Hughes H-1 1/4 scale
12-25-2012, 07:45 AM
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RE: Hughes H-1 1/4 scale
Hello everyone
I would like to wish you all a very merry christmas and give you my best best wishes.
I hope you all had a very good year and to have a better next one.
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02-01-2013, 07:31 AM
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RE: Hughes H-1 1/4 scale
Hello everyone,
It was time for the engines break in, so I made a nice stand from an old coffee table a glow driver
to drop the 12v from a car battery to 1.2v for the glow plugs and we where ready
02-01-2013, 07:34 AM
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RE: Hughes H-1 1/4 scale
06-21-2013, 11:13 AM
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RE: Hughes H-1 1/4 scale
Hello everyone
the progress is a bit slow but there is some.
As I'm trying to figure it out with the retracts I started the aluminum covering. starting from the tail section it proved to be very
difficult. Anyway first thing to do was to photocopy the plan and then cut the panels with a scissor and mark them on the fuselage.
Then I used masking tape for the outline of the panel. After that I used a slightly bigger piece of adhesive aluminum foil to fill in
and cutted the rest aluminum with a razor
Some pics
Some pics
10-21-2013, 12:00 PM
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The time for the retracts has come.
After taking some things under consideration and with the help of a fellow modeler with great experience we decided
that the undercarriage will be the eurocit air spring activated giant units for safety reasons. The strats are going to be
made out of 5mm thick aluminum cutted to shape of the real thing
After taking some things under consideration and with the help of a fellow modeler with great experience we decided
that the undercarriage will be the eurocit air spring activated giant units for safety reasons. The strats are going to be
made out of 5mm thick aluminum cutted to shape of the real thing
10-26-2013, 02:41 AM
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Tim Hooper did an aluminum tape covered biplane some time ago:
http://www.modelflying.co.uk/forums/...p?th=56199&p=6
I think his build is probably on some other sites too.
He mentions using a product called Brasso: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brasso
http://www.modelflying.co.uk/forums/...p?th=56199&p=6
I think his build is probably on some other sites too.
He mentions using a product called Brasso: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brasso
11-18-2013, 12:58 PM
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Thanks a lot for the tip. To tell you the truth at first back at the store there were 2 products side by side Brasso and Silvo.
For some reason I chose silvo at first with not so good results.I hope that this will do the job.
For some reason I chose silvo at first with not so good results.I hope that this will do the job.