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Browse Images Virtual Aerodrome Image Browser ( Small / Large ) Show : All | Parked | Flying | Build | Aerial | Reference Page (2 in total) :  1   2  [ < Prev ] Hangar Aircraft Category Date Preview John Cooper Dumas Kit #305, Curtiss SBD3 Helldiver Parked 10-Jun-10 17:54 Views : 1557 Panel lines, details and weathering were done with pastel pencils. John Cooper Dumas Kit #305, Curtiss SBD3 Helldiver Parked 10-Jun-10 17:51 Views : 1690 The prop, spinner and adjustable thrust mechanism come from Gizmo Geezer. John Cooper Dumas Kit #305, Curtiss SBD3 Helldiver Parked 10-Jun-10 17:47 Views : 1493 Dumas Curtiss SBC-3 Helldiver. The finished weight is 107.8g. This is a little heavy for a 30" model, but there is a lot of wing area. John Cooper Dumas Kit #305, Curtiss SBD3 Helldiver Parked 09-Jun-10 17:23 Views : 1649 I build the SBC-3 with the gear up because this is going to be an outdoor flyer and also because it is pretty complicated to make a good representation of gear down. The wheel is a balsa disc sanded into a donut shape. John Cooper Dumas Kit #305, Curtiss SBD3 Helldiver Parked 09-Jun-10 17:19 Views : 1576 The insignia are printed on white Japanese tissue with a laser printer John Cooper Dumas Kit #305, Curtiss SBD3 Helldiver Parked 09-Jun-10 17:17 Views : 1453 The crew is now seated. I air brushed the model with acrylic paint thinned with ethylene glycol (wiper fluid). Hangar Aircraft Category Date Preview John Cooper Dumas Kit #305, Curtiss SBD3 Helldiver Parked 09-Jun-10 17:13 Views : 1296 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 : 1306 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 : 1043 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 : 759 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 : 833 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 : 856 Start of a Dumas SBC-3 Helldiver. James would you please add this model to the aerodrome. Page (2 in total) :  1   2  [ < Prev ]