Saturday, May 20, 2006
I put the Fubar and the Tigercat on hold while I built this model, the Ebenezer. This was originally published in the British magazine Aeromodeller in 1954. (Making this design the same age as me.)
I just finished it today, and it is too windy to test fly it. I did give it a few test glides, though, and the balance and glide look perfect with no adjustments. I hope to fly it next weekend.
The model is all balsa, and finished with three thinned coats of clear dope, followed by one coat of color on the wings and tail, and two coats on the fuselage. The orange dope is an old bottle of Aerogloss, which covers really well, and goes on very evenly, even when using a brush. The engine is a Cox Pee Wee .020. The wheels are balsa.
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