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Hangar	Aircraft	Category	Date	Preview
Dale1416	Comet Kit #3208 - Aeronca Floatplane	Build	31-Oct-11 23:37
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Building again a model I put together back in the mid 1940'S.
Dale1416	Comet Kit #3208 - Aeronca Floatplane	Build	31-Oct-11 23:36
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This old Comet kit has a fragile frame. To beef it up, I used 1/16" x 1/8 " stock in many places instead of the 1/16" square. Also added gussets and additional braces in the fuselage. Doubled the ribs and spars in the wings,and increased the size of the trailing edge stock. If this kit were to be reintroduced, I would suggest an alignment spar with the formers to make easier construction of the pontoons.
Dale1416	Comet Kit #3208 - Aeronca Floatplane	Build	31-Oct-11 23:36
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Tissue has been adhered to frames, shrunk, and is being sealed with clear dope.
Dale1416	Comet Kit #3208 - Aeronca Floatplane	Build	31-Oct-11 23:35
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Rigging to help accurate assembly of pontoons to fuselage.
Dale1416	Comet Kit #3208 - Aeronca Floatplane	Build	31-Oct-11 23:35
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Assembled and ready for paint.
Dale1416	Comet Kit #3208 - Aeronca Floatplane	Build	31-Oct-11 23:34
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Painted and ready for decals and details.

Hangar	Aircraft	Category	Date	Preview
Dale1416	Comet Kit #3208 - Aeronca Floatplane	Build	31-Oct-11 23:34
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Completed Seaplane. Used Guillow's Aeronca Champion Kit #301 decals instead of the cutouts on the Comet plan.
Dale1416	Comet Kit #3208 - Aeronca Floatplane	Build	31-Oct-11 23:33
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Aeronca "K" two cylinder detailing.
Dale1416	Comet Kit #3208 - Aeronca Floatplane	Build	31-Oct-11 23:33
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Dale1416	Comet Kit #3208 - Aeronca Floatplane	Build	31-Oct-11 23:32
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Dale1416	Dumas Kit #211, Cessna Skymaster	Reference	11-Oct-11 22:44
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Dumas kit 211, 17 1/2" wingspan, Skymaster kit, came out in 1997. Realized it was out of production, when I recently tried to order it from Dumas. However, available from Penn Valley Hobby Center, Lansdale, PA 19446, for $18.23 plus shipping. This company is a small operation that buys up old and out of production kits.
Dale1416	Dumas Kit #211, Cessna Skymaster	Build	11-Oct-11 22:44
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Upon opening the kit, I found the vacuum formed parts to be almost unacceptable and would have called Dumas for replacement.

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