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| jerry campbell | Dave Diels Engineering, Inc Kit #43, Ki 84 Hayate "Frank" | Parked | 22-Jun-07 22:59 |  | | Views : 2220 | | Finished! The final finishing took longer than I thought it would. Diels kits are a bit of work but well worth it. The painting of markings and finding suitable numbers took some time. I've not learned to make scale props yet, I decided to do Frank witho |
| jerry campbell | Dave Diels Engineering, Inc Kit #43, Ki 84 Hayate "Frank" | Build | 20-Jun-07 13:54 |  | | Views : 1827 | | For some reason the comment don't always post completely. The paint is Tamiya withe the yellow brown and light blue being mixed. I've still got to finish the marking on the tail, but so far I think its coming along. I should be finished in the next day or |
| jerry campbell | Dave Diels Engineering, Inc Kit #43, Ki 84 Hayate "Frank" | Build | 20-Jun-07 13:39 |  | | Views : 1863 | | I've found my color scheme by pouring over one web site after another. The yellow brown may be incorrect, but I did find a plastic modeler finishing his in this color which I liked better than the more often seen green. Hope the color police don't find o |
| jerry campbell | Dave Diels Engineering, Inc Kit #43, Ki 84 Hayate "Frank" | Build | 18-Jun-07 18:54 |  | | Views : 1879 | | While the papering process was intermittantly drying I worked on the cooling flaps and exhuast stacks that fit into them. The flaps are stiff paper left over from a Hellcat kit and the exhaust stacks are carved from bass wood left over from a ship kit. T |
| jerry campbell | Dave Diels Engineering, Inc Kit #43, Ki 84 Hayate "Frank" | Build | 18-Jun-07 18:42 |  | | Views : 2115 | | This way of adding a wing filet has its good points, however I'm not sure how I will like it on other models. We'll see, I'm always ready for something new, especially if it works. |
| jerry campbell | Dave Diels Engineering, Inc Kit #43, Ki 84 Hayate "Frank" | Build | 18-Jun-07 18:33 |  | | Views : 1941 | | The papering is done and the filets installed. |
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| jerry campbell | Dave Diels Engineering, Inc Kit #43, Ki 84 Hayate "Frank" | Build | 18-Jun-07 18:19 |  | | Views : 1956 | | Finishing up papering as well a repairing the the fuselage paper. The wing filets do not call for stiff paper filets as Guillows usually does, this Diels kit has the filet struture built into the frame so the filets are done during the normal paper and do |
| jernst | Dave Diels Engineering, Inc Kit #43, Ki 84 Hayate "Frank" | Parked | 18-Jun-07 15:17 |  | | Views : 1243 | | Here are the tailfeathers. Pretty straight forward. |
| jerry campbell | Dave Diels Engineering, Inc Kit #43, Ki 84 Hayate "Frank" | Build | 17-Jun-07 14:11 |  | | Views : 1984 | | The wing has been installed and the belly stringers have been glued in place. The number of stringers on the fuselage are so many that it almost looks like a DD construction, but not quite. |
| jerry campbell | Dave Diels Engineering, Inc Kit #43, Ki 84 Hayate "Frank" | Build | 16-Jun-07 18:48 |  | | Views : 1947 | | Aluminium tubing simulates the starter connection in the spinner. |
| jerry campbell | Dave Diels Engineering, Inc Kit #43, Ki 84 Hayate "Frank" | Build | 16-Jun-07 18:42 |  | | Views : 1876 | | I find that plastic screen obtained at home depot to be easily trimmed to fit into the air belly intake. |
| jerry campbell | Dave Diels Engineering, Inc Kit #43, Ki 84 Hayate "Frank" | Build | 16-Jun-07 18:35 |  | | Views : 955 | | With Diels kits you get plenty of sanding and shaping of parts, The spinner and the underbelly airscoop are both made up of layered balsa glued together. |
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