What does your Work Area look like?

[Mitch]

Hi Guys,

I have been building models in my house, and when getting ready for a contest, I might have models all over. Not a pretty sight. So... I am finally getting a designated work space. I cleaned up a corner of my garage. I bought a wood working bench from Harbor fright and used some plywood. After one day of cleaning my work area is now ready for action:


Area to right, work bench and Luftwaffe Graveyard.


Area to left, Allied Depot.


Center Area. Repair Shop. In for repair is my Dumas Storch. Flew at Denver and crashed, made field repairs, crashed again and broke it right wing.
I am making complete repair of cowl, and after I removed the skin I see the wing is not too bad at all. It should be repaired in a day and fly at the next FAC event. The wing is re-enforced with Music Wire (as per plans), so that saved the plane. This plane flew great on it's maiden test flight before Denver. It was a VERY windy day in Denver, and I would not have flown it, except I was at a contest.

Mitch... Now I have to get ready for the show at the Museum of Flight!

PS: Making Repairs with my "scrap wood" from a Guillow's Kit!

[paul]

Building Beechcraft Musketeer also a Pudgey/Lil Sister/Butterfly at the sane time
Workplace a complete mess

[davidchoate]

that Storch looks like it flies well. i did the Guillow Cub 300 series, and it flew well too. i think its the planes have such a large wing. in full scale they can take off with a small engine. i remember a show about the Germans rescuing Mussolini from a mountainside, and I have loved The Storch ever since. a remarkable plane.

[Mitch]

Thanks, I believe she should fly well. I built her about 2 years ago,as per instructions. I did not fly it until the contest in Denver. I was looking though my inventory, checking there "fly list" so I could bring as many models as I could. She flew for the first time for trim flights the day before in Cheyenne, WY. My friend Tom helped me trim her. I thought she flew great, and was ready for the contset.

The first day in Denver was very windy and a gust of wind caught her and pushed her up then she stalled and dove in. The front stingers from F1 to F2 were mostly broke on top. I replaced those and flew her again only to break her wing. I thought she was heading for the garbage heap, but brought her home.

NOW... I have a proper work area! I can look at plans, start thinking about my next project, put finishing touches on another and still have room for repair work. When I cut back the skin on her wing I see there is very LITTLE damage and she should be flyable again soon.

Mitch

PS: Future project P-47 Thunderbolt with compressed air motor, with LARGE can of air! FAC "Power Scale" Free Flight

Keep Building, Keep Flying, Keep Challenging yourself!

[davidchoate]

i saw on the Yahoo siye when I looking into yhe contest rules, and i remember a thing about FF c02 and electric. I think the motor has to cut off after 30 seconds. when i was a kid i used to fly tese planes on a CO2 motor. I have seen where they sell the cans of "air", but not the actual motors. if you findout can you let me know? thanks. also i saw a utube video of a guy flying Guillows planes like a kite. it was pretty cool. something to fly when it IS windy. i linked to it fom Stick & Tissue. I think its OK to mention their siye cause I found them From this site.

[Steve Blanchard]

Hey Mitch nice digs! What plan is that Sopwith Tri-plane? Looks like a decent plan from the picture.

Steve

[Mitch]

The Sopwith Tripe is a Mike Midkiff Design. I only bought the plans. It is 1/12 scale and would go nicely with Guillow's 1/12 scale Camel! I believe these larger models would do better with electric power. You can still go FF with Electric. I am not ready to go there yet! On the other side of that project board from my daughter 4th grade experiment is my Dill Press, Power Sander and Band Saw. Tools I also use for model construction. My shop is coming along nicely...

Newest addition to the shop:

I picked this up at the gift shop yesterday and it points to the door to the house!

In my workshop I also have music and a source of heat! I expect to be working late into the nights and when I am tired I will just follow the sign!

Mitch