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  • #16
    DROOPED WING TIPS.


    Gunny offers a drooped wing tips for this plane, its part of his STOL options. The cost is well worth it to have these great looking and fun to build wing tips.


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    Last edited by lenb; 02-18-2021, 01:16 PM.
    Len Buffinton
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    • #17




      Of course I have to take it to the next level and make them removable and a bit more scale looking.




      I added a hardwood trailing edge to avoid breaking, Scale wing tip lights as Gunny recommends and then added a fiberglass coating which doubles as a seam cover and helps keep everything aligned
      To hold them in place, there is a hole cut just above the bottom spar of the wing and a leftover scrap piece of spar is used as the attachment point.
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      Len Buffinton
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      • #18
        The final product after paint and rivet detail added, along with the wingtip light faired in.

        Very happy and they look great

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        • mlachow
          mlachow commented
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          Which lighting system is it?

      • #19
        master quality right there... cant wait to see the final pics when it is rtf..........

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        • #20
          Yep. That is really nice Len. Looks great.
          Steve K

          Kremer Aerotowing Team

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          • #21
            Wow, those wing tips looks awsome Len! STOHL... Hmm, that might be Short Take Off Harrier Landing. Lol
            Gunny
            Aviation Concepts rc

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            • #22
              Miachow it is unilight. Pg 14 post #198 on my build thread. https://forum.scalesoaring.com/forum...oncepts/page14
              Gunny
              Aviation Concepts rc

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              • #23
                Adding a little bling to the fin and rudder

                Not wanting to deal with covering around a strobe light , I glassed the top of the fin and rudder with 1/2oz cloth and painted it. Of course I can't stop there. Noooooooo, I have to add fairing and rivet detail. Took about an hour to complete once the glass had hardened. Used a few coats of primer for the fairing look and drops of white glue for the rivets
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                Onto covering hatches. PLEASE PAINT THE SCREWS GUYS

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                Adding primer circles to mimic light fairings

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                • #24
                  Since modelers will be modelers, I chose to change the look of the airbox in the cowl. The version I saw had an angled inlet, so an angles inlet it will be.

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                  Covering is a ton of fun...... NOT.
                  But if you just work away at it, someday it will be done.

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                  Then comes the graphics.

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                  • #25
                    COWL DETAIL

                    Let's have some more fun with detailing the cowl,
                    If you guys have never tried this, I highly recommend you give it a go.

                    Get some very thin ( 1/32 ) chart tape ( online ) to use as your panel lines and have at it.

                    This was a little wider since its a cowl seam where the hood latches down.


                    4 coats of filling primer over the tape lines and then pull the tape off, let it dry. Sand lightly over the lines to dull them up a bit and your ready for rivet detail.

                    I simply took a syringe, put some aliphatic resin glue in it and started putting drops down. Its not difficult at all, if you screw up, them wipe it off and do it again.
                    The glue will shrink down a bit so the rivets will be smaller than your initially see when applying .
                    After they're dry, a quick dust over with 220 paper to take any nipples off them and your ready for s quick light primer coat and final paint. Full scale aircraft are not perfect and the rivets are often not perfect ether, especially warbirds. So if you get a line thats not perfectly straight or one is too close to the next, don't worry, it makes it look more realistic.





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                    • RickS
                      RickS commented
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                      Details on the white paint? Source, ease of use, colormatch.

                      Thanks,
                      Rick

                  • #26
                    Hi Rick,
                    Sorry, Contact Jeremy at the Model Box. He has the connections.
                    Len Buffinton
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                    • #27
                      Len, Others,
                      Does anyone know the status of Aviation Concepts RC, and Gunny? I'm aware he has moved himself and his business from Long Island, NY to West Virginia, but can't find out his status and near-term schedule for reopening his shop. Have we lost the business, or am I simply not patient enough? I've tried email with no success, and don't have a working phone number.

                      Larry Fitch

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                      • Steve P
                        Steve P commented
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                        Larry - I just sent him a note for you. He is just settling in to WV.

                        If your on the faceplantbook, he's been logging his closing months in NY and the long move... https://www.facebook.com/gunny.bumburs.3

                    • #28
                      Hi Larry,

                      Gunny's new location in West Virginia is very near where I live (25 miles away). This is 400 miles from where he was located in New York and has involved relocating both his home, and his business with all the associated shop equipment, stock supplies, and parts inventory.

                      This has been an enormous undertaking and I have been helping him as much as I can on this end of his move. He has been working 10 to 14 hour days x 7 days a week since December, 2020.

                      Current status...he is completely moved out of New York and is now full-time at his new home. There are just a bunch of things that need to be done before he can even begin to get his shop and business back up and running. For example, changing his address on all of his accounts, getting a new Driver's License plus tags and insurance for his vehicles, establishing residency in a new state, etc., etc...all takes time and can be very frustrating.

                      The shop building on his new property is a 30' x 60' shell building that needs wiring, plumbing, insulation, partitions, concrete floor, and HVAC added before he can even start to set up his equipment and bring in his stock inventory of wood, metal, and hardware. He has a full schedule of contractors coming to view the work and submit bids.

                      He should have his business office setup in about 10 days...meantime, his only internet access is on his cell phone and that is a bit slow and spotty with his current provider. Getting fast and reliable internet setup is on the long list of things being worked on!

                      To top off the frustrating things that have happened, his website company did a software (upgrade???) change that basically broke the functionality of his site and that is yet to be corrected!!!

                      Hope this helps. We all want him back up an running as soon as possible!!!!

                      Feel free to contact me anytime, I see him several times per week and will happily relay a message.

                      JimD
                      A Site for Soar Eyes

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                      • #29
                        Jim and Steve, thanks for the help and update. I was hoping he was still intending to reestablish his business, but as you stated, it is an enormous undertaking, so was afarid the long process may have become too much. In looking at his faceplant account, I was hoping there might be a high level status report on how things are going. To be honest, I hate Faceplant as a general statement--those people know too much about me as it is.
                        Thanks Again, I wish Gunny all the success in the world.

                        Larry

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                        • #30
                          He will be back!!!, but let me just give you a glimpse behind the scenes ... he had a wall of small parts bins with nearly every piece of 2-56, 4-40, 6-32, 8-24, 8-32, 1/4-20 hardware (bolts, nuts, lock nuts, T-nuts, flat washers, lock washers, star washers, etc.) in his shop in New York. He took each bin and wrapped, labeled, and boxed it so contents couldn't spill. Hundreds of bins!!! And is just a small part of the stuff he had to move.

                          His shop filled three tractor trailers!!!!

                          Then there were the five trips he made with his Sprinter van and huge box trailer. His van is the longest and tallest version too. He had to get three Sea Containers placed at his new place to store all of the shop parts and supplies while his new shop is being finished.

                          On another note, his dog Arcus is really happy with his new home...10 acres of open fields to run and play in...he has a completely new attitude and literally smiles all the time!!!
                          A Site for Soar Eyes

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