Let's see your peanuts - Page 2

flailing · Apr 26, 2003, 08:37 PM

No it's thin plastic vacuum formed over a wood plug. Save every blister package you can get your hands on, with a little trimming there are all sorts of useful parts. You can use a paper hole punch and punch 1/16 balsa discs for cylinder heads to fit the bendy straws.

moon · May 05, 2003, 10:38 PM

Hi Flailing
Thanks for the tip on making pilot busts. I tried it and it worked on the first try! Now I just have to find a way to get my peanuts to fly! Thanks again for the great tip.

flailing · May 06, 2003, 06:56 AM

Glad to help, kind of a strange method but it works. Be careful with the paint if you get the TP too wet it will start to come apart.

Ian Easton · May 14, 2003, 09:33 AM

Flailing,
Any chance of getting a copy of the Mauboussin Hemiptere plans. She's a real beauty!

Also it looks like your printing your tissue, would you like to share your method. I'm particularly impressed with the Rothmans Pitt's. I remember seeing the Rothmans team at the Scottish air show about 1975 - unforgettable

Ian Easton · May 14, 2003, 09:43 AM

Well I found a copy of the plans, free on the net

http://www.theplanpage.com/Months/21...les/maubp1.tif

Still curious about the tissue techniques though.

flailing · May 15, 2003, 07:06 AM

The Rothmans Pitts and Mauboussin are painted with Floquil, the rest are mostly printed tissue. The printing is easy, I use a very light coat of spray glue to attach the tissue to a sheet of paper and send it through the printer, drawing the design to print is the hard part. I can send you a copy of the Hemiptere plan do you have a Cad program ? the one on the internet is grossly out of scale.
There is a better plan here. http://mywebpage.netscape.com/dmlive...anutplans.html

But still a little off.

Ian Easton · May 15, 2003, 12:19 PM

Flailing,

I do have Autocad, so getting a file from you would be excellent, and very appreciated.

Ian

BobM · May 18, 2003, 08:44 AM

What a fun thread! I've always loved peanuts, even though they rarely fly well for me (this one does about 25 sec, max). They are still fun to build, and since they don't take too much time or money, I think they are good subjects to try new technques. In this case it was the home made decals (super Cal from www.paper-paper.com with artwork lifted from a MS Combat Flight Sim model). The instruments panel was scanned from the Guillow's kit and resized.

flailing · May 18, 2003, 09:15 AM

Great job on the Mustang, I have seen several Peck P-51s fly very well. Your right about being fun I build lots of peanut models some fly great others not so great but I can't stop building them.

moon · Jun 16, 2003, 11:14 PM

Hi Flailing
I am about to undertake another P'nut project. Is the Maubossin Hemptere plan the Florent Baecke plan on Dave Livesay's site?

Thanks
Moon

flailing · Jun 17, 2003, 07:01 AM

Yes it is, Florent is a friend and fellow club member, his plan is pretty accurate.

moon · Jun 17, 2003, 11:01 PM

Thank you Flailing. I think I'm going to tackle this project. I am very inspired by your models. That must be a heckuva club you are in! We don't have FF activity in this immediate area that I am aware of. I depend on stuff like this for learning and FF conversation. Glad I found it.
Thanks again
Moon

flailing · Jun 18, 2003, 08:33 AM

For years I built FF models and never saw another one, then I moved to Texas and now I fly with a lot of well known fliers we have 3 active FAC clubs, I even manage to beat them sometimes.

moon · Jun 20, 2003, 03:48 PM

Hi Flailing,
I was looking at the MH plans by FB and I am not sure that I understand the section at the nose. Should there be another former at the underside of the nose (Below former A)?

Also, is there any type of mod(s) needed for this plane?

Thanks
MOON

aeropenguin · Jun 23, 2003, 12:01 AM

Flailing,
those are simply stunning and eye-blinding! How it is phisically possible to have that many ribs and stringers so close together and small and beautifully covered like that?
I wouldn't even ever fly them because with one dust particle, it wouldn't be PERFECT, as they are now.

Bravo, and keep them coming!
-Michael

Apr 26, 2003, 08:37 PM	#16
flailing Registered User Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Houston, Texas Posts: 1,030	No it's thin plastic vacuum formed over a wood plug. Save every blister package you can get your hands on, with a little trimming there are all sorts of useful parts. You can use a paper hole punch and punch 1/16 balsa discs for cylinder heads to fit the bendy straws. Last edited by flailing; Apr 26, 2003 at 08:40 PM.

