The ink is drying on the Intrepid XL

Put on 3 coats of fade proof ink dyed dope.
Stab and elevator plus flaps are covered with silkspan
Nose is fibreglassed.

Looking really sharp. Isn't the digital age something else? Here you are in Scandinavia, and I'm in Southern California and I can enjoy your building progress right along with you.

"I don't know about this tuned pipe business. I practiced on that thing until my lips turned blue, and I still can't play a stinkin note."
"Homer J. Simpson"

Yes, sometimes these discussions on the forum is like beeing in a club meeting. Maybe we should all get a webcam.
Norvald Olsvold

Very Sharp!!!

Looks like you used clothe hinges?? How do you intend to finish off once you've got the wing covered? Really nice job!!

LAST EDITED ON Oct-27-04 AT 10:33 AM (CDT)
 
Yes i use dacron cloth hinges from Tom Morris.
That area need to be painted with solit color

Apart from that i will 'steal' some ideas from this one:
Simpson Cavalier by John Lindberg.

Except i will use a light green instead of the blue.
Much like the green on the magnificent Cobra 800 that Tom Morris build . Also some red trimming.

Bottom line : As simple as possible with the extra color.

Using the ink dyed dope is in fact like using clear only as far as weight is concerned. As it is shown now, it is 33 OZ adding 12.5 for the engine gives ca 46 oz. This gives room for appr. 8 oz to give the goal weight of 54 oz which should be fine for a 675 Sq. in. and 60.5 in. wing span model.
When it is covered with Chinese silk from RSM i will have to see the final result before deciding finally.
It all depends how even and 'nice looking' the yellow turns out.
The better it is, the less extra solid color is needed and vice versa.
Norvald Olsvold

Still some work to do on the painting.
The silk has beeen put on. Very easy to work with.
Seeing Al Rabe's Snaggletooth and the Thunderbolt beeing painted, i know i cannot match those paint jobs.
But rather thaen becoming discouraged, i take it as inspiration.
I do not have access to spray equipement so i have to brush paint.

The good news is that it will end up at ca 54 OZ..

>Still some work to do on the painting.
>The silk has beeen put on. Very easy to work with.
>Seeing Al Rabe's Snaggletooth and the Thunderbolt beeing
>painted, i know i cannot match those paint jobs.
>But rather thaen becoming discouraged, i take it as
>inspiration.
>I do not have access to spray equipement so i have to brush
>paint.
>
>The good news is that it will end up at ca 54 OZ..
>
>
>Norvald Olsvold

It looks very nice. Keep at it.

I really, really like that scheme, and the one you show as an example. Wow, what a concept! "Simple is better". Sure looks killer. I'll probably try to copy that idea on a future plane...

Tim

LAST EDITED ON Oct-31-04 AT 03:35 AM (CDT)
 
Well i am not all that creative...
Found it on Pampa picture page.
It's Randy Powell's Heretic.

Will put on some red on the stab as well.
Also some pattern in the nose area , but have not decided on that yet.

Thought I recognized that paint scheme.

Looks good.

Norvaldo

I really like the colored see through stuff. I've done several Classic and Old Timers that way but they have all suffered from fading, the trim colors in particular.

I'm curious about the fade proof ink. Do you have a brand name or a generic description of the make up of the stuff?

Also, I wonder why you chose to dye the clear on the bare wood before covering? Does the result end up looking opaque (not see through) when the dyed silk is applied?

LAST EDITED ON Oct-31-04 AT 02:18 PM (CDT)
 
Well, the real experts on this method are Noel Drindak and Bill Hummel.
In the july/august 2003 Stunt news , there is an article on the Profile Cardinal, where the technique is briefly described.
In the july/august 2004 (We have the technology ). Noel describes it more in detail.
According to these two, the color wil not fade.
The ink is Higgins fade proof ink from Discountart.
The reason for the pre-dying is to get a deeper color on the wood.
It is done with a small amount of ink dissolved in alchohol.
It colors without adding any weight.
The color on the wing is transparent, but not 'see trough'.
The fibers in the wood are clearly visible trough the cover.
Do not know if i shows on the picture though.

I also used light yellow silkspan on the fuselage , flaps and tail.
This gave a bit deeper color than the wing, which is covered with white chinese silk from RSM. In hindsight, i think i should have used white silkspan to get a uniform base color all over.
What i have not tried yet is to soak the silk in the ink/alcohol mixture before covering.
I'll do som experimenting on that.
I have a Cardinal 60" kit lying in queue , a Tempest II from Randy and a J.D Falcon fro Tom Niebuhr in order.
And now the Trivial Pursuit is also available.

The winters are long here in Norway.

Since i am not a clever painter/finisher, i really like this way of doing it. The main color on the model is actually clear dope.
It will end up in the 52.54 Oz. range.

LAST EDITED ON Nov-03-04 AT 07:45 PM (CDT)
 
Still some work left. Cockpit and covling are just taped on.
(Windys videos serving as undercarriage, but that is not a bad base to rely on)
Norvald Olsvold