Vettster

So.... about a month ago I was at a jet event with my trusty old Sprint that must have over 300 flights on her. There was 6 other Sprints and they were all identical!!

I figured it was time to do something different. Though Im sure many have painted theirs.. I just havnt seen to many other Sprint jets with something different. Please feel free to post pics of your sprint jet if its been modified.

My good buddy did the vinyl decals for me. He does much of this stuff for RC'ers. If interested send me a pm and I will point him your direction

I painted it with Tamiya Acylics and clear coated with Rust-oleum Satin to protect against smudges.

I added panel lines and rivets. (will post some close ups including the bottom later )

The whole thing took about 4 days (rainy days )

Thanks for looking

Trevor

LGM Graphix

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They are still a bone ugly design, but you've made it look, I think the best way to put it is, "right". It looks like some sort of vietnam era cargo plane or something. Looks much better in that scheme. I want to do a vietnam era camo on my old CAI Raptor, I'm going to be sure it gets the shark mouth on it too though, love that mouth like the old phantoms had
Nice job!

Vettster

Thanks Jeremy. I agree... the Sprint is one ugly looking plane. I always said it looks like a school bus. I love the Vietnam colors so thought it might do it justice. I think it worked I even thought about adding the shark mouth.. but I felt it would be just to busy for this plane.

Trev

jetster81

Nice work,you have transformed a sport plane into something that could be mistaken for a full size type, and a big improvement on the original.

Boomerang1

Lots of people bag the humble Boomerang (I call them 'wheelbarrows') but for a basic go-to jet for everyday flying they can't be beat.

300 flights? Basic, simple design engineered well. Lot's of jets (as we have seen in other threads) are lucky to last one! - John.

Dr Honda

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I agree with LGM. I'm not a real fan of camo... but it's nice to see a boom'er in something other than a sport, or Navy theme.

Vettster

Thank You Jester.

Right you are .Boomerang. It is the perfect go-to plane. It fits in the trunk of a car and can take off and land on ANY field that will allow turbines. Thats why this plane has more flights than any other in my hanger. The bigger ones just need more space where as the Sprint is always!! ready to go

bmetcalf

Hey that looks great !, I am going to do that , hey wait I did do that to my XL . Too times . Hope to see it and you in the spring. Brad "Maddog" Metcalf

rfbenn

I might have taken this face lift a bit far , I bought a set of Intro wings and decided to make a fuselage that I like the look of. The first picture with the wings on shows where I've extended the outer wing root to make up for the missing booms.
The second with everything glassed and the final one with the air intake scoops fitted and airframe in primer.

I really like the way my Intro flys but boy is it ugly, so we'll see if my creation works. Got to finish the primer then start the install and if it works paint it properly.



Rob

BaldEagel

This was my effort some time ago, still flying and the lights add a bit of fun.

Mike

Chris Smith

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I had to be different too.

Jetflyer3000

Now that is impressive. I hope it flys well. It looks god and the old adage if it looks like it will fly it probably will should I hope hold true

VF84sluggo

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Did you strip the coating off and then paint, or did you paint over the coating?

I'd thought about doing this same thing to my Nano.

Vettster

Yeah but Brad.. I painted mine Identical to the real one that entered service in the last 3 weeks of the Nam war

See you in the spring buddy. and oh yeah...."I want to fly like Blair!" lol


Some really nice work there Rob!

So guys.. I think we can all agree that anything but the original looks so much better. The ones that have been posted all look great! A big improvement over the original.

Trev

Vettster

Cant speak for the others.. but I didnt sand or strip anything down. I just sprayed a coat of Tremclad Primer over the entire plane and went to work.

PaulD

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Looks awesome. Nice way to create something unique from a well known and proven design.

People love to pan the Boomers but when the conditions are sh$tty, like crosswinds, short grass fields, etc. it's the Boomers that are flying while all the "expensive" hardware is parked. I love my Elan and as long as I'm flying jets, I'll never be without one.

PaulD

VF84sluggo

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Ok good. Peeling/stripping all the coating off, then cleaning and prepping, is a bigger job than I want to tackle and has been what's deterred me. Nice to know that is not necessary.

kberk222

looks great