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	martin5465 Lifetime Site Supporter Sentenced to life in RCSB !	Joined: October/05/2013 United States Posts: 1905 IP Logged
Posted: April/03/2020 at 1:03am		Quote

Cobra,

If you look at my avatar you'll see why

I like Ken's black paint job...

(Nice looking C-6...btw)

	Dragon Slayer Lifetime Site Supporter Dragon Slayer	Joined: August/04/2006 Australia Posts: 8065 IP Logged
Posted: April/06/2020 at 1:38am		Quote

Martin, I am a bit like you in so far in that I like black cars and aeroplanes. But I agree with most of the Lurkers, including SNO, Chris that this model in black flying like a cut snake (with two very well run in howling DLE 55s ) would be harder to see than the gargantuan Lysander loping around the skies.

As I am lazy and do not want the trouble of doing the fancy camo job that CB did I think that I will have a go at this Ki-45. It has its pointy nose off, but the basic colour is a pleasant green brown and not the commom poo brown of this type of a/c.

You can clearly see the difference in browns in these two shots. I like the one in the top pic.

I could still have yellow leading edges, and a nice logo on the fin (not the bomb) plus I would put the meat balls on broad white straps like so many Ki-45s have. The spinners could be red to jazz it up, and the overall effect would be very Japanese and yet be easy to see in flight.

No?

Ken

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To repair.
102" Meister P-47 Moki 150
1/4 Scale P-47 Moki 400
To maiden
Fatface Skyraider DLE 130
Ziroli Hellcat Moki 150

Flying ...
Westland Lysander 168" Moki 250

	Dragon Slayer Lifetime Site Supporter Dragon Slayer	Joined: August/04/2006 Australia Posts: 8065 IP Logged
Posted: April/06/2020 at 1:54am		Quote

The Lysander beckoned me back to more work/refurbishment. I saw a big 20 C coin sized blister under the fibreglass on the top of the left leg just at the top of the spat. I cut it and tried to stick the skin down, but wound up cutting out the cancer, and filling the hole with Plastic Metal.

While I was waiting for the "metal" to dry I noticed that there was now almost no rivet detail to see on the back upper litho plate of the spat on the LHS. One thing led to another and the plate was peeled off with the aid of the heat gun for a total replacement. The story in pics ...

The blister hole filled in with metal plastic, and eventually rubbed back by degrees to the 400 wet grit.

The aft and upper plate of the right spat. Definition of rivets is fine.

The same plate on the left. What happened? Who knows. The plate was carefully heated (new paint around) with the air gun and a set of artery forceps were used like the key in a can of sardines ... plate grabbed and rolled off. The 12 y.o. contact cement was like cement! It eventually relented.

The plate rolls over to the other side for about three inches. All one piece.

This will be cured in about two hours. As soon as it is rubbed back I can get to and make a litho pattern.

To be continued ....

Time for Tiffin.

Ken

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To repair.
102" Meister P-47 Moki 150
1/4 Scale P-47 Moki 400
To maiden
Fatface Skyraider DLE 130
Ziroli Hellcat Moki 150

Flying ...
Westland Lysander 168" Moki 250

	martin5465 Lifetime Site Supporter Sentenced to life in RCSB !	Joined: October/05/2013 United States Posts: 1905 IP Logged
Posted: April/06/2020 at 6:23am		Quote

Ken,

What is metal plastic?

It looks like it's not as

sturdy as JB Weld but

not as light as drywall mud.

I've never seen anything

like in the U.S.

Maybe it's like automotive

body filler?

	Dragon Slayer Lifetime Site Supporter Dragon Slayer	Joined: August/04/2006 Australia Posts: 8065 IP Logged
Posted: April/06/2020 at 7:08am		Quote

Martin,

Metal Plastic is a two part auto body filler. Takes about two hours to set, sands well and is hard as he#l with no shrinkage.

Ken

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To repair.
102" Meister P-47 Moki 150
1/4 Scale P-47 Moki 400
To maiden
Fatface Skyraider DLE 130
Ziroli Hellcat Moki 150

Flying ...
Westland Lysander 168" Moki 250

	martin5465 Lifetime Site Supporter Sentenced to life in RCSB !	Joined: October/05/2013 United States Posts: 1905 IP Logged
Posted: April/06/2020 at 8:25am		Quote

Thanks, Ken...

It sounds like the "Bondo" auto body filler we have here in the U.S.

I like the upper green of the two green pics also.

Now where did I put my artery forceps????

My what????

	Dragon Slayer Lifetime Site Supporter Dragon Slayer	Joined: August/04/2006 Australia Posts: 8065 IP Logged
Posted: April/06/2020 at 9:48am		Quote

Martin,

In the medical world in Britain and all Commonwealth countries (maybe not in Canada now) the forceps that you see in the picture are called "artery forceps". There are a myriad of types in surgery. Those used, for instance in neuro surgery are very fine and some times referred to as straight or curved mosquitoes. The ones in general surgey can be colossal things that look like something out of a mechanics tool box.

You Americans tend to refer to these forceps as "haemostats". You even like to spell the word differently ... as in "hemostats". This is not quite correct to our teachings as the "haem" refers to blood. You have heard of haemoglobin, the spelling is rooted in Latin. It has become corrupted over the ages. People love to shorten or streamline spellings over time.

Here endeth the lesson.

Ken

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To repair.
102" Meister P-47 Moki 150
1/4 Scale P-47 Moki 400
To maiden
Fatface Skyraider DLE 130
Ziroli Hellcat Moki 150

Flying ...
Westland Lysander 168" Moki 250

	Geezer Lifetime Site Supporter	Joined: January/19/2008 United States Posts: 17579 IP Logged
Posted: April/06/2020 at 12:52pm		Quote

Quote: Dragon Slayer

Martin,

Metal Plastic is a two part auto body filler. Takes about two hours to set, sands well and is hard as he#l with no shrinkage.

Ken

"Sands well and hard as hell" If that's not an oxymoron I've never seen one LOL

Hemo "heamo" They're useful little clamping devices that I cannot live without I have prolly 25 to 30 of them hanging on screws in the wall in various places in the shop and at least thee mayhap 4 in my field box. A customer of mine past was (may still be) an emergency room MD and would bring me a handful every now and again along with tweezers and small scissors, and a bundle of those nice blue surgical towels.

Doc

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