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Old 11-10-2010, 02:19 PM
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ORIGINAL: jwrich

Jim, did you paint the under side of you SPAD? I ordered Antique Solartex, planning to just paint the upper part. Also did you anything different with the land gear wire? I am sure I'll have more questions as I go along. I will scallop between the ribs on the top & bottom rear spars. I would like to have the SPAD finished in time for Dayton. I am bring about five other flyers to the Dawn Patrol in Dayton. They are working hard to get their plane finished. Of course Dallas is making the trip.

Thanks for looking in on my build
Rich
Awesome! I'm loooking forward to seeing you guys again.

I built the Landing Gear according to the plans and they work pretty well. The only thing I did different was to make the spreader bar airfoil with a wider chord. I just added some wood to the LE and TE.

I painted the underside with a light tannish/cream color that I mixed. I had to paint it because I used Koverall, which is white. The Antique Solartex should look pretty much the same. I used it on my first Nieuport 28 (1/4 scale).

Jim
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