| Hangar |
Aircraft |
Category |
Date |
Preview |
| 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). |
| 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, |
