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| jernst | Dave Diels Engineering, Inc Kit #39, Aichi D3A1 "Val" | Parked | 19-Jun-07 08:32 |  | | Views : 1979 | | Hand drawn graphics on rudder |
| jernst | Dave Diels Engineering, Inc Kit #39, Aichi D3A1 "Val" | Parked | 18-Jun-07 22:53 |  | | Views : 2029 | | The wheel pants are held in place by magnets. during landing, they 'pop' off and are laying next to the plane. |
| jernst | Dave Diels Engineering, Inc Kit #39, Aichi D3A1 "Val" | Parked | 18-Jun-07 22:51 |  | | Views : 2099 | | You think I would have learned by now. I think this one could have used more dihedral also. |
| jernst | Dave Diels Engineering, Inc Kit #39, Aichi D3A1 "Val" | Parked | 18-Jun-07 22:50 |  | | Views : 1908 | | Framework for the Diels Aichi VAL |
| jernst | Dave Diels Engineering, Inc Kit #42, Curtiss P-40B/C Warhawk | Parked | 18-Jun-07 15:51 |  | | Views : 2067 | | Spinner! - the intake is just layered markes to imply depth. |
| jernst | Dave Diels Engineering, Inc Kit #42, Curtiss P-40B/C Warhawk | Parked | 18-Jun-07 15:46 |  | | Views : 2071 | | The decales ARE in registry. I just didn't realize that you needed to cut as close as possible to the image. |
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Date |
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| jernst | Dave Diels Engineering, Inc Kit #42, Curtiss P-40B/C Warhawk | Parked | 18-Jun-07 15:42 |  | | Views : 2154 | | The markings are kit-supplied water slide decals. |
| jernst | Dave Diels Engineering, Inc Kit #42, Curtiss P-40B/C Warhawk | Parked | 18-Jun-07 15:40 |  | | Views : 1943 | | The undersides are plain white 'Esaki' tissue which has a much better wet strength, and can be easily stretched and smioothed. |
| jernst | Dave Diels Engineering, Inc Kit #42, Curtiss P-40B/C Warhawk | Parked | 18-Jun-07 15:38 |  | | Views : 2071 | | Covering was with "Easy-Built" olive drab tissue. I don't particularly like it because it doesn't have very good 'wet strength' |
| jernst | Dave Diels Engineering, Inc Kit #42, Curtiss P-40B/C Warhawk | Parked | 18-Jun-07 15:36 |  | | Views : 2058 | | The Spinner was built from layered 1/16" discs, sanded to shape |
| jernst | Dave Diels Engineering, Inc Kit #42, Curtiss P-40B/C Warhawk | Parked | 18-Jun-07 15:29 |  | | Views : 2259 | | I thought I had more 'build' photos than this. Sorry. |
| jernst | Dave Diels Engineering, Inc Kit #42, Curtiss P-40B/C Warhawk | Parked | 18-Jun-07 15:28 |  | | Views : 2084 | | This is before sanding. I should have added more dihedral. I really had problems getting it to fly. |
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