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SFM News Letter
October 2006
by: David P. Andersen |
See You at Our Next
Meeting! |
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The next meeting
of The Scale Flyers of Minnesota will be Friday, October 27,
2006
7:00 p.m. at the American Legion Post, 6501 Portland, Richfield.
East entrance, downstairs. Guests are always welcome. Come early and
dine in the restaurant. Meetings will be held on the last Friday of
every month thru March, but not December.
( Directions ) |
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At Our Last Meeting... |
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Roy Maynard: showed an ME 163 Komet
under construction from a Joe Sieta kit. “Plans are
terrible,” so he substituted a foam wing. AXI 4130 electric
motor and an Estes rocket motor, electrically ignited by
radio in flight. Drop off dolly per f/s. |
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Remembrance ... |
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It was very
important for Mike Kuller to say goodbye to his
flying friends. With the help of his son Mark,
daughter-in-law Donna and Chris O’Connor he struggled down
the steps to where he was warmly greeted.
Within a week
or so, he was gone. |
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Jeff
Quesenberry: (right) showed-off his a 1/4-scale
Lavochkin La-7 under construction. It was
modified from David Andersen RCM plans, Eric
Malkerson retracts and a Jeff Micko cowl. Shindin
gear legs. Air Hobby 4.2 engine. 3/4 oz cloth and
Envirotex. 3M hairset tape on fabric control,
surfaces. Will be painted in "Ivan The Terrible's"
color scheme. |
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| Tim Johnson:
Wins Toledo Directors Award (April 2006) with
his 50% Cub! |
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Dick Steine: scratch-built a Ziroli B-25.
105” span. Madden kit cutters “did a great job.” Two G-23s w/ 16x8
3-bladed props. Made own windows by heating plastic over a light
bulb. P-47 landing lights. Molded own 50 cal guns. Aeroloft
graphics don’t work well over open fabric. Acrylic lacquer smoothed
w/ steel wool. Canopy removable for access to nose-gear. Air
cylinders on all doors with sequencer for a total of 5 cylinders. |
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John Baligrodzki: demoed installing and
gluing Robart hinge points with Gorilla urethane glue. Moisten the
hole with water on a Q-tip and put oil on the pin. |
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Wayne Siewert: presented his Top Gun P-47R
(Scott Russell pilot in Team Scale). Built in 3 months and a
1944 English color scheme. Converted from D model to razorback.
Sachs 4.2 “ticks like a Swiss watch.” Later placed 5th out of 15 at
TG. |
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Joe Grice: displayed a 1/4-1/5 scale F86
built from a Shalish Patel special fuselage. 8’ x 8 1/2’ span.
“Very accurate.” For this airplane, “as size goes up, the wing
loading goes down.” Scale details made from Plaststruct and lots of
scrap re: www.opsgear.com .
Includes a Lucky Strike pack in cockpit. Modified Blue Box F15
cockpit kit. Olympus HP turbine w/ 1 1/2 gal fuel tank. Minimatic
air cylinders from
www.clippard.com . Joe’s hallmark awesome detail. |
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Bernie Kolbilka: demonstrated sheeting.
Use a batten strip under each butt joint with no glue in the joint.
Work Model Magic filler into the joint. “No glue in the seams
ever!” to create an invisible seam. |
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Dave Andersen's
Lynx at the NATS |
Jack Stewerts
Nieuport 2nd in NATS |
Stan Zdon's P6E Hawk
Wins Scale Masters Qualifier |
Bummers
Bullet |
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