Hi to all from Ireland

Dave Matthews · Post by **Dave Matthews** » Wed Feb 04, 2009 6:44 pm

Hi guys,

Just joined and would like to say hi. As the weather over here has been rubbish for the past few weeks (no r/c flying) I desided to build an old Guillow's Spirit of St. Louis that I bought off ebay a few years ago and was collecting dust on the shelf.

Must admit I enjoyed the build as it was very calming given the lack of flying. I am planning to take it over to Scotland for the EKMFC concours night in a weeks time, on the 13th of this month.

thymekiller · Post by **thymekiller** » Wed Feb 04, 2009 7:10 pm

Nice wood work! I didnt realize the spirit had so much wood. Glue joints look fantastic. What glue did you use?

thymekiller

SteveM · Post by **SteveM** » Wed Feb 04, 2009 7:22 pm

You might be interested to see these pictures of others building this kit. Notice that there are many pages of photos, I took the liberty of skipping to a page with lots of good pictures.

Xanadu · Post by **Xanadu** » Wed Feb 04, 2009 7:28 pm

Howdy, things are looking good over there!

Mad Cap Romanian · Post by **Mad Cap Romanian** » Wed Feb 04, 2009 7:34 pm

Greetings from Canada.

Nice work on the Spirit! Charles Lindberg would be proud!

Actually, it's good to see this kit "Out of the Box".

Hope you'll have a happy time here on the fourms.

Greyhound · Post by **Greyhound** » Wed Feb 04, 2009 8:11 pm

Nice plane!

Dave Matthews · Post by **Dave Matthews** » Thu Feb 05, 2009 3:09 am

Thanks for your coments guys.

Here some more. Tissue and dope time.

thymekiller · Post by **thymekiller** » Thu Feb 05, 2009 8:19 am

Thank you for posting the pics. You sure are a fast builder. The tissue looks great!!

thymekiller

Dave Matthews · Post by **Dave Matthews** » Thu Feb 05, 2009 10:10 am

Thanks Thymekiller . . .

Here are some more. I wanted to do something a little different, so I decided to make my own prop and spinner.

Dave Matthews · Post by **Dave Matthews** » Thu Feb 05, 2009 10:16 am

and here is the cowling.

svaughn · Post by **svaughn** » Thu Feb 05, 2009 3:22 pm

Wow! That is simply beautiful.

Where did you get the metal (aluminum?) foil?

supercruiser · Post by **supercruiser** » Thu Feb 05, 2009 5:09 pm

How did you do the engine turning on the cowling? Looks like you are quite a craftsman.

Mad Cap Romanian · Post by **Mad Cap Romanian** » Thu Feb 05, 2009 5:42 pm

He just puts the pencil eraser on the tinfoil and turns it, then moves to a new spot and does the same. Looks Terrific!

thymekiller · Post by **thymekiller** » Thu Feb 05, 2009 10:28 pm

Thats an unbelieveable amount of turning!!!
The prop is AWSOME!!!!
Very nice work.

thymekiller

Dave Matthews · Post by **Dave Matthews** » Fri Feb 06, 2009 3:25 am

Well spotted there "Mad Cap"