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Heaven's Eagle and I

Paulw

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I spent a good day with Heaven's Eagle AKA Paul S. I would say it was very insightful for me and him both. We went to Harvey Young airport which is a small hobby airport in the Tulsa area with just a few hangars and maybe 4 aircraft just sitting around. We went to see a buddy that is building that 1/1 Bugatti 100P to which he is doing a bang up job of it. He is expecting to have it flying in a few months. Paul was not with out questions and Scotty was not with out answers. That was my intent all along. Paul seemed to really enjoy it.

Paul also brought me to a plastics store that he used to frequent when he lived in Tulsa and showed me some solvent that he says is just like Tenax. Its called Weld-on. It comes in a few different viscosities, and about three sizes. A small can which is about $10.00 would last about 6 years ( I know I am a bit over reaching). It contains methylene chloride,isobutones, acetone and MEK. This should be pretty hot and its in metal and not glass so it wont be affected by sunlight.

Then we went to a local hobby store where he bought a 32 Stagger Wing and a Bf-109 G-10. We rounded the day out with lunch at the local Chinese Buffet. It was quite a day.
 
Awww!
Ya beat me to it Paul! :D
Yup, had a real nice time. Really enjoyed the visit and viewing the replica Bugatti aircraft was even more interesting with it mostly disassembled. It is not a large aircraft by any means. A snug fit for a pilot if they are not too tall. Will definitely have to come back for the maiden flight if possible.

Will post some pics later on.

As to the kits I picked up one was the new Revell Bf 109 G10 in1/32, no biggie just had not gotten around to picking it up yet. The other was an old out of production umm very so-so kit of a Beechcraft Staggerwing in 1/32 scale. Only kit of a Staggerwing I have ever seen in 1/32 scale. Has no interior or wheel wells, landing gear are a toss and scratch up. Wheel well openings will have to be cut out and scratchbuilt. Will probably have to do a ton of stuff to get it right but don't want to do one of the dinky 1/48 kits. Again will post a couple of pics next week over in the aquisitions.
 
You guys got to see the 100P?? Holy crap I'm incredibly jealous. I've been following the construction for a little over a year on Facebook, and the engineering & machining aspects of it are what fascinate me the most. Would love to see that thing.
 
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