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ASSEMBLY GUIDE Finishing your model 283 Paints and Complete the final steps and modelling tools add the finishing touches. A comprehensive selection of modelling tools and paints (in all the colours you will need to complete your Douglas DC-3) is available from the Model Space website. www.model-space.com

™ Boeing Corporate Identity Program Revision: July 26, 2004 www.model-space.com Pan American – The company and the DC-3 Pan American

The company and the DC-3 The cover of the first Pan American Airways schedule, from January 1928. The company served the to route at a cost of $50 each way. The planes used were three- mong the many airlines that of interests and skills. The Aviation engine Fokker F-7As, A adopted the DC-3 for their fleets Corporation of the Americas (ACA) as shown in the picture. Between January 1928 over the years, Pan Am remains one of had been founded by 28-year-old Yale and May 1929, the network of destinations served by the most distinguished. graduate in , the company extended to On 14 March 1927, three Air Corps with the backing of Cornelius Vanderbilt Nassau, Port au Prince, and San Juan. For majors – Henry Arnold, and Whitney and the future ambassador and each of these destinations, Pan Am received a John H. Jouett – founded Pan American Secretary of State for Trade, William A. contribution of two dollars Airlines. They wanted to create a rival Harriman. The Atlantic Gulf & per mile from the US government for carrying mail to , the Colombian-German Airways company (AGCA) was created for the postal service. air transport company that had been by New York investment banker Richard operating in South and Hoyt in October 1927. since 1920. On 23rd June 1928, the ACA, AGCA After little more than a year, Pan and Pan Am merged. Hoyt became the American had merged with two other president of the ‘New Aviation Corporation companies to secure connections of the Americas’, and Pan American between South America and the United Airways was an operating subsidiary, with States, creating a powerful union Juan Trippe as its operational head.

Build Douglas DC-3 275 In 1933, during the period A new network covered by this map, Pan Am and its subsidiaries already served a wide range With the merger of the three companies, of destinations in Central and South America. The the focus of Pan American Airways turned agreement of 1929 with the United Aircraft and Transport to South America, where its network of Corporation had allowed the destinations expanded rapidly, especially company, thanks to solid support at a political level, to following the acquisition of contracts for concentrate exclusively on international routes. the transporting of mail, and the take- overs of numerous small local companies that were often in financial difficulty. During 1929, Pan Am opened links with and and, by the end

With the Sikorsky S-40 (above), Pan Am introduced the name ‘Clipper’ for its prestige planes. In line with the company’s image, the name suggested the fast sailing ships that plied ocean routes in the 19th century. The choice of name was a success – ‘Clipper’ subsequently became the company’s and ‘Clipper Club’ was adopted as the name of the VIP rooms available at major airports served by Pan Am.

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This colourful poster of the year, with Peru; the following year it shows the huge range of extended its services to Argentina (Buenos destinations covered by Pan Am and the scope of leisure Aires), Chile and Brazil, in that case aviation in the interwar years. It also promotes the speed through its subsidiary . of the service compared to During this period, the transcontinental rail travel. ‘We’ve had boat trains’, the poster declares, routes were served by Sikorsky S-38 ‘now here’s the plane train’. Pan Am was seen as the and S-40 . The latter – the fastest and most convenient flagships of the fleet – were named way to escape the harsh North American winter and American, Southern and Caribbean reach a cornucopia of exotic, Clippers: the name ‘Clipper’, synonymous sunny destinations.

The Martin M-130 Clipper (registration number NC14714, shown here), entered service in 1936, but disappeared at sea on 28 July 1938, while flying between and , with the loss of six passengers and nine crew members. with speed and elegance, was taken up Company (a division of the chemical giant Between 1938 and 1945, three of Pan Am’s as the call sign of the company and given W.R. Grace & Co.) to form Pan American- M-130s were lost due to serious accidents. Besides the , the Philippine Clipper (NC14715) to several seaplanes that served between Grace Airways (Panagra), a joint venture crashed in the mountains of Northern on 21 January 1943 with the loss of 19 people, and 1931 and 1946. that continued to operate along the routes 23 people died when the (NC14716) 1929 was a defining year for Pan Am. of South America until its acquisition by sank on landing near Port of Spain (Trinidad & Tobago), on 8 January 1945. It joined forces with the Grace Shipping International in 1967.

