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Dumas Kit #309, F8F-2 Bearcat by BillParker. Viewed 911 times.
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| BillParker | 21-Aug-10 17:26 | |
| BillParker | 21-Aug-10 17:28 | | First mock-up. This thing's a pig! A VERY light pig, but a pig. |
| FLYBOYZ | 21-Aug-10 18:22 | | This looks very exciting |
| Richardsk | 21-Aug-10 18:31 | | Is it a Mike Midkiff design? |
| BillParker | 22-Aug-10 04:42 | | DUMAS Kit Number 309, is all I can find... F8F-2 Bearcat with its 110 plus laser cut parts will have beginners astonished by the ease of construction, while experienced modelers will appreciate the quality materials and precision laser cut parts. This kit is just one of many selections representing exciting models that captures the best model aviation has to offer. Besides offering the cleanest laser cuts and most comprehensive plans of any free flight kit we provide many other quality features. Hand Selected Balsa, Color Peel and Stick Decals, 9 inch Plastic Propeller, Full Size Plan, F.A.I. Tan II Rubber, Step by Step Instructions, Vacuum Molded Parts, Light Weight Colored Tissue... |
| BriandKilby | 22-Aug-10 05:34 | | looks like you did alright with the box construction. |
| BillParker | 22-Aug-10 07:23 | | Thank you! I'm getting better at it. Better at it enuff to have laid into stock more planes with this type of construction. I want, eventually to blow up one or two of this type plane to very large proportions, as it'll be loads of fun to build. GUSSET is my new favorite word. |
| Richardsk | 22-Aug-10 07:55 | | Gussets are very good for avoiding tissue wrinkles. Useful in certain undergarments too. |
| BillParker | 22-Aug-10 12:25 | | Ha Ha! You made me curious, therefore: In sewing, a gusset is a triangular or square piece of fabric inserted into a seam to add breadth or reduce stress from tight-fitting clothing. Gussets were used at the shoulders, underarms, and hems of traditional shirts and chemises made of rectangular lengths of linen to shape the garments to the body.
Gussets are used in manufacturing of modern tights or pantyhose to add breadth at the crotch seam; these gussets are often made of breathable fabrics for hygiene when wearing pantyhose without panties.
The term "don't bust a gusset" comes from this sewing term; a gusset in this context was usually a piece of fabric sewn between two others to increase mobility or increase the size of the pant waist, the latter being more common in the early 1900s.
Gusset is also an alternate spelling of gousset, a component of late Medieval armor which functions similarly.
The term 'gusset' seems to have fallen into disuse in some quarters in recent times due to a perception that the word may contain sexual connotations. Thus the gusset on pantyhose was changed to the 'butterfly' as to represent the join of one side of the fabric to the other.
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| Richardsk | 22-Aug-10 12:40 | | Fascinating information on the gusset. Can't say I ever heard the phrase 'don't bust a gusset' but it would be immediately understood. Gussets can be fiendishly tricky to place in small models and also fiendishly difficult to cut to the right size. Does this Bearcat contain a multitude of gussets? I asked about Mike Midkiff because I thought the construction looked very similar to a Hellcat plan by him that was published in Model Builder many moons ago. I gather he's still going strong. |
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