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| LASTWOODSMAN | Dumas Kit #222, Fokker EIII | Parked | 27-Feb-17 10:27 |  | | Views : 544 | | Sorry - I deleted this by accident. 1st PAGE OF US BUILT PROPS This site http://www.woodenpropeller.com/Photo_Gallery.html shows the beautiful variations in early propeller design and has great color photos and multiple views of real WW1 and earlier antique propellers showing the wood, the grain, the cladding, the markings, the decals, who built them, what wood they were made of, the size, and what engines and planes they were used on, with lots of info on each prop. Just click on each prop. From the Bahnson Propeller Collection. |
| LASTWOODSMAN | Dumas Kit #222, Fokker EIII | Parked | 22-Feb-17 18:50 |  | | Views : 450 | | Pic of my new unstained, soft balsa "Helice Eclair" one piece wood prop, final sanded (or so I thought), to 400 grti, with my Spad 7 plane in behind, with its "Chauviere Integrale" prop, for comparison, I took a lot of measurements with calipers and a mm rule, to try to get equal blade shapes and thicknesses on the prop while sanding. The prop shape is STILL WAY OFF!!!!... The "Helice Eclair" is 3rd from the bottom in this photo of the 1st page of "FRENCH BUILT" props, and the "Chauviere Integrale" prop is 6th from the bottom. Website http://www.woodenpropeller.com/Photo_Gallery.html . |
| LASTWOODSMAN | Dumas Kit #222, Fokker EIII | Parked | 17-Feb-17 19:46 |  | | Views : 383 | | Last pic of what the EIII will sort of look like, after I finish the prop, stain it, clear coat it, put a hub on it, and paint up the pilot some more. |
| LASTWOODSMAN | Dumas Kit #222, Fokker EIII | Parked | 16-Feb-17 22:17 |  | | Views : 344 | | One coat of paint on the pilot, the old prop is now rough carved into a "Helice Eclair" prop, and the old 6" grey Peck plastic prop and nose assembly. |
| LASTWOODSMAN | Dumas Kit #222, Fokker EIII | Parked | 16-Feb-17 22:14 |  | | Views : 359 | | Backside view of pilot halves overlapping - used 5 min Epoxy for the inside, snipped off the toothpics, sanded, body filler, then sanded. |
| LASTWOODSMAN | Dumas Kit #222, Fokker EIII | Parked | 16-Feb-17 22:12 |  | | Views : 316 | | 1:20 scale pilot halves CA'd together with toothpics through the 1/8" overlap. Holes drilled with a #59 0.0410 bit first. |
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