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| David Duckett | Dave Diels Engineering, Inc Kit #23, Grumman F7F-3 Tigercat | Parked | 30-Sep-09 14:08 |  | | Views : 3519 | |
| David Duckett | Dave Diels Engineering, Inc Kit #23, Grumman F7F-3 Tigercat | Parked | 30-Sep-09 14:08 |  | | Views : 3515 | | Repairs complete, #125 is alive! Sorry, the Devil made me do it. Baby pics. |
| David Duckett | Dave Diels Engineering, Inc Kit #23, Grumman F7F-3 Tigercat | Build | 29-Sep-09 21:59 |  | | Views : 2765 | | It fell off the table breaking a prop blade off each side, tearing one main gear off, breaking the right elevator loose, and taking a chunk out of the wing tip. Final pics will be up after repairs are completed. #$%$#*^&%%$# |
| David Duckett | Dave Diels Engineering, Inc Kit #23, Grumman F7F-3 Tigercat | Build | 29-Sep-09 21:55 |  | | Views : 1203 | | The front gear door and a couple of details finish the front gear. It's 99% finished and these were going to be the baby pics but....... |
| David Duckett | Dave Diels Engineering, Inc Kit #23, Grumman F7F-3 Tigercat | Build | 29-Sep-09 08:55 |  | | Views : 1185 | | Today I'm making the front landing gear door. |
| David Duckett | Dave Diels Engineering, Inc Kit #23, Grumman F7F-3 Tigercat | Build | 28-Sep-09 21:47 |  | | Views : 1174 | | Front gear brace, rear canopy, and props installed |
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| David Duckett | Dave Diels Engineering, Inc Kit #23, Grumman F7F-3 Tigercat | Build | 27-Sep-09 19:05 |  | | Views : 1157 | | I need to find some plastic in the house to make and install the rear canopy before adding the props. |
| David Duckett | Dave Diels Engineering, Inc Kit #23, Grumman F7F-3 Tigercat | Build | 27-Sep-09 19:00 |  | | Views : 1123 | | Canopy attached |
| David Duckett | Dave Diels Engineering, Inc Kit #23, Grumman F7F-3 Tigercat | Build | 27-Sep-09 09:50 |  | | Views : 1178 | | Later models will have custom scale main gear from the Finn Factory. I glued a small piece of plastic to the main strut to be the base to rest the brace on. The brace is made from 1/16" balsa. The gear doors are made from 3/32" balsa. There's still a couple of more things which go on the main gear. |
| David Duckett | Dave Diels Engineering, Inc Kit #23, Grumman F7F-3 Tigercat | Build | 26-Sep-09 05:35 |  | | Views : 1248 | | Standing on its own 3 legs... |
| David Duckett | Dave Diels Engineering, Inc Kit #23, Grumman F7F-3 Tigercat | Build | 25-Sep-09 18:42 |  | | Views : 1111 | | Test fitting the front gear... |
| David Duckett | Dave Diels Engineering, Inc Kit #23, Grumman F7F-3 Tigercat | Build | 25-Sep-09 18:40 |  | | Views : 1070 | | Using tracing paper and strips of tape to determine the shape of the rear canopy |
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