Really nice build and RC conversion! This plane is beautiful, and I suspect it flies well too. My late Uncle Fred flew one of these airplanes for his entire career as an aerobatic pilot, and then a clip wing version “The Spirit of Dynamite” after he retired. It was so much fun to fly in his plane when I was young. I would love to build and fly in scale model such as this someday, it is not easy finding a good model kit like this one these days. Thank you for sharing your build and documenting it with this video! Happy flying! Please have an excellent and awesome day! ☀️✨✈️
Excellent. I built them all, almost. From 1/2a controlline to the big Cub but never the rubber jobs. Sig kits are boxes of quality engineering. Your subject is now extinct without a proper replacement.
Purdy. I have this kit in my stash somewhere. Mine didn’t come with the decals for some reason. I also have a Flyline Velie Monocoupe. When I was a young guy I was taken up for some aerobatics in a 145 hp powered Monocoupe 110. Unforgettable.
When I was very young, 9 or 10 years old, my Dad gave me a Guillow's kit of the Monocoupe that was unfinished from his childhood, which means it was made in the late 1940's or early 1950's. It was the first wooden kit I ever built. Sadly, the finished model was destroyed in the move from New York to Houston in 1973. Of course, it looked nowhere near as nice as yours. A couple of years ago, I bought a set of 1/4 scale plans for one, drawn to use a .60 glow engine, but it will probably be built for electric power. This is second one of your videos I've watched, and I enjoy them. Subscribed.
Nice. Got that kit in my stash and may do just what you have done. Converted an easy built 90a to rc and it's one of my best flyers. Monocoupes are natural flyers any way. Oh and built a 96 inch one that flys just as good. Thanks for the video.
I've used krylon acrylic for decades. Milky white problem will disappear when it dries. In the future, use a lighter coat or multiple light coats. There are two completely different formulations with virtually identical bottles. You want the one that says "recoat any time" in the fine print. The other says something like "recoat after one hour'. Weight penalty is virtually non-existent for both.
Many thanks for that. I used matte Krylon back then based on a recommendation and was not expecting the matte finish to be so pronounced. I ended up using a dry paint brush to remove the clouding effect and switched to “flat crystal clear,” which has worked great.
I have two of these kits in my stash, they are beautiful! How long did you spend on the build? Installing the R/C year-end info on that, that looks like some fun. Nice work on the tissue glueing for the color separation too!
Have you flown it yet? I'd be tentative also it is a beautiful model. Just started building one of mine. I have three not two in my stock. I plan on traditional rubber power. I'm going use your guidance from your build on mine sure hope the results are similar... Thanks again! Steve
Thank you! Yes it has flown, but only a few brief circles. It has some trimming issues which I haven’t completely resolved, but I get the impression that it will be a good flier. Best of luck with your build and thanks again!
I scanned the N Number and printed it on a piece of paper. I then folded a sheet of black tissue in half and put the printed N number on top. A new razor blade and a metal ruler were used to carefully cut the N number from the printed sheet and the two layers of black tissue underneath. With this both N numbers were cut out at once.
@@dxmodelworks Good info! I cut the numbers out of the thick sticker paper they are printed on. Then I discarded the letter/number once cut out and used the the negative as a pattern. Then I went to town with a metal ruler and cut each out. I used black tissue from my local Hobby lobby -- it didn't really need two layers luckily (but a second would have been preferred) that would have drove me crazy! But it came out excellent -- just time consuming as you know lol but thank you for responding!
