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John Cooper | Dave Diels Engineering, Inc Kit # 12, Grumman F6F Hellcat | Parked | 07-Dec-10 08:21 | | Views : 1464 | The model, at over 28g, was much heavier than other , similar sized, WW2 models that I have built. The barrel-like fuselage is fairly massive and the short nose required many grams of weight for balance. |
John Cooper | Dave Diels Engineering, Inc Kit # 12, Grumman F6F Hellcat | Parked | 07-Dec-10 08:17 | | Views : 1491 | The model represents a Royal Navy Martlet used in North Africa in 1942. I tried to give it a dusty, desert-weathered finish. |
John Cooper | Dave Diels Engineering, Inc Kit # 12, Grumman F6F Hellcat | Build | 07-Dec-10 08:13 | | Views : 1317 | Here you can see the balsa spars, that frication-fit into paper tubes in the wings. |
John Cooper | Dave Diels Engineering, Inc Kit # 12, Grumman F6F Hellcat | Build | 07-Dec-10 08:11 | | Views : 1289 | I covered the model with grey tissue (chalked with light blue) and beige tissue (chalked with light brown) |
John Cooper | Dave Diels Engineering, Inc Kit # 12, Grumman F6F Hellcat | Build | 07-Dec-10 08:07 | | Views : 1881 | I made the wings removable with sacrificial balsa spars. This has already saved the model from damage, after a nose dive into the gym floor during trimming. |
John Cooper | Dave Diels Engineering, Inc Kit # 12, Grumman F6F Hellcat | Build | 07-Dec-10 08:04 | | Views : 1751 | A Dave Diels Wildcat (not a Hellcat). James Good: Would you please add a new aircraft - Dave Diels Engineering Plan #65. Grumman F4F Wildcat |
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