Marinaru

The plane to be known as Fronkensteen 3 is in final assembly. It uses the wing from 2, and the third of 3 custom profile fuselages I have put together. The landing gear is longer and placed forward of 2 for better landings. The rudder is a section of one from an R/C wreck.

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I just put the first base coat on this thing. Now to sand.

I just put the first coat of color on this thing. Looks terrible.

Pictures Phill, pictures!

it's supposed to look terrible, it's an abomination
3 models in 1, now that's a first flight I want to see

I'll post more pics if and when I ever finish it.

I think I have a major problem. When I bought the paint for Fronkensteen, I must not have been paying attention. The Rustoleum I bought turned out to be water based latex paint. This stuff can't be fuel resistant. Would it work if I put a coat of clear regular polyurethane over it?

If you have no choise, could be a solution, but it's become heavy. If I will be in your place, I will no cry for that old monocote or what is it....just change it! You will no need to paint the new film, just choose the right color.
Just think about this: you have to fix something on the wing: are you intending to use the hot iron on that paint?...or if it's works, what is the next step, to repaint again the fixed part?! NEAAAH

I have no intention of painting the whole wing, just the wing root area to match the fuselage, then a stripe of monokote front to rear where the monokote from the wing ends.

DONE! Hopefully it will test fly tomorrow.

Flew it today. Too fast, too much pull, needs control trim.

Goood! What are the "enemies" coments?

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You know...the guys who said it's ugly. It's not!

Looking good

too much pull? check the rudder angle or the engine mounting angle
Anyway, I thought that more pull from the plane is a good thing, especially for an acrobatic model