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Category |
Date |
Preview |
| gpatom5612 | Guillows Series 400 - Spitfire | Parked | 19-May-07 12:18 |  |
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| basswood covering |
| jgood | Guillows Series 200 - Fokker DR-1 Triplane | Build | 19-May-07 12:06 |  |
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| Fuse basically together now. I've done an 'anti Duckett' on it, and actually removed wood from a Guillow's kit! Sorry David. :) As can be seen, I've milled out some of the wood from the rear formers to keep weight down. You can also see the lack of side k |
| jgood | Guillows Series 200 - Fokker DR-1 Triplane | Build | 19-May-07 12:04 |  |
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| Here is a change I am making to the kit. Instead of using the heavy side keels, I've replaced them with stringers. At the front, the stringer is doubled up for extra strength, the rear 2/3rds is just a single. I'm holding the original side keel up for com |
| jgood | Guillows Series 200 - Fokker DR-1 Triplane | Build | 19-May-07 11:59 |  |
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| Rudder. It looks a bit odd because I've milled out a lot of the wood in the frame to save some weight. The Dr.1 is notoriously tail heavy, so tiny amounts saved here should actually help. The alternative was to bend laminated strips around the outline and |
| simpleflyer | Guillows Series 4000 - Fly Boy | Parked | 18-May-07 21:21 |  |
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| The Cadet initially began life as a Comet kit a while back. We bought the box containing the Gold Wing, Cadet, Fly Boy, and Cloud Buster for less than $8. Today the list price for the Gold Wing is over $8. Go figure?? |
| simpleflyer | Guillows Series 4000 - Fly Boy | Parked | 18-May-07 21:14 |  |
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| Toda, we took a little break from the Super Cub and finished up this little Cadet that we had started a while back. We like to alternate between model builds to keep up the interest for building. |
