Pepsi Chipmunk Build

flyingpete wrote: Nice work Phil Hopefully if the weather is good at the weekend I can get the wing back to you!!

Hopefully at the weekend Pete but not desperate (got to fit the new floor in the Wots Wot so she is flyable again)

XC Forecast is showers for Sat then Sunday partly sunny. if XC follows it's form, by the end of the week Sunday's weather will become Saturdays. Hope I haven't jinxed it already......

Let's hope so Phil,as we need to see Mr B's hawk fly before we all get too old :whistle: Plus I need to go solo on the panther before I get too old

:lol: Or he hits "middle age" first :evil:

flyingpete wrote: Let's hope so Phil,as we need to see Mr B's hawk fly before we all get too old :whistle: Plus I need to go solo on the panther before I get too old

That's a challenge for Saturday then

Given the Wots Wot some time today fitting in the new floor which for some reason would not fit as per the first check. Anyway my fingers too cold. Retired into the conservatory and the heater.

Pepsi prop on and the spinner well and truly hacked until it cleared prop. What else can I get done? Cut four 25mm wide strips of Oracover, 2 red and 2 blue. Iron and stretch on to the fuselage. Now the fun! Eight stars on each strip, dreading this bit because the sticky is one hit or nothing. Done! :whistle:

Back to the wing now a correction had been made to the gear slots. Thanks Pete.

Sunday saw me removing all the white centre band to make way for a new band 25mm wider which "hopefully" will mean that the blue leading edge colour will now match the blue line on the fuselage or near enough. Also I will make a better job of covering it too. Completed cleaning up and managed to get the underside white in place.

Monday, got the centre white band topside on and a lot better job, although I was on tender hooks using the heat gun to stretch it over the wing tips. With that all done managed to get the underside blue on too and this time I got a much much better finish.

.Wednesday, it was 11am before I got motivated but now have the top side blue in place and pleased with my efforts. Used Covertex to help stick down the the white middle band that aligns with the fuselage on bottom side, a grp wing joiner bandage. Sponsor lettering now on starboard wing but I have left the port side till later when I feel I can get it right. the lettering seems to be attracted to me and anything else wearing any man-made fibres which makes it a right pain the ass to apply as it seems to have mind of it's own.

Notice in the images the excellent facilities I have to work in and then only till end of December when it becomes a greenhouse for seedlings..... :lol:

Looking really good Phil

Nice Phil

Phil - Getting self adhesive decals in the right place without making a mess of them.
This might not sound right but I can assure you it works o.k - wet the surface with a mixture
of water & washing up liquid, this will allow you to easily slide the decal into position & then gently
squeeze the liquid out.
You can even run a moderately hot iron over them & listen to the sizzle as the water escapes as steam.
Colin

Very little washing up liquid...homeopathy levels.