I had joined the fall Mountain Models Eva build, received kit and started building it this January. Having owned 5 planes during the duration of 3 active flying seasons and only one of them an ARF I consider myself an early stage intermediate kit builder, I just back into the hobby after 15 years of “Life happens” completing a Herr Cloud Ranger and starting the EVA build. All my previous builds I was using CA that was readily available from my employer, now to only find out it was a medium viscosity. I followed the MM recommendation of using thin CA for the build. Building the fuselage with the thin CA, I experienced that it has a viscosity thinner than gasoline out of the bottle and adheres like right now. To my dismay I built in a nasty twist nose to tail on the fuselage. I tried dis-bonding the joints only to make things worse breaking bulkheads and destroying the fuselage sides. I decided to end the airworthy build and concentrate finishing the kit as a static model for my Brother’s man-room, who is a HUGE University of Michigan fan. I figured all was not lost, a little more build and covering time to build on my skills, and I really enjoy the building process. I used covering I had laying around and a motor with a bent shaft, so no big loss except for the kit itself. But the fortunate side of this misfortune was having the plane at work finishing up some loose ends today, a contractor came by and saw it in our office and wants one University of Miami themed, initial down payment covers my original kit, his kit I need to order , supplies plus some extra. Looks like I’ll get some more build and covering time under my belt and make a little money for something I really enjoy.
