The Trashed Sunbird

I like a challenge, i like a project.. i get bored and drink to much if i dont have something to do. So i call Martin Gay and say.. Yo Martin whats in the loft? he sucks in his cheeks and says.. let me have a think, moments later I get a whattsapp and low and behold a Sunbird. Not just any Sunbird but a proper fucked one! This one looks like a chicken caught in a tractors nuts!

The only good thing about it was the brand new wing joiner! Thats what i paid Martin.. the cost of the wing joiner. So i was buying a wing joiner and getting a bag of guts free! You get my drift.

 

 

 

 No Idea what happened to it, i suspect someone like Martin flew into a concrete wall whilst staring at birds. The front leading edge had been caved in on one wing, Boom broken in 2 places. Various holes in wing skins. I do wonder how these things happen. But then i dont wonder to much after my Rotmilan got run over by a car. Anyways the spar was intact! always a bonus.

 

Very sorry wing above

 

 

Anyways it took a supreme effort and a lot of carbon and filler to get it looking like the below. In such a small bird weight is critical. I figure its never gonna be like an original so fuck it just add a load of weight in the other wing and fly it like you stole it.

 

The below was the result. Not perfect but presentable.. from a couple of miles away! I never flew it and sold it on as a basher. Not sure its flown yet will have to ask Tim. I know the wing joiner was good!
 

Quite a pretty model!