Sig Kobra balsa kit

Michael · January 20, 2018, 01:09:27 PM

Main construction and assembly has been completed. I'm finishing the radio and power system installations, and then I'll do decals.

Ededge2002 · January 20, 2018, 01:43:48 PM

Looks fantastic!

Andy Hoffer · January 22, 2018, 02:26:41 AM

Beautiful, Michael! I really like your colour scheme. This will make an excellent photo subject against a blue or cloudy sky! On white it will look like the wings, top of the fuse and the top of the rudder/fin are separate entities flying in formation!!

Bravo!!

Andy

electroflyer · January 22, 2018, 08:34:07 AM

Very nice!
Your builds get better and better!

Glenn

Michael · January 25, 2018, 07:21:39 PM

Done.

Fine balancing and throws still to be adjusted.

battlestu · January 26, 2018, 11:13:28 AM

very nice!! can't wait to see her fly

sihinch · January 26, 2018, 01:38:49 PM

Wow, you should be proud of that!

BJROB · January 26, 2018, 05:00:51 PM

What a pretty looking plane.
It looks just great.... what a good.

piker · January 26, 2018, 05:44:04 PM

Beautiful! You've inspired me to work on mine! I hope I can make it happen for the Spring

piker · January 26, 2018, 08:31:17 PM

Hey! How did you end up treating the plastic turtle deck? Did you cover the top of the fuselage and paint the plastic, cover the plastic, or paint onto the fuselage film?

Michael · January 26, 2018, 09:58:31 PM

I found a blue spray paint that closely matched some blue covering. I used 4 different types of covering with varying heat/stick/melt temperatures, and this made covering more difficult than planned. It worked out, but it was challenging.

The plastic was spray painted, and attached by screwing at 2 locations into balsa (glue re-enforced holes) blocks.

The 2 screw-heads match up with 2 hold-down magnets under the canopy-battery-hatch.

piker · January 27, 2018, 05:04:56 PM

Cool! looks great! Thanks for the details.