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  1. Charles

    Scale Top Flite P-40 Build Thread

    Yes I still have to construct the wing fairings and the plastic nose cone and the wing belle pan and then the whole plane when assembled will be painted and clear coated.
  2. Charles

    Scale Top Flite P-40 Build Thread

    YES Im going to glass the fuselage.
  3. Charles

    Scale Top Flite P-40 Build Thread

    A:ashamed:fter sanding the third andfinal coat ton the top of the wing and also had to sand some runs out of the underside so I am going to put one more on the underside after this sets. and the motor is in its test stand and am going to break it in and get carb set before installing in the plane.
  4. Charles

    Scale Top Flite P-40 Build Thread

    I turned the wing over and glassed the top of the wing this evening. I will trim the excess and sand the edbes tomorrow and put on a second coat. adding 50% denatured alcohol really makes the epoxy brush on smoothly and helps the cloth lay down good on the balsa and it saoks into the balsa and...
  5. Charles

    Scale Top Flite P-40 Build Thread

    sanded and put the 3rd coat of resin on the bottom of the wing
  6. Charles

    Scale Top Flite P-40 Build Thread

    Have the first coat of glass on the bottom of wing.
  7. Charles

    Scale Top Flite P-40 Build Thread

    To address the cooling I added a cut out under the top air scoop and a deflector to direct air down onto the top of the engine and also a deflector behind the lower air scoop to direct air up from below. This should be plenty to assure the engine doesnt overheat. I live on the Gulf Coast and it...
  8. Charles

    Scale Top Flite P-40 Build Thread

    Great if you need to know anything dont hesitate to let me know. just take your time you are looking at about a 200hr build but if you follow the plans and instructions it should go smoothly. I hope my build log helps you avoid any of the problems I had.
  9. Charles

    Scale Top Flite P-40 Build Thread

    Great if you need to know anything dont hesitate to let me know.
  10. Charles

    Scale Top Flite P-40 Build Thread

    Did a little more today finished the cowl and cut out the rear wheel opening. The next step is to glass the wing so got it dfown and set it up and will start next week.
  11. Charles

    Scale Top Flite P-40 Build Thread

    More modification to the cowming to accomidate engine. Added a hole in the side to facilitate the starting key and hole for cooling in the top under the plastic scoop to turn the plastic air scoop into a real a real air scoop to cool the engine.
  12. Charles

    Scale Top Flite P-40 Build Thread

    Ok we came to the realization today the engine was not going to fit inside the cowling the way it was mounted so I remounted it rotating it 45 degrees clockwise which mover the Carb inward enough to clear and made it possible to put a small access hole in the side of the cowling so the carb...
  13. Charles

    Scale Top Flite P-40 Build Thread

    I plan on filling this with balsa sheeting .
  14. Charles

    Build Log Top Flite P-40E Warhawk Gold Edition kit

    I waited until I got ready to sheet the stabilizer before removing the alignment tabs.
  15. Charles

    Build Log Top Flite P-40E Warhawk Gold Edition kit

    Yes you have to drill a hole in the top or side according to your mounting configeration and it turns a 3 blade prop easily because of the 2 to 1 prop gearing The only problem is the carb and had to modify the side to accomidate the carb. EXTRA NOTE After trying to mount in a steight up...
  16. Charles

    Build Log Top Flite P-40E Warhawk Gold Edition kit

    If you go with 3/4 oz cloth and go with a good finish resin like Zpoxy and thin with denatured alcohol. It will be just as lite as Monocote. There is a great UTube video by AMA on how to do it. It will also add a lot of strength to the balsa sheeting. It will also make it possibel to use a...
  17. Charles

    Scale Top Flite P-40 Build Thread

    Worked about 4 hours on it todar did the final shaping on the inderbelly and got the nose roughed in.
  18. Charles

    Scale Top Flite P-40 Build Thread

    I am finally making progress. I got all the controls run and checked the operation of the tailwheel retract and it works good then got the botton of the plane done and partially shaped and all the holes filled. Waiting for the filler to dry before foing the final shaping and sanding.
  19. Charles

    Scale Top Flite P-40 Build Thread

    Finally managed to find a 4 inch 3 blade prop spinner at a reasonable price ($40) so ordered it.
  20. Charles

    Build Log Top Flite P-40E Warhawk Gold Edition kit

    Why would you want to put fiberglass over monocote? When laying glass you want the resin to soak into the basa and the monocote would keep it from doing this.
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