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pz body modded to look like miss foxy lady -
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canopy mod up close showing the blue foam and filler I used to change the fuse to a Reno racer, probably could have gone lower on the height of the canopy but it will look close enough -
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trial fit of HK wing (full aerofoil wing) to pz body -
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start of body carbon fibre tissue covering -
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Covered in carbon fibre tissue and epoxy resin ready for wet sanding -
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mod to HK wing to suit pz body, I had to lengthen the tail of the wing slightly to fit with a piece of foam -
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mod to length of HK wing to make it the same as the park zone wing. did this before deciding on racer instead of warbird. I have now cut the ends off square -
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HK wing mods finished and ready to glass on washout jig
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starboard side close up -
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port side full pic -
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division 1 start -
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division 2 start -
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Powered up and tracking nice (unfortunately not in the lift that the boat at the top left of the picture is in) -
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Could nearly be forgiven for thinking you were watching full size yachts from a distance! -
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Cradle I made for mine almost finished -
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cradle side on, holds the radio batteries and spares all in one spot
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top view of servos pre glued onto wing and centred/tested on travel and issues before gluing the sides of the fuselage on. -
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servos installed and extra supports glued in to add to the gluing surface area. -
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motor box made and ready to glue on -
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gluing in the added battery tray stiffeners, these worked so well on the Polaris that when my brother in law nosed it in (from a gold n cable attachment failure) the battery and the tray and nose were all intact (just separate from the rest of the plane -
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battery tray stiffeners on underside -
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esc heat sink, same as the Polaris I glued with JB weld a hobby king heat sink to the esc and then coated it with several coats of liquid electrical tape and epoxied the whole into the side of the fuse. -
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electrics installed, and hole inside motor pod sealed up. -
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almost finished, sitting on my new plane stand made from plumbers PVC tube (it is fully adjustable)
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start of fuse shaping and line drawing of panel lines that will help with scale detail -
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side profile of blue foam and mdf plug MDF is split down the middle so that when the shaping is finished I can separate the 2 halves and mount them on a lay up board -
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side on giving an idea of the size of it -
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underside of mustang showing start of scoop -
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comparison in size to pz micro mustang fuselage shows that it is not all that much bigger but I will be able to put a good size brushless motor in it as well as a 2 or 3 cell battery -
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comparison in size to pz micro mustang 2nd photo -
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first idea for wing not very successful, but I think it was more the way I did it that made it not real good (probably would make a good wing if shaped properly before bending over spar and gluing) -
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making sure I have a left and right blank with washout marked in on the blue foam blanks I read anywhere from 1.5 to 2 deg washout is a good amount
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double thickness rear fuselage top deck -
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Side panels for the modified vertical tail -
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vertical tail side glued on with gold n cable in position -
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mermaid rudder gold n cable glued in position and showing the enlarged rudder.Hinge is a groove routed in by a dremel cutter (but I may change this to my prefered hinging method) -
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Roughed out airfoil shape
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Close up of tapered full length planks -
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Bow view of planking the final layer of planks -
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Stern view of 2nd layer of planks -
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all planks tapered full length 2 -
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deck planking and gunwhale finished, deck planks were edged with a black marker pen before being glued down. Gunwhale is laminated instead of ply one out of the kit -
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Planking completed -
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View of deck -
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