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Hangar	Aircraft	Category	Date	Preview
David Duckett	Berkeley Douglas F4D Skyray	Build	02-Jan-16 18:36
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Everything glued in place.
David Duckett	Berkeley Douglas F4D Skyray	Build	02-Jan-16 18:35
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The cone structure was covered, badly, with the supplied stiff paper and painted just to be able to see it. Of course, it will all be covered anyway but....
David Duckett	Berkeley Douglas F4D Skyray	Reference	01-Jan-16 12:10
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The one at te Pima Air Museum
David Duckett	Berkeley Douglas F4D Skyray	Build	01-Jan-16 08:33
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And this is the next step.....
David Duckett	Berkeley Douglas F4D Skyray	Build	01-Jan-16 08:32
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The front section was planked and sheeted and solid wood for the nose. Testing for fit:-)
David Duckett	Berkeley Douglas F4D Skyray	Build	01-Jan-16 08:28
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The airfoil is the same top and bottom which allows both wing panels to be built on the same plan. The tabs on the end ribs will be removed.

Hangar	Aircraft	Category	Date	Preview
David Duckett	Berkeley Douglas F4D Skyray	Build	01-Jan-16 08:27
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It's essential to keep everything in alignment fot everything to fit. Most of it did.
David Duckett	Berkeley Douglas F4D Skyray	Build	01-Jan-16 08:25
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David Duckett	Berkeley Douglas F4D Skyray	Build	01-Jan-16 08:24
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David Duckett	Berkeley Douglas F4D Skyray	Build	01-Jan-16 08:23
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Excellent quality wood and accurate die cutting are a treat.
David Duckett	Berkeley Douglas F4D Skyray	Build	01-Jan-16 08:20
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Happy New Year! I learned to build with Berkeley kits in the late 50s but this one from 1957 never showed up at the LHS. When it showd up on ebay a couple of years ago I snagged it.
David Duckett	Dave Diels Engineering, Inc Kit #19, Focke-Wulf Ta 152H	Reference	26-Dec-15 04:05
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The metal tubes oil paint comes in are quite stiff and difficult to work with. This industrial strength tube wringer solves that problem easily, and..it's a tool that's easy to use:-)

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