A control line stunter

Went to get some primer filler but they were closed yesterday morning so i got some High fill primer from Halfords along with some spray cans different colours for this model and the Bucker also one for my van where some thoughtful soul decided to drive into it
Very expensive are Halfords spray cans 
Anyway i put three coats of the high fill primer on the fuselage and tonight started to sand it back 

When doing that i pushed the drawer under the bench shut with my hip and 

Did not notice the tail plane was in it  wheres the cussing mojo when you want it

Ouch!

3 AM this morning in the shed as i cannot sleep with the pain so i finished sanding the fuselage and repaired the tail plain
 
Might have a weak on it now where it broke near the fuselage

Today is not good, i have a stinking cold kindly donated to me by my daughter in law, bless her 
I just popped out to the cave and put a coat of white primer on the fuselage, still some spots that need attention next,  i might give it 2 more then rub it down when hard taking as much off as i can but leaving a constant colour surface to put the finishing coats on as its going to be red, and red dont cover very well
 

Is auto spray paint fuel proof against glow fuel, iv given the fuselage 3 coats of top coat, i will puts some glass resin around the engine compartment to give it a bit of protection

Auto spray should be fuel proof as long as you don't leave raw fuel on for too long. You could always mix some Epoxy, thin it a little and wipe it around the engine bay.

3coats of red top coat spray can auto paint ill leave till well hard and see if it will polish up, hopefully it will be glow fuel resistant
 
 

My latest outdoor project getting the steel in ready for concreting the parking area we built in front of the house
 
Balancing the model
 
 
 
It just needed a little amount of lead in the tail, so pleased with that, iv got the paint to touch up a bit as i manage to set fire to it 
 

I don't see an elevator in those photo's  or is it he camera angle?
Are you leaving the fin/rudder chopped off square, like that?
How did you manage to set fire to it - soldering on the clevises with a blowlamp? 

Yes the elevator is on and the fin is all there, just the pictures dont show it, 
I did not cover the engine bolts before i sprayed the paint on, so they were all gummed up with paint and the nuts would not go screw down, i tried to clean it off but that did not work sooo i thought ill soften the pain with a low flame on the blowlamp, and of cause being my clumsy self i caught the paint and it burst into flames, not to worry as its only a hack machine to try and fly C/Line again, its been about 60 years since i last did so it may only last one lap at the most, thats why there is no canopy on it  saves £15

Got the order from the leeds model shop   he rang me and said they were out of the pilot i ordered for this model so i told him any one would do as long as it was the same size as the one i ordered, a simple request,
Ho boy some people are as thick as shit
 
 

A few evenings ago a 'Look at life' program on TV was about RC in 1966.  It also included some control line segments. Tx were seriously large in the day. I got it converted to MP4. Link below.

OOH RCS (Radio Control Specialists) from Hounslow, Middlesex. I had one of their six channel propo sets, 27 Mhz of course, with a monster 1/4 wave telescopic aerial. Ran on a big square 9volt battery, and proved to have a useful range of about 25 feet! The receiver had a four-cell nicad - with FIVE wire servos. The nicad was used as two pairs of cells, two cells positive, 0 volts in the middle, and two cells negative, so the servos were painfully slow and feeble, by modern standards!

For those that don't know, those transmitters with switches all over, that play tunes, are REED system. As described, each switch applies a different tone to different reeds, which vibrate, and 'make' a connection in the model - thus moving a servo that was sprung to return to centre. Who remembers the 'Mighty Midget'? For fine control (no sliding trimmers!) the switches would be pulsed on/off by the fingers
The fun began when the engine was started - as the vibration of the engine could cause the reeds to chatter - and drive the servos!
Plus  the receivers were pretty crude and not at all selective (pre-crystal control - note only one model operated at a time!) and if somene turned on a mains light switch, used a hair dryer, a vacuum, or a drill, the receiver would try to react to it!

>> Blackbird
It looks like the boat burial of a Bavarian Oompah Band member.