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| jerry campbell | Dumas Kit #404, Supermarine S.6B | Build | 06-Apr-08 16:07 |  | | Views : 864 | |
| jerry campbell | Dumas Kit #404, Supermarine S.6B | Build | 06-Apr-08 16:06 |  | | Views : 792 | | 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 |  | | Views : 902 | | 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 |  | | Views : 979 | | 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 |  | | Views : 826 | | Sanded, doped, and sanded again. Actually there are about four coats of dope with light sanding of all but the last coat. |
| jerry campbell | Dumas Kit #404, Supermarine S.6B | Build | 26-Mar-08 09:15 |  | | Views : 807 | | 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. |
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| jerry campbell | Dumas Kit #404, Supermarine S.6B | Build | 23-Mar-08 20:54 |  | | Views : 734 | | 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 |  | | Views : 921 | | With two large floats |
| jerry campbell | Dumas Kit #404, Supermarine S.6B | Build | 22-Mar-08 19:44 |  | | Views : 770 | | The tail feathers are doped, 4 coats of |
| jerry campbell | Dumas Kit #404, Supermarine S.6B | Build | 21-Mar-08 22:45 |  | | Views : 700 | | 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 | Dumas Kit #404, Supermarine S.6B | Build | 21-Mar-08 00:09 |  | | Views : 779 | | Kit contains 36 X 24 sheet of plans printed on both sides, in order to be able to cut the plans apart for easy work on the building board I had each side copied. 140 lazer parts, vacu cowling and canopy, peel and stick decals, complete instructions, strip |
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