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[QUOTE=Hesh1956]
I loved the smell of 30% nitro in the morning..... [/QUOTE]

Aha! Sniffing solvents now are we? And in the morning!!! Tisk Tisk!

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[QUOTE=Billy T] You can't be talking in Pomona could you? [/QUOTE] That'd be the place. I lived in La Verne for about a dozen years and went to Cal Poly Pomona. I spent many hours flying Temple Hill. Do you fly?

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Very nice, so far, Steve! Did you steam the indentations, or just sand?

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[quote]That'd be the place. I lived in La Verne for about a dozen years and went to Cal Poly Pomona. I spent many hours flying Temple Hill. Do you fly?[/quote]

      I used to fly all the time, Right There! Great updraft in the afternoon. I live about 6 miles northwest of Cow Poly!

     I had a 1 and 2 meter Wanderer. I punched so many holes in it, I could play Yankee doodle by the whistle noises.

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Billy Dean Thomas
Covina, CA

"Multi famam, conscientiam, pauci verentur."
(Many fear their reputation, few their conscience)

[QUOTE=burbank] Very nice, so far, Steve! Did you steam the indentations, or just sand?[/QUOTE]
I had already sanded before I asked the question. While sanding I thought that there must be a better way to do this.

[QUOTE=Billy T] I used to fly all the time, Right There! Great updraft in the afternoon. I live about 6 miles northwest of Cow Poly!

     I had a 1 and 2 meter Wanderer. I punched so many holes in it, I could play Yankee doodle by the whistle noises. [/QUOTE] My first plane was a wanderer. I ended up building and flying just about every kind of model. My favorite was an aileron/elevator model called the Savage. It flew up side down almost as well as right side up. Mine was black. I flew Hobie Hawks, Wanderers, Coyote, and a few scratch built. I still have a WindFree that I made in 1981. It is beautiful. 99" wingspan, metallic blue fuselage and transparent red wings.
I started flying 3D electric foamies last year.

Some of the building techniques for making planes come in handy on guitars.

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"An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is an adventure wrongly considered." G. K. Chesterton.

Some of the building techniques for making planes come in handy on guitars.

I had a week-long student last year(hmmm, just about time for another....), and he had scratch built ships; sailing ships! He'd built every part, even the block and tackle. A lot of what he'd learned there translated directly to instrument making, and in the end, he taught me a few tricks <bg>

Myself, I built a lot of models as a wee lad; now, these were mostly kits, but still, doind 'dry' fits and working the pieces until they fit perfectly, I'm sure, has helped me a lot in this career. Later on, I got into airbrushing and such on helmets, sleds, bikes and race cars. There, i learned to really use an airbrush, blend colors, mix my own colors, and how to level and buff(hand rubbed) the final clear coats. My next "hobby" was playing music, which gave me an appreciation for fine instruments, and that kind of lead to combining all my previous skills into one; luthin'!   

It's interesting where some of our skills and such evolved...

Oh, and I flew little Cox powered planes at one point in time, but it was the Funny Cars and Dune Buggies, powered by the same Cox engines, that lit my fire! A friend and I each had cars we raced, often. Mayhaps -this- is where my sensitivity to nitro began...<bg>

[quote=Hesh the Nitro Addict]I used to do 1/4 scale and helicopters as well...... I loved the smell of 30% nitro in the morning...[/quote][quote=Mario]Mayhaps -this- is where my sensitivity to nitro began...<bg>[/quote]
     
        I used to love the stuff! A day at the drags was like heaven! It used to give me a headache, but it was worth every throb!

     Now! I can't even get close to the drags. One burn out, and my head splits open like something out of a John Carpenter movie.

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Billy Dean Thomas
Covina, CA

"Multi famam, conscientiam, pauci verentur."
(Many fear their reputation, few their conscience)

Man, and i love Pepsi, what am i doin' here?

I used to make model cars as a kid, the glue smelled soooooo gooood! HE HE HE!

[QUOTE=Hesh1956]
I used to do 1/4 scale and helicopters as well...... I loved the smell of 30% nitro in the morning..... [/QUOTE]

Proctor VK 1/6 scale WWI, 4 cyc. I know exactly what you mean about the smell, best with real castor oil.