@@M4rkmcc21 I’m not sure how the owner /pilot removed the decals .. if it were me removing them I would use a razor tip Or scalpel to gently work the corners up and very slowly peel to avoid pulling the foam cells .. sorry I can’t help any more then that

@@larryburrough7678 hi Larry .. I havnt finished setting the model up yet but I have 30mm horns from servo pinion to horn tip 👍🏻

@@highflying82 ok thank you.

I have the same one setup on 8s electric an was just wondering on the servo arms. I have 1 inch on it but ordered some 1.25s to try out

@@larryburrough7678 my ones are inch from end to end so u should be safe with the ones u have .. if u use the tip holes it will keep the surfaces a little more smooth .. I’m aiming to fit my dle 20cc into mine .. just out of interest what brushless motor are u using on 8s

@@ENGDyna I believe I still have the manual for this model I still have the model .. if u require the manual email me at highflying82@gmail.com and I will reply with images of the manual pages 👍🏻 .edit.. nice pike there in ur avatar pic 👌

@highflying82 haha cheers buddy. This is definitely the HC Hobby version. Buy I believe the eRC apache princess version is the same with slightly altered decals. I have the eRC manual now. Can't find a HC Hobby one. It's strange as technically on the box it would say 1335mm wingspan lol

@@ENGDyna yes 100 percent.. this when I bought it came from kingslyn models it’s a HC hobby B25 .. was originally apache princess scheme 👍🏻 not sure if it’s been updated but this version has servo operated manual retracts rather then retract units

@@highflying82 I sent the email buddy

@@daewonbronx8243 generally for foam .. Tamiya .. Or acrylic thinned

Thanks buddy .. so far 12 jars out of a total of 32 .. the foam needed 3 coats on fuzz to seal and cover .. wooden deck tan / flat earth / light blue / cockpit green / and varied other jars for details .. thanks for the artist compliment .. I did take art in school a few decades back .. these days I have quite bad jitters and have to use all lumber support I can to steady my hand.. very theroputic and calming .. working on wing section atm part 3 should be around a week till the vid .. happy landing brother 👍🏻👌

@@highflying82 I got "O" levels at school for art along with metalwork many many moons ago.Im a great fan of John Constable who hailed from down your way. Did the pilot cost as much as the plane?? 😄

@@mtacoustic1 thanks for the interest in the model .. my grandfather had a lot of hours flying dragons towards the end of Battle of Britain ferrying atc students across airfields .. lots of lift with 4 wings and plenty of power with the gypsy engines .. imo one of the most beautiful aircraft to fly 👌👍🏻

Cheers Mike .. I have brush painted most of my foam models .. it works well for a solid coverage and to seal the foam .. 👍🏻

Thanks Jeff .. it’s been quite long winded so far with the full strip down but now the biggest parts of the refurb are done I can sail along with the detailing 👍🏻

Thanks Alan .. good to hear from u buddy .. hope all is well with u and fam .. hope to catch up at some point 👍🏻👍🏻

Thank you Gina .. pretty much bare bones strip and re.fit .. I couldn’t risk it separating during flight as I’m sure it will be thrown about in flight .. I was too highly impressed with the pilot uniform detailing quite the little art pieces 👍🏻

Cheers Roy .. it’s been enjoyable project 👍🏻

Thanks buddy .. I wouldn’t mind hearing your thoughts on the flight characteristic and ur overall opinion on the HK p40 .. I have heard that there’s a cg shift when gear is retracted??

@@highflying82 check your CG with the landing gear retracted.

Hi Colin .. cheers .. for most of my smaller foamies I would use (premier foam tak) the epoxy I use on bigger surfaces is dev.con .. when mixing for foam I generally add a tiny percent extra epoxy with the hardener to prevent it going crispy over time it stays a little tacky and durable but I have sealed the joints with filler 👍🏻

Hi Shelby .. I had previously checked all 3 locating points of the spinner to backplate to find the best central rotation with least buckle in the plastic .. these were Known for out of balance spinners .. the marked points were for quick ref to re align at the best point as a starting point when I come to balance the prop and spinner assembly.. 👍🏻

@@highflying82 OK, was very curios about that.

