No 20
October 21, 2000
Hi
friends,
My ATS Kite is finished and awaits its test
flight, weather and Gordon permitting! I am pleased with the way the covering went; I have used GlossTex
in Stinson Green and Orange for covering and trimming and found this material very
nice to work with - I like its glossy fabric finish, too. It i s
just over twice the price of the SolarFilm which I used on my Yamamoto but its
heavier substance certainly makes for easier working as well as giving added
strength to the model. The underside of the Kite is finished completely in the
strong orange colour, so I should have no difficulty in knowing which way up she
is! I was thinking of using my ·46 Irvine engine from the Yamamoto, but the supplied
engine mount is too small to take it. The firewall is pre-drilled to take this
mount, and I was a bit concerned that the new holes needed for the bigger one
would be just too close for comfort to the existing ones and the resultant pairs
of adjacent holes might even break through so I have played safe and fitted a new ·40 size
CS engine,
thus leaving the Yamamoto ready to
fly. In keeping with my custom to name my models after the girls in my
family, the Kite will be named "Sue" after my eldest daughter.
There is a bumper crop of pictures on the photo
gallery page this time, so it might take a little longer than usual to
download, although all but two of them are thumbnails, so that should help. Some
of your models really make me envious of your model-making skills, but they are
certainly a delight to look at, despite the envy!
By the way, if you're a new parent or grandparent
and fancy the idea of a small web site to announce the arrive of the little
progeny and show him or her off to your friends and family, you might be
interested in looking at http://www.littlecitizens.co.uk
where a very reasonably-priced service for design and maintenance of such a site
is being offered. I'd better declare my interest, though - it's my son's idea
that he's trying to get off the ground!
Regards to
all and, as I said last time, please keep in touch with your news and views, pictures and
profiles!
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