AEOLUS - 4 decades later |
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Panem et Circenses is what the Romans used to say, a phrase coined by the poet Juvenal. Bread and Circuses, in other words, were cynically provided by the Senate to divert the plebeian populace from more the serious matters of state. They were happy with their free bread, the red, white, green and blue chariot racing factions in their stadia to gamble upon and the gladiatorial and bestial spectacles in their amphitheatres. These days one could say Dole and Football or Sport or Reality TV/A-Z celebrity list and Rap, Grime, Drill and Hip-Hop music genres are their replacements ;-) LOCKDOWN! As the Nation is locked down for months on end from 23rd March 2020 what will the plebs do deprived of their diversions; many of us modellers and hobbyists will just carry on making and building, of course. No problems for us with Self-Isolation. Myself, I've been building for a few weeks now, on and off, and here's the results of my work, a 'woodie'. At the time of writing I'm still not finished and because I am waiting for some spray paint to dry I decided to make a new page. I already created my Photoshop graphics (I love graphics) and printed them on a new type of Decal/Water Transfer paper * which I found. |
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I just created the two matching sides with 3/16" balsa & 3/8" triangular longerons, here it is waiting for 1/32" ply doublers. |
Balsa airframe parts just balancing together to see how it looks. OK I reckon, but it will be a mid-wing so some accurate cutting of the fuselage will be required. |
I put it on my FrSky X9 Lite. The first model for this little Tx running OpenTx. Hopefully, I got the datum line and fixed tailplane incidence correct, we'll see when it maidens one day in the far distant future. It came out at around 1175g before testing, so not too bad. Now on to my next model... a BPLR MadSlide. Obechi foam wings and a balsa fuselage from the plan. * N.B. Decal/Waterslide Paper: I generally get decal paper from eBay but I came across this slightly different material, which seems to be a kind of matt plastic film, on backing paper. It comes off very easily compared to other paper making larger transfers slightly easier to place. Here's the web address: https://www.bigbitestudio.co.uk/product/blank-water-decal-paper-sheets_size-a4/ |
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