Sig Spacewalker II Barn Find: After 20 years, let's get this one back up in the air.

[@ravebrave8866]

The Sig Spacewalker is a beauty...

[@RobFeldkamp]

Poor terrified Lucy...

[@michaelcasella4774]

This is awesome! Really really enjoy your videos. can’t wait to see this restoration series!

[@retractor123]

Great video, very charismatic plane. Do you remember how did you do black outline strips around blue rays of the monocote?

[@Capgains7777]

The covering is 21st Century film which is more like a cloth from Coverite. The blue is Rustoleum spray can. The black stripe is vinyl 1/8” automotive pin stripe. It was pretty easy to form the radius turns by stretching it gently around the star bursts. The star bursts were masked off with tape and paper first, then Rustoleum. Just for peace of mind I traced all of the pinstripe with a brushed on coat of lacquer hoping it would help hold the stripe down. So far so good on this one but I have had failures on other jobs I have done, I’m not sure the lacquer helps if the stretch is too sharp.

[@travisruss9790]

Great plane. It's unfortunate that SIG is all but gone currently after so many decades as a leader in RC aviation.

[@Capgains7777]

I can’t agree more. The whole world of model airplane kits has turned upside down. I keep seeing statements of Sig being sold and moving, and coming back in 2024. Well here we are.

[@Capgains7777]

I misread, the site says they bringing new products to market in 2023. Come and gone. Looks like they are planning to supply ARFs instead kits and wood going forward. 😔

[@maljohn6584]

BUT THE PLANS ARE STILL AVAILABLE AND I HAVE ACCESS TO THE PLANS . IF YOU ARE PREPARED TO BUOLD FROM SCRATCH. 👍

[@stevejohnson1871]

Spacewalkers are fun to fly

[@stevelhamon2031]

Awesome, your G Man pilot figure was made by my friend Mike Sark in Bluffton Indiana.

[@Capgains7777]

Is he still making pilot heads?

[@stevelhamon2031]

@@Capgains7777 sorry to say no. He also made model railroad buildings and other stuff. He was in business with one of our classmates and when he passed he stopped producing pieces.

[@IamBlackdragon]

Noticed the P47 in the background. Hope u are planning to show that one. Love Space walkers to.

[@Capgains7777]

Oh yes, Bonnie is also getting worked on. Also been a while since she was up however not nearly as long. It’s really having all of my fleet in the shop so I can move from plane to plane much easier to work on them instead of in a storage unit.

[@billperry7773]

Hey Dan, I’ve been watching your videos for a little while. Where do you get your boss? Are you ordering online and if so, from who I appreciate it.

[@Capgains7777]

????? Not sure what you are asking.

[@robertcovell2787]

I have the same plane with the one piece wing. It's one of very few Models that I did not build. I got it dirt cheap and it needs to be stripped and re-covered. I'll probably use Sig Koveral. I have an OS 1.20 Gemini flat twin or a Gemini 1.60 ... don't know which engine I will use. I hope i'm not in for a surprise when I get the covering off but I'm a builder so I can cope.

[@Capgains7777]

That sounds like a great project. You will probably be fine once you start uncovering. There is a lot of “box” construction with raised spars to create the cloth on stick look. Either of those engines will be fine for power but the boxer valve covers on the 1.6 might add a nice scale effect.

[@robertcovell2787]

@@Capgains7777 Thank you for taking the trouble to reply. I really appreciate it. Both of the flat twins run very well on no nitro fuel so I can save some money and mix my own fuel. I've been doing that for many years with engines that will tolerate no nitro. And yes, that 1.60 is a mighty pretty engine.