johnnycarlos
Active member
For my second build, I'm gonna be doing something different, a Great Planes 2m Spirit sailplane. Having finished my first build over this last month, the hobby seems to be taking an unexpected direction. I actually enjoyed the hunt for bargains, vintage planes, and oddball things.
So rather than get more building experience by spending money a new kit, I'm just going to work on this sailplane that followed me home from an estate sale. I can build this without spending hardly any additional money. The key to vintage/bargain hunts seems to be time and patience(and cash on-hand). This kit will take me at least a month, and that means a month of bargain hunting. Just yesterday I almost nabbed a half-built Mountain Model for $10. At the estate sale I was mere seconds too late for a Kadet Senior kit.
I'll learn a lot too. When I opened the kit and unfurled a poster size plan, I was shocked. I'd never actually seen a plan before. The things you don't know when all you've done is ARF. This will be more challenging than my first build, but I got time. Think I'll be ok with careful study.
The extra savings to my monthly "fun money" budget means I can buy a few more tools like a watt meter, scale balance, latch magnets, and 123 blocks.
I'm going to be try nhk750's magnets and clear plastic method.....
So rather than get more building experience by spending money a new kit, I'm just going to work on this sailplane that followed me home from an estate sale. I can build this without spending hardly any additional money. The key to vintage/bargain hunts seems to be time and patience(and cash on-hand). This kit will take me at least a month, and that means a month of bargain hunting. Just yesterday I almost nabbed a half-built Mountain Model for $10. At the estate sale I was mere seconds too late for a Kadet Senior kit.
I'll learn a lot too. When I opened the kit and unfurled a poster size plan, I was shocked. I'd never actually seen a plan before. The things you don't know when all you've done is ARF. This will be more challenging than my first build, but I got time. Think I'll be ok with careful study.
The extra savings to my monthly "fun money" budget means I can buy a few more tools like a watt meter, scale balance, latch magnets, and 123 blocks.
I'm going to be try nhk750's magnets and clear plastic method.....