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| David Duckett | Dumas Kit #503, Boeing AV 8B Harrier | Build | 03-Dec-09 18:34 |  | | Views : 1082 | | Paint on another coat of clear dope around the edges to make sure it's all sealed and then allow to dry thorouhly. |
| David Duckett | Dumas Kit #503, Boeing AV 8B Harrier | Build | 03-Dec-09 18:32 |  | | Views : 1129 | | Lay the wet/moist silkspan on the frame and use your fingers to smooth it out. Start by pulling from root to tip and then on the other two sides. |
| David Duckett | Dumas Kit #503, Boeing AV 8B Harrier | Build | 03-Dec-09 18:29 |  | | Views : 1182 | | Paint the outside edges with a coat of clear dope. This looks excessive but it's just the lighting. |
| David Duckett | Dumas Kit #503, Boeing AV 8B Harrier | Build | 03-Dec-09 18:28 |  | | Views : 1175 | | Dip the silkspan in water and lay it on a towel. |
| David Duckett | Dumas Kit #503, Boeing AV 8B Harrier | Build | 03-Dec-09 18:26 |  | | Views : 1253 | | A primer on wet covering. First, paint the frames with a coat of thinned clear dope and let dry. ( I use nitrate ) sand the frames and apply another coat and sand hen dry. Paint all the structure, not just the perimeter. |
| David Duckett | Dumas Kit #503, Boeing AV 8B Harrier | Build | 03-Dec-09 11:14 |  | | Views : 1203 | | All the bottom covering, except the small section at the nose, is done and the next step is to glue the wing to the fuselage. |
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| David Duckett | Dumas Kit #503, Boeing AV 8B Harrier | Build | 03-Dec-09 11:11 |  | | Views : 1113 | | Wooo hooo! |
| David Duckett | Dumas Kit #503, Boeing AV 8B Harrier | Build | 03-Dec-09 11:10 |  | | Views : 1193 | |
| David Duckett | Dumas Kit #503, Boeing AV 8B Harrier | Build | 03-Dec-09 11:09 |  | | Views : 1374 | | Exhausts are in place. |
| David Duckett | Dave Diels Engineering, Inc Kit #10, Kyushu J7W1 Shinden | Parked | 02-Dec-09 14:22 |  | | Views : 6826 | | Thanks for the mag, Phil. Don't blink, 15 minutes isn't very long. |
| David Duckett | Dave Diels Engineering, Inc Kit #10, Kyushu J7W1 Shinden | Parked | 02-Dec-09 14:20 |  | | Views : 6713 | |
| David Duckett | Dumas Kit #503, Boeing AV 8B Harrier | Reference | 02-Dec-09 11:25 |  | | Views : 1208 | | And finally... This is what happens if you remove the blue plastic from the clear part. It's absolutely permanently in there. Of course, there is a bright side I realizeed too late to use this piece. All the excess can be trimmed away and it would be just fine. In fact, that's exactly what I did with the front exhaust pieces. |
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