National Model Aviation Museum Blog

1 December 2011. Well, it was early in the morning, or late in the night of the 30th, but I couldn’t sleep and went downstairs and completed the horizontal stabilizer. I also covered the Fin and Rudder of the Mark III, but this is another project… Next post: December 3, […]

  29 November 2011. After applying the White everywhere, it was time to start “decorating”. Luckily enough, the “decoration” need some measuring and planning only on the wings and the horizontal stab on the big Flis, so the drawing part was relatively easy and didn’t take too much time. On […]

23 November 2011. Today Tail Feathers (but I’ve been told is an obsolete expression…). Well, obsolete or not, today I covered in White Modelspan of the stabilizer and Elevator, Fin and Rudder of both the Mk. III and the Mk. II. They were 8 different pieces, to be covered both […]

22 November 2011. Today I covered the wing of the Mk. II and Mk. III in White. It was a strange day, gloomy and rainy. I was allegedly on vacation, but once again I worked for at least three hours, and very uncomfortably, as my office e-mail was not working. […]

14 November 2011. I took the big roll of Modelspan and I sorted the colors. Luckily enough, I found 14 sheets of White, medium-heavy, and 7 sheets of Orange, medium-heavy. I’ll have more than enough for two Kwik-Flis. I’ll have to start with these two first, because I do not […]

3 November 2011. Today I eventually cut the fin and rudder pieces, and put them on the fuse. I also took some pictures… It really looks like a Kwik Fli Mk. II, now! I still have to work a little bit the ailerons area, to be sure that everything fits […]