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jerry campbell	Dumas Kit #404, Supermarine S.6B	Build	06-Apr-08 16:08
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jerry campbell	Dumas Kit #404, Supermarine S.6B	Build	06-Apr-08 16:07
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jerry campbell	Dumas Kit #404, Supermarine S.6B	Build	06-Apr-08 16:06
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The conpound curves made papering the S.6B far more of a problem than anticipated.
jerry campbell	Dumas Kit #404, Supermarine S.6B	Build	30-Mar-08 21:01
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Sitting on its two big floats to be photographed, the S.6B looks massive, but it has only a 24 inch wingspan.
jerry campbell	Dumas Kit #404, Supermarine S.6B	Build	30-Mar-08 20:57
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The Dumas laser cut parts are great to work with, you can almost construct without glue.
jerry campbell	Dumas Kit #404, Supermarine S.6B	Build	30-Mar-08 20:53
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Sanded, doped, and sanded again. Actually there are about four coats of dope with light sanding of all but the last coat.

Hangar	Aircraft	Category	Date	Preview
jerry campbell	Dumas Kit #404, Supermarine S.6B	Build	26-Mar-08 09:15
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The two floats are sanded, doped, and sanded some more and are ready for papering. There is as much wood and work in these as there is building a fuselage.
jerry campbell	Dumas Kit #404, Supermarine S.6B	Build	23-Mar-08 20:54
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The two floats are nearing completion. The one in the back still has some additionl stringers to be added. the one in the foreground has all stringers and has been sanded but must have it's first coat of dope. The rear balsa blocks have been added but not
jerry campbell	Dumas Kit #404, Supermarine S.6B	Build	22-Mar-08 19:46
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With two large floats
jerry campbell	Dumas Kit #404, Supermarine S.6B	Build	22-Mar-08 19:44
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The tail feathers are doped, 4 coats of
jerry campbell	Dumas Kit #404, Supermarine S.6B	Build	21-Mar-08 22:45
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The copies allow me to cut the plans into pieces making it easier to work on my cork board. To increase parts on the tail feathers to 1/8th the parts had to be doubled. For this I like to use Ambroid, although it takes longer to dry. I use clothes pins to
jerry campbell	Guillows Series 300 - Piper Cub 95	Build	21-Mar-08 18:20
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It was more of a time consuming build than I expected.

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