Welcome to FOAMBIRDS RC! This channel is focused on the building and flying of foam board RC airplanes, specifically warbirds. I will be uploading build tips, flight tips, projects, and even my own designs (eventually). Thank you guys so much for checking out this channel, and happy flying!
Raise your work up off the table and let the cloth drape over your work. You won't have to fight with it. Also coat your work with polycrylic prior to applying the glass cloth. It will hold it in place while you finish it up. Hope this helps you
good job young man, but...I agree with another viewer that you should "wet glass" your foam, cover that foam with a light coat of Minwax, then lay the glass over the wet foam for excellent adhesion, then wet coat the top again, squeege off and away you go. You might want to try EZE Kote by Deluxe Materials, it also is a bit better as it is a laminating resin and water based. There are a few more adhesives in it above Minwax, dont get me wrong, you are doing a great job, this is just another way to get great results, been doing this for years and old-school 2 part resins are a royal PIA. water based is awesome. Keep up the great work!
Fantastic video. Been using this technique for 20 years and its still my favorite. One suggestion that you might appreciate.... I lightly mist coat my parts with 3m spray adhesive before laying the glass down. Helps to avoid stubborn wrinkles that can pop up when a large part gets too wet from the wbpu.
Love your triplane! I've always loved ww1 planes and wonder why more builder don't make them. 13 squadron designed a lovely Albatros. But no word of release. I want D7 with printed detail. Great job on this and thank you for sharing!also like how you did the wings, great design!
I love your channel! I can't believe that you have less than 100,000 subscribers. I wish that you continued the series though. Maybe molding in the next episode?
I have a very old 1/4 scale J3 Cub that i'm going to re-cover with Sig Koveral. It seems like this Minwax stuff might be good for filling and sealing the weave as an alternative to dope
And also guys with printable plans like flite test instead of taping or gluing to foam tape all the pieces of the plans together then cut about 1 inch away from the outer lines then spray glue to poster board and cut out rest of the template and now you gotta template that you can save in a bim with a collection. Of reusable templates and you can trace every line on to foam board with pen or pencil. For holes and openings I make dots kf it's really small but for the slots for parts tabs and stuff just cut them put so you can trace it in and just mark your lines with a dot on each side of lines then use ruler when done tracing to complete the lines best way to male flite test planes and keep your templates for years. It's very simple to do just cut ppster board with the latest glued to it just like you would on the foam so you can trace every part exactly
J been building with foam board since 2008 when I was a sophomore in highschool and love it I built some really cool high wing 40 in wing span trainers and all kinds odnstuff by hand and graph paper and rulers and other measuring tools
