Topic: Paper Aviation Regal Eagle

Thanks, I did dial in quite a bit of down elevator but noticed it climbed when I open the throttle.
As I had just mounted the engine against the firewall, I thought some downthrust would improve things.

Herri

After a prolonged hiatus , it’s back on with the build.  To break me back in gently I thought I would do some detail in the cockpit, not too much as this is not a scale model.

The kit comes with a foam board instrument panel and a printed instrument array.

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I felt the ol’ gal deserved better.  So I copied the foam board outline on to 1/16th ply and cut some holes.

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I stained this with some dark oak and then sealed it with Poly C and put a piece of acetate behind the panel.

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I printed off some instruments from various web sites on glossy paper

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and stuck these on to a piece of card to give some depth and then on to the back of the acetate.

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It looked a little plain, so I formed solder wire around various bits of dowel and then glued them on to each instrument as a form of bezel.

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Nice touch looks very nice

How did you cut the holes in the ply so neatly?

Half Throttle

I started with a 8mm drill and then used a tapered reamer to enlarge the holes to about 12 mm and then finished off with a set of these:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Silverline-5pce-Mounted-Grinding-Stones-Set-/160651423244?_trksid=p4340.m263&_trkparms=algo%3DDLSL%252BSIC%26its%3DI%26itu%3DUCI%252BIA%252BUA%252BFICS%252BUFI%252BDDSIC%26otn%3D8%26pmod%3D130292636422%252B130292636422%26po%3D%26ps%3D63%26clkid%3D3375660484524054180

The largest holes are about 24mm.

No problem mate- on its way. I love Regal Eagles. My mate and me considered buying the rights and tooling from Cab Richardson when he retired, but it was just a bit beyond us at the time. The other one we loved was his trainer, the Eazy Peazy, more fun than you could shake a stick at....

Any information on what happened to the "rights and tooling" for the Paper Aviation kits?
Tony

Any information on what happened to the "rights and tooling" for the Paper Aviation kits?
Tony

ive always wondered that too

ive always wondered that too

I have been trying to send a PM to Bobt but the system keeps rejecting my attempts.
I sold my Eazy Peazy and have regretted having done so ever since.
I would pay good money for an untouched Eazy Peazy kit,
Tony

Hello Brogue,
Is this the standard technique used when one wants a WW1 look to an airplane?  Very nice.
take care,
Albert

I have been trying to send a PM to Bobt but the system keeps rejecting my attempts.
I sold my Eazy Peazy and have regretted having done so ever since.
I would pay good money for an untouched Eazy Peazy kit,
Tony

thats odd... not sure if there are any kits left anywhere, I know one possibility......