Re: Jim Walker Firebaby

rsv1cox Sat Sep 14, 2024 6:25 pm

"Coat with sanding sealer and let sit for a couple more days."

Ha, it's been just hours and I'm already messing with it. I'm terribly impatient, born that way. It has got me in trouble many times throughout the years but has saved me time too.

I thought - it can dry completely on the plane as well as off so........

Trim to fit, a 2/56 crossbolt like JW's aluminum crimp in the back, a small hole with the pilots head sticking up, a windshield. Paint to match or maybe just matte black the addition for contrast.

Kim Sun Sep 15, 2024 1:06 pm

Don't know if this has been posted before, but figured it might be worth it:

A Firebaby ad from the October 1970 American Aircraft Modeler.

rsv1cox Sun Sep 15, 2024 4:58 pm

Thanks for chiming in Kim.

My take-away from that ad is that the control handle costs three times as much as the airplane. Quite a step up from the enclosed .25 wood or plastic handle normally enclosed with the kit.

Trimmed the enclosure. Maybe I can split and use the cut-off to fill the void in the back and taper sand.

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