| Hangar |
Aircraft |
Category |
Date |
Preview |
| John Cooper | Dumas Kit #305, Curtiss SBD3 Helldiver | Parked | 09-Jun-10 17:13 |  |
| Views : 2476 |
| All of the wings are removable. There is a paper tube in every wing component through which a balsa spar goes. This is done mostly for storage reasons, but will also limit damage in a bad crash. |
| John Cooper | Dumas Kit #305, Curtiss SBD3 Helldiver | Parked | 09-Jun-10 17:09 |  |
| Views : 2539 |
| The crew, Ensigns Thomson and Thompson are carved from foam and covered with tissue. They turned out a little more portly than I intended. |
| John Cooper | Dumas Kit #305, Curtiss SBD3 Helldiver | Parked | 09-Jun-10 17:06 |  |
| Views : 1507 |
| Starting to cover the fuselage. I used blue Japanese tissue, chalked with grey to get a colour close to the final finish |
| John Cooper | Dumas Kit #305, Curtiss SBD3 Helldiver | Parked | 09-Jun-10 17:01 |  |
| Views : 1156 |
| I build in a down aileron on the port wing to avoid adding a paper tab. This is to keep the plane from banking too much from prop torque, |
| John Cooper | Dumas Kit #305, Curtiss SBD3 Helldiver | Parked | 09-Jun-10 16:58 |  |
| Views : 1253 |
| I replaced many of the wing ribs with contest balsa. This is going to be a free flight model. |
| John Cooper | Dumas Kit #305, Curtiss SBD3 Helldiver | Parked | 09-Jun-10 16:56 |  |
| Views : 1255 |
| Start of a Dumas SBC-3 Helldiver. James would you please add this model to the aerodrome. |
