July 26, 2012

  • Thurday 26th July 2012

    Thursday Night: Very humid, 27C, felt a lot hotter.....  Yesterday was clear and snny and 27C. I spent the afternoon covering the model in the lounge, took me well into the evening to do that......

    Today I went to Ondara     to get some screws to fit the rigging wires, but the AKI shop was closed for a fiesta, 20 miles for nothing, but I went back through the valley's and found the exact screws I needed in a shop in Jalon.instead.  I spent the afternoon fitting the horns and making pushrods, gluing the hinges, fitting the tailplane, all the last bits. I also had to solder all the lugs on to the new speed controler, bind the new rciever and programme the radio for this model.....

    As a model builder, I find myself bound by 2 age old laws that states a) you don't photograph a model that is ready to fly before you fly it and b) the model should also remain incomplete in some way, even if you only intend to add some more detail to it.

    I am pleased to say that the Pioneer 2 has now flown for the first time (It's gorgeous too) and I have added some more "deatil" being the rigging wires.....

    So I am pleased I am  now allowed to take a picture of the "almost complete" but test flown -  Pioneer 2 model.....