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| jerry campbell | Dave Diels Engineering, Inc Kit #43, Ki 84 Hayate "Frank" | Build | 18-Jun-07 18:54 |  | | Views : 6870 | | While the papering process was intermittantly drying I worked on the cooling flaps and exhuast stacks that fit into them. The flaps are stiff paper left over from a Hellcat kit and the exhaust stacks are carved from bass wood left over from a ship kit. T |
| jerry campbell | Dave Diels Engineering, Inc Kit #43, Ki 84 Hayate "Frank" | Build | 18-Jun-07 18:42 |  | | Views : 6919 | | This way of adding a wing filet has its good points, however I'm not sure how I will like it on other models. We'll see, I'm always ready for something new, especially if it works. |
| jerry campbell | Dave Diels Engineering, Inc Kit #43, Ki 84 Hayate "Frank" | Build | 18-Jun-07 18:33 |  | | Views : 6643 | | The papering is done and the filets installed. |
| jerry campbell | Dave Diels Engineering, Inc Kit #43, Ki 84 Hayate "Frank" | Build | 18-Jun-07 18:19 |  | | Views : 6786 | | Finishing up papering as well a repairing the the fuselage paper. The wing filets do not call for stiff paper filets as Guillows usually does, this Diels kit has the filet struture built into the frame so the filets are done during the normal paper and do |
| jernst | Dave Diels Engineering, Inc Kit #42, Curtiss P-40B/C Warhawk | Parked | 18-Jun-07 15:51 |  | | Views : 7098 | | Spinner! - the intake is just layered markes to imply depth. |
| jernst | Dave Diels Engineering, Inc Kit #42, Curtiss P-40B/C Warhawk | Parked | 18-Jun-07 15:46 |  | | Views : 7702 | | The decales ARE in registry. I just didn't realize that you needed to cut as close as possible to the image. |
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| jernst | Dave Diels Engineering, Inc Kit #42, Curtiss P-40B/C Warhawk | Parked | 18-Jun-07 15:42 |  | | Views : 7155 | | The markings are kit-supplied water slide decals. |
| jernst | Dave Diels Engineering, Inc Kit #42, Curtiss P-40B/C Warhawk | Parked | 18-Jun-07 15:40 |  | | Views : 7033 | | The undersides are plain white 'Esaki' tissue which has a much better wet strength, and can be easily stretched and smioothed. |
| jernst | Dave Diels Engineering, Inc Kit #42, Curtiss P-40B/C Warhawk | Parked | 18-Jun-07 15:38 |  | | Views : 7777 | | Covering was with "Easy-Built" olive drab tissue. I don't particularly like it because it doesn't have very good 'wet strength' |
| jernst | Dave Diels Engineering, Inc Kit #42, Curtiss P-40B/C Warhawk | Parked | 18-Jun-07 15:36 |  | | Views : 7098 | | The Spinner was built from layered 1/16" discs, sanded to shape |
| jernst | Dave Diels Engineering, Inc Kit #42, Curtiss P-40B/C Warhawk | Parked | 18-Jun-07 15:29 |  | | Views : 8320 | | I thought I had more 'build' photos than this. Sorry. |
| jernst | Dave Diels Engineering, Inc Kit #42, Curtiss P-40B/C Warhawk | Parked | 18-Jun-07 15:28 |  | | Views : 8383 | | This is before sanding. I should have added more dihedral. I really had problems getting it to fly. |
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