HAWKER FURY COMING TOGETHER

This is from the Flair Mini Classic Kit with some lightening of wood here and there, and if I can resist weighing it down with excessive scale detail, it will be very light. So as much as I hate them, there's a DT.

I'm trying to figure out how to make the huge airscoop detachable for flying. But then, I don't intend to fly competitively  . . . except against club members who have been forgiving with scale detail in the past.

There is a possibility that the dihedral on the upper wing is not enough, in which case I will carefully remove the wing from the struts, do a rebuild, recover, tissue, dope, make new struts and reassemble.

Either that or crunch the whole thing in a fit of pique.

Tom

A PERFECT OPENING DAY . . .NOT.

25 January, 2015. The sun was shining, the grass long. 74 degrees forecast. Then a light breeze drying the grass as we pulled into the parking area got worse. Wind chill increases with age and we huddled for warmth.


Everyone but Gale insisted that one of his big models would be quite safe.  He wasn't convinced, and shared his liquorice nevertheless.

Here's Gale's trunk from the last good Sunday, 2014.

NEW YEAR, NEW MODEL, NEW QUIZ

Chip Buss built this Lacey M-10 for indoor flying recently, but the room was a bit small so he came out to Lakeville to try it outdoors. But first, he made a deliberate building mistake to help other modelers avoid such errors. Can you spot it?