Thought it was time to reveal my latest project,GeeBee R2 50% scale 150" span,The model came to me about 2 years ago from Glenn Masters the owner,it was initially built by Paul Hughes and Glenn many years ago,the fus was framed up with some sheeting on but I resheeted most of it as it had degraded quite badly.The wings were pretty much done I just had to modify the hardpoint for the rigging wires,the rigging is heavy Bowden cable,the rigging is tentioned with the uc strurts,each one has an m5 rose joint on each end one right hand thread and one left hand thread,the uc was scratchbuilt out of 18 x 3 mm flat bar and stainless tube,all works very well and was sighned of by the inspector Ian Redshaw.The engine box was made from 3/8 marine ply and the firewall 1" marine ply needed to mount the gorgeous Moki 400.After weeks of filling and sanding all the sheeted areas were glassed and the open structres were covered in Diatex,the whole model was then painted in cellulose paint,stencils from flightline graphics were then applied and the whole model was clear coated with 2k automotive laquer.The model has now gone as Glenn chose to fit the gear himself,i will update when taxi trials and maiden flight take place.
Many thanks,Dave.