@@shelbyseelbach9568 I would have replaced but at 120mm the only real option is a dynamic carbon spinner and there the cost of the entire model lol .. will see how I get on with balancing this one .. really don’t want a prop 💥

@@jcb6713 thanks jcb .. depending on the humidity I generally add some Tamiya thinner to hold off the gumming up as it’s being coated and need to keep mixing every few mins to avoid seperation .. I will keep the ball bearings in mind .. cheers 👍🏻

@@Emily_xx5 thanks Em .. really enjoying working on this project 👌.. good to hear from you 🎀🌸👍🏻

@@DadsRCHangar thanks Mate .. I have had to split the fuzz due to crispy epoxy and I have reinforced the inside of the fuzz and re bonded .. just filling then paint .. should have part2 vid up soon

Neville Duke achieved ace status in a p40 over Africa where it succeeded well for the raf due to its desert air filteration system .. spitfires and hurricane performance and maintenance suffered badly in Africa even when fitted with vokes filters to clean the sand from the air .. the British name most US lend lease aircraft after American cities as Americans named there models after native tribes the p40 was named Kittyhawk after the success of the tomahawk p40b to show appreciation for the first aviation flights made by the Wright brothers in there Wright flier which was named Kittyhawk ..

@@highflying82 upon receiving their first P-40s and testing them, the Brits disrespectfully claimed them unsuitable for combat. They changed the name warhawk to kittyhawk as an appearance to compliment but actually a feined insult. It is truly karma that their number one ace, regardless of the theater of operations, flew the P-40, the most underrated fighter

@@highflying82 Clive Caldwell also flew the P-40 in Africa where he became Australia's number one ace pilot. Later he flew spitfires in the Pacific. Although one of the P-40's strong points was it's durability/reliability it's air filter is not likely the main reason for it's success. In production before and after WW2, third most produced US fighter, third most combat kills following the P-51 and P-47. And not all the Brits were clouded by pride, there was a large amount in RAF leadership that pushed for the P-40 to replace the Hurricane as the backbone of the RAF

Hi thanks for the interest and comment 👍🏻 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Az1wnv_2AuQ.htmlsi=YtVZV-Nml9ev5gR_ Nutron musics FIRE AND ICE

@@highflying82 I have build 4 P-40 1/72 scale at the moment and got some in the pipeline for some nice schemes aswell.

@@roarexenlI used to build static kits also .. most of my kits now reside at raf brenzett museum .. enjoy ur builds 👌👍🏻

Hi Sean .. yea I will do short updates on the stages and do a complete time lapse vid also at the end 👌👍🏻

Thanks Gina .. I’m very happy it popped up for sale .. can’t believe the mass and size of the airframe .. if it were gas a 20cc would be about the engine size for the airframe .. I’m looking fwd to getting this one on the go .. need to finish the marchetti airframe then I will move on to kitty hawk 👍🏻

@@highflying82 Very cooooollll...

I owned one of these. It was a great flier, only fault I suffered was very weak (plastic) gimbals in the undercarriage causing it to collapse. I even think I have a brand new set of spare propeller blades somewhere. I'll enjoy your re vamp

@@KevinWesley-xe3nu thank you so much for the comment .. I’m in the midst of re bonding the airframe after splitting it apart due to old crispy epoxy and making sure all bond is good .. thanks for the heads up with the retracts I do have spare Units of the same sizes with metal trunnions.. it has the upgraded gear but I will prob order some newer damped oleo’s .. I am replacing all servos with metal gear units .. thanks for letting me know it’s a nice flier .. u never know what to expect in till it’s up and airborne 👌👍🏻👍🏻

Thanks Rob .. I’m extremely happy to have aquired one 👌👍🏻

I wanted it badly when they were still at HK .. then within a few months they were completely gone .. I nearly got the bare airframe from HK china when they were disappearing but postage was astranomical .. happy to have this one and looking fwd to the kitty hawk conversion 👌👍🏻

@@highflying82 HK is a bit of a nightmare they bring something nice in then discontinue it,I'll bet it's going to look great when finished 😎

@bobbarlow1 well there’s no spares left Lol searched to try and tap up any spare part I can but everything gone so it’s a one hit wonder lol .. got all the paint Bob so far fuzz stripped and seperated at seems as old epoxy gone crispy got a fully scale D.I.D pilot with life vest and parachute .. lots to do but I’m sure will be theroputic adventure

@@highflying82 good luck with it,it'll give something to do in you're spare time 😵‍💫😎

I can't type lol...*gonna' be nice !!!

