on which will start getting heavy.
The best way is, if you can still see the weave give the airframe one coat of high build primer,much lighter than numerous coats of resin.
The other big mistake people make is when they first apply the cloth they use far to much resin and you will find the cloth will not stick to the balsa and it floats on the resin.
Much better way is lay the cloth on the panel and pour a small amount of resin in the middle and with a plastic debit card work the resin into the cloth so it sticks to the balsa.Once the panel is done get some good quality kitchen roll and gently dab it over the panel to remove any excess resin and leave to dry.

Come on! Seems to be very slow progress here...... your text said it wouldn't be waiting as you were too excited

Ha Ha Dave but i need to earn some modelling vouchers so i am repairing two crashed models for a guy outside the club.
Anyway as you know the turbine and tail pipe have been ordered from Wren and iv ordered all the decals and paint.
The 100 gallon drop tanks and sabrinas will be finished today ready to fit.

Had a bit of spare time this afternoon so I finished the drop tanks and wing pylons.
The pylons will be epoxied to the underside of the wing and the drop tanks are detachable using a 4 mm bolt into a captive nut.

Question for the seasoned members! The sabrinas on the Hunter we're given this Nick name after a very well endowed pin up girl of the era,can anybody name her?

flyingpete wrote: Question for the seasoned members! The sabrinas on the Hunter we're given this Nick name after a very well endowed pin up girl of the era,can anybody name her?

Pete - Norma Ann Sykes - I remember her on the Arthur Askey show - she was a tall girl & his nose always finished up close
to her attributes.
Bit sad owning up to such childhood memories.

Colin