wulf190
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From: chicago,
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The plastic model is done after the modern version of it, short of the pilots name on the side. The original Dream plane was a birdcage canopy version and was completely different than this one, as Dion and others have so adequately pointed out in their threads. The red surrounding the markings was not used on the original, but is on the modern, restored plane which looks just like the scheme on this one. It is the one I'm using. You can find more about it at www.marinesdream.com
I'm not going to do a bunch more stuff to it than what I mentioned above, or has been done already, seeing it kind of fruitless to re-engineer a sport-scale model to a great extent to make up for inaccuracies. I knew about it's inaccuracies going in. Some liberties have to be taken with the panel lines on the wings due to it's deviation from scale as well. I've not had any illusions about competing with it, just want it to look adequate and fly nicely. I'll save better scale efforts for better scale planes than this one. It should be sharp when it's finished so I'm not too concerned with the re-engineering parts, i.e. drop down on the fuse underneath the cowl flaps, wing incidence, etc.. I saw the plane done nicely in the box scheme with stock TF equipment on it for cockpit, radial, etc. It was flying with a G62 and I went out and found one later that week as I was really impressed with the way it flew and looked for an everyday flier at the field.
Not looking forward to sanding that glass work. I'm glad it's in decent shape so far. I was a little concerned with how the cloth would smooth out over the gull section, but it really did nicely. The builder did a good job on the sheeting of the gull section. The glue joints are nice and tight and the wood is formed very well. The wood is all pretty stiff in there, so I'm glad for this fit. I also noticed that the stock fuse sheeting was replaced by the builder with softer Sig balsa which I was really happy about. Looks like someone else got clued in to the overstiff balsa sheeting included with the kit. I do have a bunch of extra sheeting left over now for Ziroli Stuka wing ribs!!
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