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Well i thought i would start a thread while I "refurbish" my 96'' Ikon Dehavilland Beaver. Its been on just about every other Beaver thead on here lol and it been in a crash once and rebuilt....see this thread Beaver crash thread . What im doing to this 4 yr old aircraft is ripping off all the plastic covering and fiberglassing the bird. Im either going to do a flight metal finish or tradtition paint finish. Ilol post some old pics of it first and then get into the refurbish. Also if you have a Beaver..Post it.....as long as it wont cause the moderaters to close this thread lol. its hard to belive that at 20 yrs old now looking back I started building this plane when I was 15 lol.
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alright now on to the refurb. As of Dec 3 i have the entire fuse except for the fin glased, 1 aileron, 1 flap, doors, rudder, and landing gear glassed. sill have the fin and wings left. I had a bunch of uneeded cutouts in the cowl that I am trying to patch, gonna make a couple scale scoops, and other scale items. Like i said in the previous post i am considering using flight metal to finish it. here are a couple of pics
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Since the previous incarnation was military I would go with the Civilian scheme. There are some beautiful color schemes for the Beaver. Was this plane a scratch built or did it come from a kit? I haven't been active on RC Universe long enough to know.
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Many years back I was traveling through Canada and stopped by Muncho Lake Lodge in the Rockies. The owner has a flying service also and a beautiful beaver. I saw that plane while it was at the dock. One of those pleasant memories. Edwin
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Getting further on the cowling patching all of the unneeded holes in the cowling, im going to construct a scale exhaust here soon. Mocked up the front end to see how the tru turn spinner looked, removed the rest of the covering from the right wing and started on the tail cone and faring. I've decided on a color scheme and im not going to go with flite metal, will be painting the paint scheme with rustoleum paints, so i need to go buy me a decent spray gun. Ill be chainging the scheme a little but this is baically what it will look like......if i dont change my mind lol.
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started glassing one wing, I got a brand new roll of fiberglass and it has a lot of static electricity.....how can i get rid of that? started glassing the fin, and worked on the cowl some more.
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Use the static electricity to your advantage. I take an acrylic brush and smooth down the cloth dry. The static helps hold it in place so you can get the cloth down nice and smooth before applying any resin.
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