I knew exactly what u meant JCB 👌I will get started soon and update as I go 👍🏻

Cheers Jeff .. the raf kitty hawk was always my favourite as a child at warbird airshows 👌👍🏻

@@reckemroysrc3764 thanks Roy .. this model was on the market around 2005 and quickly disappeared.. I know of the 2m p40 u have .. this is the original page for this 1700 P40 if ur interested hobbyking.com/en_us/p-40n-giant-scale-6s-w-flaps-lights-retracts-1700mm-epo-pnf.html Hope to start this project soon I will update as I go 👍🏻

I grew up on the movie .. Sally b at duxford fairly local to me played the role of Memphis belle in the movie as well as fuddy duddy and mother and country 👍🏻👌

Actually the B-17 "Hell's Angels" 41-24577 was the first B-17 to complete 25 missions. But the name was too controversial so they used Memphis Belle to raise money back home. So it became the first to complete 25 missions AND RETURN HOME. Hell's Angels signed up for another tour after its 25 missions - and went on to fly 48 missions total.

JEFF. The name of the plane I speak of was the Texas Raiders

That’s not a bad idea there’s a lot of meaning behind that particular b17 with the voluntary confederate airforce crew that restored and flew that aircraft .. such a terrible shame .. real aviators

There's a bunch of RU-vid videos of her and it's awesome crew. Have fun with the project Jeff 😊

@@reckemroysrc3764thanks for the suggestion will deff look into that 👌👍🏻

Sorry I meant a mid air with a p 63 king cobra

Thanks Eric .. looking fwd to this one 👌

@@highflying82 should be a fun project!

@@SterSun I’m sorry I wouldn’t know the car belongs to a friend

No. It has a solid axle.

@@hughsysmailbox I’m pretty sure I still have it in my pile of manuals still have the model also .. what info would u like from it ?

@@highflying82 Thanks Jeff, I also acquired one of these JP Albatross but without any info from a guy who can’t fly anymore due to Parkinson’s, I promised him I’d fly it and send him some pics vids etc, is there any chance you would be kind enough to give me a copy of it somehow? Many thanks Steve

@@hughsysmailbox .. hi Steve I have located the manual I can provide whatever info u need it u can email me Highflying82@gmail.com and I can reply with a picture of every page so U can print and have a manual .. as I remember .. havnt flown it for while .. there was a significant amount of up thrust that needed adjusting .. there is a wooden washer plate behind the motor which determines thrust angle and I had to adapt it .. is your albatross a built model or unbuilt .. I was running on 2200 3s lipo on stock brushed motor and stock prop had plenty enough to fly nicely .. as I remember it did very well slope soaring with thermal and lift .. just be careful launching in strong wind as if wind grabs a wing the rudder won’t recover the model .. all in all a nIce comfortable flier .. find a field with long grass and do some gentl throwing glide tests without power to test the center of gravity make sure it’s balanced ..throw into wind gently for some glide tests .. I probably have my inner fuzz marked with where I had my batt if that helps .. email me and I will supply the manual pics 👌

Thank you so much Jeff, that’s is very kind of you. And thanks for your valuable advice, I’ll email you. Again many thanks 🙏

@@honestreviewer3283 thanks for the info 👍🏻 the main issue I found with the r50 is there is no route into the bay for much cool air only a small slot across the grill .. I was suffering badly with heat soak when the car was sitting in traffic and was figuring how I could pull cold air in .. the cold air feed does work but power supply will only run for 10mins and the stock car batt does not provide high enough C rating to run the edf sensibly .. next mod is a r53 bonnet as this will help massively with airflow .. cheers mate 👍🏻

Thanks Jeff hopefully get a bit further then the trimming with this one lol .. just want to get it dialled in so I can start learning some proper airobatics 👌👍🏻 cought up with the show this morning cheers 👍🏻

Cheers Gina .. I’m trying to push myself a little beyond my skill factor with the big airobatic models .. the Dumas dragon is boxed up atm and not forgotten .. need to source some little reduction drive motors for it and needs covering 👍🏻

Thanks Rob .. looking fwd to getting this one maidened and trimmed so I can have some fun with it 👌👍🏻