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Hangar	Aircraft	Category	Date	Preview
David Duckett	Dumas Kit #1815,DeHavilland DH89 Dragon Rapide	Build	19-Mar-10 18:10
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The instructions for gluing the sides together are easy to understand but getting the nose to curve that much isn't. After breaking it once, I made a piece from 3/32" balsa to fit between the sides and glued the sides to the piece. Leaving that top piece out, for now, made fitting the front plastic piece easier.
David Duckett	Dumas Kit #1815,DeHavilland DH89 Dragon Rapide	Build	19-Mar-10 18:06
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Then these are glued over the tapered pieces and the resta of the window outline.
David Duckett	Dumas Kit #1815,DeHavilland DH89 Dragon Rapide	Build	19-Mar-10 18:05
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Tapering the 1/16" pieces
David Duckett	Dumas Kit #1815,DeHavilland DH89 Dragon Rapide	Build	19-Mar-10 18:03
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All 1/8" x 1/8" and 1/8" x 1/16" construction and 2 laser cut parts
David Duckett	Dumas Kit #1815,DeHavilland DH89 Dragon Rapide	Build	19-Mar-10 18:01
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2 strips of 1/16" x 1/8" soaked and glued . I should have used a harder pattern but I didn't have the "artists foam board" called for. You can see that they bent at the ends. The plans say to set these aside and build the feathers later but I didn't.
David Duckett	Dumas Kit #1815,DeHavilland DH89 Dragon Rapide	Build	19-Mar-10 17:57
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Venus it ain't!

Hangar	Aircraft	Category	Date	Preview
CPN	Guillows Series 300 - Cessna 170	Parked	19-Mar-10 17:12
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Here's the completed model - balanced and ready for a calm day and potentially - its demise.
CPN	Guillows Series 500 - FW 190	Parked	19-Mar-10 17:11
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Tailwheel added. A fitting last touch (pun intended) for a tail dragger.
CPN	Guillows Series 300 - Cessna 170	Parked	18-Mar-10 21:30
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CPN	Guillows Series 300 - Cessna 170	Parked	18-Mar-10 21:29
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Peck Polymers prop with the Guillows thrust bearing in the nose. The model nearly balanced out without any noseweight. I'll need maybe 4 or 5 number 6 lead shot to get it level. I can't wait to fly this thing.
CPN	Guillows Series 300 - Cessna 170	Parked	18-Mar-10 21:28
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I still need to do some detail work - like painting the wingtips.
CPN	Guillows Series 300 - Cessna 170	Parked	18-Mar-10 21:27
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You can see where I cut away tissue to pull the motor through - only to find that there was a solid former in front of the cut out. Oh well.

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