Le Renard
I know this an RC forum, but seen as how it is my blog and it is hobby related, I thought I would add this log in as it is something that takes up a bit of my hobby time and I have had a renewed interest in it of late, It is a long term build that I want to get as neat as possible to put in a display case over the fireplace.
It is an Artesenia Latina kit of "Le Renard" which is an 18th century english cutter that was taken by the french and used as a Corsair/pirate ship, it has 10 caronades and carried a crew of 46.
It is to a scale of 1:50 and is 630mm long.
I am kit bashing it as some of the things in the kit are not how they would be done in full size, and I feel that making these changes will give me a much nicer model even though it is a lot more extra work (all planks have been full length tapered and deck is a laid deck not ply etc)
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It is an Artesenia Latina kit of "Le Renard" which is an 18th century english cutter that was taken by the french and used as a Corsair/pirate ship, it has 10 caronades and carried a crew of 46.
It is to a scale of 1:50 and is 630mm long.
I am kit bashing it as some of the things in the kit are not how they would be done in full size, and I feel that making these changes will give me a much nicer model even though it is a lot more extra work (all planks have been full length tapered and deck is a laid deck not ply etc)
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F-117 Night Hawk
This is my build of the RC Powers F117 stealth fighter
Picture 1 All parts cut out and carbon stiffener glued in with epoxy micro balloons.
Picture 2 Dry fitting of the parts to see how they fit together, decided to trim the edge where the fuselage meets the wing to a neat angle so that I have more gluing surface area to give it extra strength for bugger all gain in weight, was a bit fiddly to do but I think it was worth it if only for the neat edge that gets rid of the gap for finishing purposes.
Photo 3 glued the elevons on using my now standard hinge which is Neo Rez wet suit repair glue.
Photo 4 shows the scored corners for the fuselage RC Powers does this on the outside where it can be seen but due to me trying for a better finish I have done this on the inside out of sight.
Picture 1 All parts cut out and carbon stiffener glued in with epoxy micro balloons.
Picture 2 Dry fitting of the parts to see how they fit together, decided to trim the edge where the fuselage meets the wing to a neat angle so that I have more gluing surface area to give it extra strength for bugger all gain in weight, was a bit fiddly to do but I think it was worth it if only for the neat edge that gets rid of the gap for finishing purposes.
Photo 3 glued the elevons on using my now standard hinge which is Neo Rez wet suit repair glue.
Photo 4 shows the scored corners for the fuselage RC Powers does this on the outside where it can be seen but due to me trying for a better finish I have done this on the inside out of sight.
Baja 5B SS
My Baja 5B SS that has had upgrades done with parts to enhance durability more than increase performance.
100% Polaris build
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This is my 100% Polaris builld, I made the same design on the wing as I did on my 55% build as I think it looks pretty cool 
I am redoing the build log as the computer ate the last one I did, so all the time lines on the postings are not true to actual build time.
Ghost
I am redoing the build log as the computer ate the last one I did, so all the time lines on the postings are not true to actual build time.
Ghost
55% Polaris build
This is my build log of my 55% polaris plane, it is the first plane I have ever built. I started building the 55% one first, to find out any issues I would have building it before commiting to the full size one.
As it turns out I have found the bigger one easier to work on! Hence the reason I have two part built planes.
I have taken photo's of different stages of the build, as well as mods I have made, or different ways of getting to the end result of some of the steps in the process.
For the most part I have stuck to Steve Shumates build log.
I have read the first quarter of this forum and the last section (too big to go right through) and have hopefully incorporated all of the good suggestion in to my plane ie extra frame under battery tray.
As it turns out I have found the bigger one easier to work on! Hence the reason I have two part built planes.
I have taken photo's of different stages of the build, as well as mods I have made, or different ways of getting to the end result of some of the steps in the process.
For the most part I have stuck to Steve Shumates build log.
I have read the first quarter of this forum and the last section (too big to go right through) and have hopefully incorporated all of the good suggestion in to my plane ie extra frame under battery tray.
