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Yak Man Club Member Galactic Twinkie Jet Pilot Extraordinaire Offline Forum User LastOn: Apr 16^th, 2024 Join: Mar 23^rd, 2010 Posts: 1,000 Reputation: 0 Gender: Zodiac sign: Awards: 5 Mood:	Re: Douglas SBD Dauntless Reply #60 - Nov 14^th, 2016 at 6:59pm Now don't be giving away secrets, it wasn't me
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Re: Douglas SBD Dauntless
Reply #61 - Nov 14^th, 2016 at 8:13pm

Yak Man wrote on Nov 14^th, 2016 at 6:59pm:

Now don't be giving away secrets, it wasn't me

Oh I'm terribly sorry, darn spell checker must have screwed up and misidentimarked you as the perpetrator of that marklicious and slanderous ~~mark~~ against the character ~~mark~~ of the owner of that famous van....only ~~mark~~ someone inclined towards tree climbing Ground Hogs ~~mark~~ could dream up such ~~mark~~ a prank Huh

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Re: Douglas SBD Dauntless
Reply #67 - Dec 8^th, 2016 at 3:46pm

Ran into my first glitch - someone at CY Models worked at ESM for a short period, I believe.

Manual says to drill the holes for the rear wing bolts 120mm apart. I did that (thought it drilled awfully easy Angry

) and tightened the bolts down. Somebody at the factory forgot to insert the wood blocks between the upper and lower wing skin so now I have a hole in my wing. #^$%#^$#

Somehow, I don't think 1/8" balsa sheeting will be strong enough to hold a 100" wing on (

not with my landings)

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I can fix it by opening the wing on the top side (which will be hidden when bolted in place), gluing in blocks next to a couple of wing ribs and adding a new piece of wing sheeting. Bit of paint and all will be good.

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Re: Douglas SBD Dauntless
Reply #70 - Dec 11^th, 2016 at 6:21pm

Steve Mosher wrote on Dec 8^th, 2016 at 3:46pm:

Ran into my first glitch - someone at CY Models worked at ESM for a short period, I believe.

Manual says to drill the holes for the rear wing bolts 120mm apart. I did that (thought it drilled awfully easy Angry

) and tightened the bolts down. Somebody at the factory forgot to insert the wood blocks between the upper and lower wing skin so now I have a hole in my wing. #^$%#^$#

Somehow, I don't think 1/8" balsa sheeting will be strong enough to hold a 100" wing on (

not with my landings)

.

I can fix it by opening the wing on the top side (which will be hidden when bolted in place), gluing in blocks next to a couple of wing ribs and adding a new piece of wing sheeting. Bit of paint and all will be good.

Damn, I know the instructions clearly show that the space between the two rear wing bolts is 120mm. They lie. Angry

It's 120mm from the center line of the wing. Blocks were in there. Just had to play "Where's Waldo?" to find them.

On her own legs finally...

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Steve Mosher Club Member Offline LastOn: Apr 3^rd, 2024 Join: Mar 24^th, 2010 Posts: 461 Reputation: 0 Gender: Awards: 4	Re: Douglas SBD Dauntless Reply #74 - Dec 28^th, 2016 at 10:18am Progress is slow but sure... Still having trouble getting a decent picture - got to try a real camera, I think.
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Steve Mosher Club Member Offline LastOn: Apr 3^rd, 2024 Join: Mar 24^th, 2010 Posts: 461 Reputation: 0 Gender: Awards: 4	Re: Douglas SBD Dauntless Reply #75 - Dec 28^th, 2016 at 10:18am Interior is coming along...
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Steve Mosher Club Member Offline LastOn: Apr 3^rd, 2024 Join: Mar 24^th, 2010 Posts: 461 Reputation: 0 Gender: Awards: 4	Re: Douglas SBD Dauntless Reply #76 - Dec 28^th, 2016 at 10:21am Looked like lots of room but a bit of a tight fit the cowl is only 305mm in width, you know . May have to cut small holes for the plug wires but not a bit issue. Bit of paint may make them fairly unnoticeable.
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Re: Douglas SBD Dauntless
Reply #77 - Dec 28^th, 2016 at 10:38am

Steve Mosher wrote on Dec 28^th, 2016 at 10:18am:

Progress is slow but sure...

Still having trouble getting a decent picture - got to try a real camera, I think.

Here ya go Steve..

That bright window behind you fooling the camera, it set the exposure based on the bright light there, resulting in everything else being dark.

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Re: Douglas SBD Dauntless
Reply #79 - Dec 29^th, 2016 at 11:16am

Thanks, Al. Looks much better, doesn't it?

Mike, the engine looks a bit bigger than it really is because I was so close to the plane when I took the picture. The engine and spark plugs easily fit inside the cowl but I would probably need about an extra 1/4 inch to fit the cowl without making a couple of holes. I was pretty sure I would have to do this so it's not a big issue.

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