May 14, 2003, 09:33 AM	#19
Ian Easton Registered User Join Date: May 1999 Location: riverside, ca,usa Posts: 2,444	Flailing, Any chance of getting a copy of the Mauboussin Hemiptere plans. She's a real beauty! Also it looks like your printing your tissue, would you like to share your method. I'm particularly impressed with the Rothmans Pitt's. I remember seeing the Rothmans team at the Scottish air show about 1975 - unforgettable Last edited by Ian Easton; May 14, 2003 at 09:36 AM.

May 15, 2003, 07:06 AM	#21
flailing Registered User Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Houston, Texas Posts: 1,030	The Rothmans Pitts and Mauboussin are painted with Floquil, the rest are mostly printed tissue. The printing is easy, I use a very light coat of spray glue to attach the tissue to a sheet of paper and send it through the printer, drawing the design to print is the hard part. I can send you a copy of the Hemiptere plan do you have a Cad program ? the one on the internet is grossly out of scale. There is a better plan here. http://mywebpage.netscape.com/dmlive...anutplans.html But still a little off. Last edited by flailing; May 15, 2003 at 07:21 AM.

May 18, 2003, 08:44 AM	#23
BobM Registered User Join Date: May 2003 Location: Suburban Maryland Posts: 47	Peck Mustang What a fun thread! I've always loved peanuts, even though they rarely fly well for me (this one does about 25 sec, max). They are still fun to build, and since they don't take too much time or money, I think they are good subjects to try new technques. In this case it was the home made decals (super Cal from www.paper-paper.com with artwork lifted from a MS Combat Flight Sim model). The instruments panel was scanned from the Guillow's kit and resized. Attached Thumbnails 18.3 KB · Views: 637

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May 05, 2003, 10:38 PM	#17
moon Registered User Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: troy NY Posts: 93	Hi Flailing Thanks for the tip on making pilot busts. I tried it and it worked on the first try! Now I just have to find a way to get my peanuts to fly! Thanks again for the great tip.

May 06, 2003, 06:56 AM	#18
flailing Registered User Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Houston, Texas Posts: 1,030	Glad to help, kind of a strange method but it works. Be careful with the paint if you get the TP too wet it will start to come apart.

May 14, 2003, 09:43 AM	#20
Ian Easton Registered User Join Date: May 1999 Location: riverside, ca,usa Posts: 2,444	Well I found a copy of the plans, free on the net http://www.theplanpage.com/Months/21...les/maubp1.tif Still curious about the tissue techniques though.

May 15, 2003, 12:19 PM	#22
Ian Easton Registered User Join Date: May 1999 Location: riverside, ca,usa Posts: 2,444	Flailing, I do have Autocad, so getting a file from you would be excellent, and very appreciated. Ian

May 18, 2003, 09:15 AM	#24
flailing Registered User Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Houston, Texas Posts: 1,030	Great job on the Mustang, I have seen several Peck P-51s fly very well. Your right about being fun I build lots of peanut models some fly great others not so great but I can't stop building them.

Jun 16, 2003, 11:14 PM	#25
moon Registered User Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: troy NY Posts: 93	Hi Flailing I am about to undertake another P'nut project. Is the Maubossin Hemptere plan the Florent Baecke plan on Dave Livesay's site? Thanks Moon

Jun 17, 2003, 07:01 AM	#26
flailing Registered User Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Houston, Texas Posts: 1,030	Yes it is, Florent is a friend and fellow club member, his plan is pretty accurate.

Jun 17, 2003, 11:01 PM	#27
moon Registered User Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: troy NY Posts: 93	Thank you Flailing. I think I'm going to tackle this project. I am very inspired by your models. That must be a heckuva club you are in! We don't have FF activity in this immediate area that I am aware of. I depend on stuff like this for learning and FF conversation. Glad I found it. Thanks again Moon

Jun 18, 2003, 08:33 AM	#28
flailing Registered User Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Houston, Texas Posts: 1,030	For years I built FF models and never saw another one, then I moved to Texas and now I fly with a lot of well known fliers we have 3 active FAC clubs, I even manage to beat them sometimes.

Jun 20, 2003, 03:48 PM	#29
moon Registered User Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: troy NY Posts: 93	Hi Flailing, I was looking at the MH plans by FB and I am not sure that I understand the section at the nose. Should there be another former at the underside of the nose (Below former A)? Also, is there any type of mod(s) needed for this plane? Thanks MOON

Jun 23, 2003, 12:01 AM	#30
aeropenguin Who Says Penguins Can't Fly? Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Bay Area, California Posts: 2,701	Flailing, those are simply stunning and eye-blinding! How it is phisically possible to have that many ribs and stringers so close together and small and beautifully covered like that? I wouldn't even ever fly them because with one dust particle, it wouldn't be PERFECT, as they are now. Bravo, and keep them coming! -Michael