Another T45 Swallow - Slingsby --

[MarnochS]

That the $64 question.......Probably on the higher end of the range I would guess.
Getting closer to the "nose weight" portion of the program.

[Gene C]

Second that! What about weight gain? (Ha,Ha) but whats the flying weight now?

[JimD]

Nice touch!

[MarnochS]

Thanks Gunny,

While I wait for the Cockpit paint to cure, a splash of Red for the wings....I'll have to put the spoiler caps on eventually.



Glued on the Aileron and connected the servo ( trimmed the servo horn and a little yellow shrink tubing to hide the threads. )

[gunny11]

Nice cockpit paint! Perfect... Good work

[MarnochS]

Big day for the Swallow.

Seat mounted using the Rudder servo tray hooks on the back and a magnet on the front.




With the servo wires routed, it was time to paint the Cockpit light blue with my trusty Paasche Airbrush.



I couldn't stand it any longer and had to take the masking off.......



Going to try Molex MicroFit 3.0 locking connectors for the wing root. Since I didn't want any wires showing in the transparent covering, I ran the wires through the D-box area..... so a template was made to replicate the new hole location.

[ARUP]

I'll second the fabulous comment!

[Pgoldsmith]

Beautiful
Scott, your making me want to build another one,

[BryanB]

Looks fabulous!

[jgallacher]

Another exceptional model Scott.
Jim

[Gene C]

Scott,
Fantastic! just doesn't due it justice.

[MarnochS]

As requested...... the Swallow that is Yellow




90% done..............90% left to do......

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[BryanB]

Yes, patiently waiting to see it all together. Looks great!

[Gene C]

Looking fantastic Scott. Should be very visible with air under it's wings.

[MarnochS]

Finally an acceptable paint application - third time's a charm......second attempt - the Black Locust tree spit all over one side of the fuselage as I was carrying it out and ended up with fisheye all over......More quality time with 220 wet/dry and a spray bottle........ This time I got some paint prep wipe solution and" went to town" on the fuselage just before painting .......
Of course I had to remove the paper to have a look......



Stabilizer completed. Used some DS368 servo horns and 2-56 threaded clevis that were cut down to fit and then it was glued together.