Hi All
Well to help keep a fire under my rear I thought I’d post my progress pics here, and keep updates of progress.
Well to start off I had already began conversion a while ago, As I really wanted it ready for a specific event, And well I rushed it, broke the cardinal prop rule and tryed to Bosh it thru quick, And well that = mess.
It wasn’t Horrid but I wasn’t happy and well this is where the journal begins, (I’m sure I have pics from earlier just can’t find them right now :roll: ).
OK First thing I SHOULD do is tidy up the workshop :lol: but Naaaaa
Day 1:- The first thing I had to do was strip off the ribs from the bottom I had put on, as I hadn’t filled the hole on the bottom of the Iona atall just stuck a bit of round plastic in to fill it quick which looked bad, that was the main thing that really pushed me to strip it right back.
Then I had to fill the big hole and the 2 small holes I had made for temp wing switches.
After that dried and was sanded I still needed a bit more filling on the bottom hole, and I also wanted to neaten/sharpen the edges on the top control box. Also filled the tip of the handle where it was going to be sanded flat with the rest of the handle. Also I had to build up the tiny shelf area around the bottom of the control box bit at the front as I hadn’t extended to Iona shelf before making the control box, Note to all make sure you do this FIRST, as trying to make that fiddly little bit round the bottom after is a nightmare.
Sanded, just have to sand the end of the handle down.
Next thing after handle sanded down was to give it a primer coat to see what I’ve missed.
And that’s where I have got to so far, I can tell now after the priming that there is still quite a bit of sanding to go to even things out and remove the filler edges that felt smooth :lol:
Day 2:- More filling sanding and swearing :), but basically have the shell looking ready to go, not 100% perfect but if I carry on filling and sanding anymore I’ll start loosing hope, but it’s 98% in my books :), Just have to add the bottom ribs, and cut the LED holes on the control panel.
I also opened up the rear hole for the thumb wheel and thinned it, and strengthned the handle tip, as when sanding it where it was taken so thin it broke off, so good ol super glue and more filler 
I also drilled the holes on the wings today, but I think I’ll buy some more LED’s I was going to use 3mm Yellow LEDs on the wings but think I’ll go for 3mm Ultrabright Yellow clear package instead and either leave them round tipped or file them flat at the end but will have to check to see that the loss of the lens tip doesn’t make the LED useless, I have some posative results in the past but not always.
The electronics I’ve basically nailed my circuit down but still need to build a test version first 
Well there it is, I’m open to comments, sujestions or questions
ATB
TK Lee
I can’t find one that will give the LEDs that “waterfall” effect. :?
