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Looking good Gerald.  It’s all the little details that really finish off the model.

The SLA 3D printer does a great job of the fine detail thats for sure.

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Another mighty fine report this week Admiral.

Hopefully the weather will be warming soon & I shall return on a regular basis to the Duck.

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Yes Ron, it got a bit close at one stage but between the clothes line, the garden shed, sun-deck & car there is not a lot of clear air in our backyard.
That’s why I thought I better pack it away while the going was good.

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Thanks my little green friend, I’ll come and visit next time you are flying there and it’s not raining

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She flies, hooray

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Nice water backdrop to the new field.

Could be a bit tight for some of our more senior pilots though!!

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Mighty fine bit of flying there Kermit, I can’t believe you didn’t clean up even one tree.

Well done.

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Very nice footage again Hoppy, thanks for your input.

Hopefully tomorrow I’ll get started on building the V-22 Osprey then I may have to take it down & check out Kermit’s new Flying Field as I think it will still be a while before the Farm starts to dry out.

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Yes Ian, I have disposed of a few but have 18 at the moment & just purchased the 19th (always a sucker for a new toy).

The latest is an Infinity V22 Osprey so that will be something decidedly different at the field when we get back to flying.

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Perhaps next time it’s blowing a bit I better use the stabilised GoPro Hero 9 rather than the older Hero 4

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Aw, it wasn’t that rough.

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Thanks Gerald, I bought the last one, and what NEW plane are you hiding away ?

 

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Still beavering away on the 1/7th scale Skippercraft Archer 650 Offshore Cuddy cab.

After listening to all the rattles and other vibrations on the onboard video from last week it was time to epoxy the dashboard in place (rather than use the steering wheel to hold it together).

Also 3D printed a new rear tray to hold the steering servo & redid the steering arm geometry

After hunting high & low to find a 1/7th scale captain (no one makes 10″ Action models, only 7″ or 12″ and not much in between) I finally opted to 3D print one, a lot more work but at least I can get the scale exact.

This was the file I used, scaled up to 1.465 which came out the size I needed.

Also 3D printed a Helm chair for the Captain

and with the Captain seated

Now all the hard work is done I can start tidying up and painting the 3D prints ready for his first outing.

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Another fine report on what appears to have been another fun day @ the Duck.

Thanks Col.

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Looks like someone has been a busy boy !!

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