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Your doing a great job Blimp. I know I would of given up and thrown it in the bin a long time ago.

Plus even if you didn't change the weld lines i'm sure apart from you nobody would be any wiser.

Cheers C , you were right on the money

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. . . That's my excuse anyway and I'm sticking to it - anyhow the whole gimble assembly was removed and swopped over - Bingo ! All working now , as well as an HL TX ever does . . . Thanks mate , I owe you one .

Glad to here you have got it up and running again.

Just in case anyone wondering , it isn't actually a potentomiter , it's a 3 phase pcb switch , i'd already looked at it , checked the soldered joints , switchplate arms for contact , made sure the little retaining screw was tight etc , It checked out ok .

Excellent , Perhaps a post in the electronics section as well. It will be hard in a few months for members to trace it back to this build thread.

Certainly worth noting,and posting.

This thread has really inspired me. My KV1 is in the mail, too!

Getting to the last bits now , folks . A horn bracket from brass strip , fusewire ' loom ' and the over thick mudguards to be addressed - with 2mm to play with it's easy to add a little derangement , just a bit of care was needed not to reduce the top edges too much , or else the fine rivet detail will be lost ( I'll trim the toolbox lower edge here , so that it follows the new ' bend ' ) . . .

• . . . All thats left to do now is wait for a break in the weather , so that I can fire up the compressor - the shed is too cold and damp at the mo . Never mind , I'll add a little dirt texture while I wait . . . .

yay ! Some clear skies at the weekend and an hour to spare has allowed me to shoot the first , basic coat of paint . About time too , I'm getting fed up with it looking like a taylors dummy .

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Love your work, great thread.
What books are you using to get all this info on the kv1's, I am planning on building one of these.

Looking good Blimp.

do I spy another KV in the background? you starting a small army Blimp?

Ian.

PS I've order some micro switches and resistors etc so will be converting the recoil to correct action hopefully in the next week or so.