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Hangar	Aircraft	Category	Date	Preview
John Cooper	Dumas Kit #319, Sparrowhawk	Flying	25-Oct-10 11:38
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This shot was taken, standing in the center of the Helldiver's flight circle. The plane goes around fairly quickly so that one can get dizzy while tracking it with the camera.
John Cooper	Dumas Kit #305, Curtiss SBD3 Helldiver	Parked	10-Jun-10 18:02
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John Cooper	Dumas Kit #305, Curtiss SBD3 Helldiver	Parked	10-Jun-10 18:01
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Re-uploading a smaller image because the previous version did not display.
John Cooper	Dumas Kit #305, Curtiss SBD3 Helldiver	Parked	10-Jun-10 17:55
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I will have a flight report in a couple of days.
John Cooper	Dumas Kit #305, Curtiss SBD3 Helldiver	Parked	10-Jun-10 17:54
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Panel lines, details and weathering were done with pastel pencils.
John Cooper	Dumas Kit #305, Curtiss SBD3 Helldiver	Parked	10-Jun-10 17:51
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The prop, spinner and adjustable thrust mechanism come from Gizmo Geezer.

Hangar	Aircraft	Category	Date	Preview
John Cooper	Dumas Kit #305, Curtiss SBD3 Helldiver	Parked	10-Jun-10 17:47
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Dumas Curtiss SBC-3 Helldiver. The finished weight is 107.8g. This is a little heavy for a 30" model, but there is a lot of wing area.
John Cooper	Dumas Kit #305, Curtiss SBD3 Helldiver	Parked	09-Jun-10 17:23
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I build the SBC-3 with the gear up because this is going to be an outdoor flyer and also because it is pretty complicated to make a good representation of gear down. The wheel is a balsa disc sanded into a donut shape.
John Cooper	Dumas Kit #305, Curtiss SBD3 Helldiver	Parked	09-Jun-10 17:19
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The insignia are printed on white Japanese tissue with a laser printer
John Cooper	Dumas Kit #305, Curtiss SBD3 Helldiver	Parked	09-Jun-10 17:17
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The crew is now seated. I air brushed the model with acrylic paint thinned with ethylene glycol (wiper fluid).
John Cooper	Dumas Kit #305, Curtiss SBD3 Helldiver	Parked	09-Jun-10 17:13
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All of the wings are removable. There is a paper tube in every wing component through which a balsa spar goes. This is done mostly for storage reasons, but will also limit damage in a bad crash.
John Cooper	Dumas Kit #305, Curtiss SBD3 Helldiver	Parked	09-Jun-10 17:09
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The crew, Ensigns Thomson and Thompson are carved from foam and covered with tissue. They turned out a little more portly than I intended.

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