The building season, southern style.

I finally got the courage to attack the Hound Dog. I sanded most of the paint off and dissolved the paint off the wings. More sanding and filling and sanding and it was ready for paint. White with orange and black trim this time. I waited 4 or 5 days before spraying the clear this time and it went well. What helped me wait is I stripped and repainted the Shark 560. Getting the monokote trim off the wings was really hard. The glue didn't act like it used to and took a lot of rubbing to come clean. Acetone used to melt it off quickly but not now. That one is waiting for clear in a few more days. So far I've stripped and re painted all the older models.

It is summer.

I get to the park before 8am. The temp is not bad but after an hour I'm ready to go home.
I removed the Evo .60 from the 665 and put an OS .46LA on and that cured the problems. The plane is flying very well with that combination. I put the Evo back into Tom Dixon's Thunderbird. I had to put some thread locker on the motor mounting bolts on the electric motor in the 610. The bolts were working loose after a few flights but now they stay put.
After the Banshee paint job I grabbed the Polynesian and sanded the color paint off and stripped the yellow covering from the wing and stab. I covered those areas with blue monokote. After wet sanding the fuselage and filling dents I sprayed blue on the fuselage and half of the blue covering. I just finished spraying the clear and it's hanging up drying. I need to get some 2 inch wheels for it.