My new 45 Roadrunner

[douglong]

And it begins, Received my new Roadrunner from Ralph Almirola today. It is a very nice kit. Very excited to get this together and running in the lake.

 

[Bill Gibson]

And it begins, Received my new Roadrunner from Ralph Almirola today. It is a very nice kit. Very excited to get this together and running in the lake.

Ralphs skills are second to none! His craftsmanship is amazing!!

 

[Roxyflash]

Hope this build goes better then the last two.Should be a great runner

 

[douglong]

Added blocks to the engine bay and bait box. These will stabilize the cowl and bait box lid.
All servo linkage holes drilled. Water line holes drilled.

West systems epoxy thinned with denatured alcohol to seal the tub and sponsons.

 

[douglong]

Couple more items to address and this rocket will be ready for the paint booth.

 

[Roxyflash]

Getting close how’s the cowl coming along?

 

[douglong]

Getting close how’s the cowl coming

Need to sand and drill some holes and it will be ready for the paint booth.

 

[douglong]

Primer layed down nicely.

 

[douglong]

Top coat layed down nicely, thanks to Rick's instructions. Wait 4 days then the clear coat begins.

 

[Jeff Barnes]

Put it in the sun for a few min then let cool In the shade do that a few times and it will help the curing process if your racing it most people don't put a bunch of paint on them I see a lot just natural. primer has weight paint has weight and clear has weight

 

[Roxyflash]

Good thing about primer is a lot of it gets sanded off then color sand the paint be ready for clear.Be a couple of oz in extra weight.Looks good.

 

[Jeff Barnes]

Yes sir

 

[douglong]

After a couple of changes the bird turned out pretty nice.
Big thank you to speedmaster, technology hobbies, Ralph and Rick Bellinger.
Couldn't of done it without you all.

 

[Jeff Barnes]

Looks good I'm a little confused in post 8 it shows it primed in a red oxide lhen post 9 it looks black then the final looks like natural wool color

 

[douglong]

Looks good I'm a little confused in post 8 it shows it primed in a red oxide lhen post 9 it looks black then the final looks like natural wool color

The black didn't turn out how I wanted it to so decided to go natural.

 

[douglong]

Looks good I'm a little confused in post 8 it shows it primed in a red oxide lhen post 9 it looks black then the final looks like natural wool color

Jeff,
I deleted the pictures so no one else will get confused.

 

[Jeff Barnes]

You will be happy with the lighter natural wood look good job enjoy riggers are a blast wished they ran them more in D2

 

[douglong]

You will be happy with the lighter natural wood look good job enjoy riggers are a blast wished they ran them more in D2

Thanks Jeff

 

[XtremeRcBoats]

After a couple of changes the bird turned out pretty nice.
Big thank you to speedmaster, technology hobbies, Ralph and Rick Bellinger.
Couldn't of done it without you all.

Looks great, what's up with all these holes in the rc compartment lid? extra water cooling for the receiver

 

[Jeff Barnes]

Looks like a ton of neg in the strut I run mine pretty well neutral