Borrowed from Tulsa
Gluedobbers C/L Club
http://www.tulsacl.com
Helpful Hints
by Jim Carpenter
Along the road of model
building and flying I've picked up a few tricks. I hope the following will help
beginners and experts alike.
1. Use a wheel collar on
your drill bit and you have a depth gauge or drill stop.
2. When mixing epoxy a
50/50 mix is critical in order to gain maximum strength. Use a coin or bottle
cap to trace two circles to place epoxy in equal amounts.
3. For epoxy mixing pads
use flexible plastic, like butter container tops. After epoxy cures simply flex
the plastic top and epoxy can be cleanly removed.
4. Craft sticks (popsicle
sticks) at Hobby Lobby make great inexpensive epoxy mixing sticks. They make
great shims for lining up wings and fuselages etc.; they are also good for
repairs such as spar splices.
5.Use craft sticks on
the top and bottom of the elevator along with clothes pins or rubber bands to
hold elevator in neutral while setting up controls.
6. To cut brass, copper,
or aluminum tubing; roll on flat hard surface with a sharp knife.
7. To clean planes use
rubbing alcohol then shine covering with Armourall or Son of a Gun.
8. Use fuel line tubing
on needle valves to seal from leaks.
9. To separate backing
on film covering put small pieces of tape on each side and then pull tape.
10. Baking soda and CA
glue make great fillets for repairs.
11. Cut off the top of
the fox needle valve leaving enough to solder a wheel collar on. This keeps the
needle valve from being damaged on inverted landings.
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