Rebuild of E-flite "diamante 25e

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7 years 8 months ago #12878 by 4Pedalsfly
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Progress continues at a slow pace, fit between wing and fuselage improved.
Filling and final sanding of fuselage complete and the airframe is now
ready for covering.
The original cowl and canopy were badly damaged in the crash, a "Wanted" ad
was placed on the B.M.F.A. website and a guy came up with both in much better condition than mine.
Amazing what us modelers hang on to.
Last pic shows new canopy & cowl in place.
Colin.
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7 years 8 months ago #12879 by 4Pedalsfly
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Last pic shows replacement canopy and cowl in place.

Colin.
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7 years 8 months ago #12882 by Brian
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Looks good Colin, hope to see it fly soon.

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7 years 8 months ago #12884 by flyingpete
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Nice job Colin!!

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7 years 8 months ago #12885 by kevinross
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Repair progressing well Colin. Have you sourced a good match for the film covering / paint ? I am currently on my fourth touch up paint on my Decathlon repair and still no perfect match.

BTW - Your workshop is far too clean with too much EMPTY space on the shelves. !!!

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7 years 8 months ago #12890 by 4Pedalsfly
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kevinross wrote: Repair progressing well Colin. Have you sourced a good match for the film covering / paint ? I am currently on my fourth touch up paint on my Decathlon repair and still no perfect match.

BTW - Your workshop is far too clean with too much EMPTY space on the shelves. !!!


Kevin - You should see inside the cupboards​ & drawers​, jammed full of stuff, when we moved into our bungalow, we took down
a conservatory which had a triple layer clear roof.
This now forms the workshop roof, with a little sunshine it reaches a pleasant temperature, but come summer it can reach 40 C !!
but stuff keeps cool in the cupboards​ & drawers.
Also Mrs A is unaware of all those goodies out of site.
Colin

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