Build Douglas DC-3 277 Pan Am Staff including dead reckoning and exploiting marine currents. The pilots’ abilities were particularly put to the test on Pan Am’s longer routes and the potentially dangerous flights. The selection of cabin crew was equally rigid. The minimum age of a Pan Am air hostess was 21, the maximum was 32. The candidates were selected for their ‘good looks and poise’ and – until the – had to be unmarried with no children, and not divorced. The standard of beauty imposed on them and the level of service demanded on board contributed – especially in the 1950s and 60s – to establishing the reputation of the approachable but supremely professional An important aspect of the Pan Pan Am stewardess. Am experience was its service on ne of the elements that came to define knowledge of the aircraft itself, to know The company’s reputation was further the ground. As this advert boasts, strengthened by sightings of celebrities on ‘foreign soil’ – at destinations Othe public’s image of Pan Am was its the principles of long-distance flight, served by the – you were loyal, glamorous and talented staff. More aviation and maritime regulations, among the passengers, and Pan Am took met by an English-speaking Pan than with other airlines, Pan Am’s pilots docking and mooring operations, radio pride in the fact that they were the airline Am representative who ensured and stewardesses were identified with the communications and maintenance of of choice for politicians and movie stars. that passengers felt ‘at home abroad.’ The advert shows the airline and its guarantee of quality, so the the aircraft. They had to know what to US President Franklin D. Roosevelt was one slogan ‘The System of the Flying selection process was rigorous. do if they were required to ditch the of the first, travelling to the Casablanca Clippers’, and the logo, with the In the 1930s and 1940s, Pan Am pilots aircraft, how to land in adverse weather Conference in 1943 on a Pan Am-crewed initials PAA on the wing and the were required, in addition to a technical conditions, and navigation techniques, Boeing 314, the Dixie Clipper. globe rotated to show the Atlantic, dates the image to between the mid-1940s and early 1950s.

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Boeing B-314 ‘Clipper’ welve Boeing B-314 planes Twere bought by Pan Am between 1938 and 1941 to add to its Clipper family. Each plane could carry 74 passengers by day and 36 as a sleeper, in addition to the 11 crew members (of which two were cabin attendants). Nine of the planes were named: Clipper, California Clipper, Yankee Clipper, Atlantic Clipper, Dixie Clipper, American Clipper, Pacific Clipper, Anzac Clipper and Cape Town Clipper. The remaining three were transferred from Pan Am to BOAC (British Overseas Airways Corporation) and were The reopening of the routes to Europe after World War II strengthened the position of the airline on the given the names Bristol, Berwick and Bangor. In the course of World War intercontinental market and, once again, the image of the Pan Am Clipper defined the perfect trip, whether II, all nine Pan Am Clippers were requisitioned for US military use, five for for work or pleasure, to the other side of the Atlantic. However, as this American advert pointed out to potential travellers in 1946, there were acute shortages of food and accommodation in England. the Navy and four for the Air Force.

Transpacific service On 21 , the China Newfoundland was inaugurated. In Clipper was launched as the first 1939, the New York (Port Washington) Also in 1929, the company entered into transpacific passenger service between to flight was launched an agreement with the United Aircraft and San Francisco and Hong Kong, with to compete with . Transport Corporation (a conglomerate stopovers in Honolulu (in fact, at Pearl In the same year, flights from New comprising, among others, Boeing™, Harbor), Midway, Guam, Wake, Manila York to Marseille, along with those Sikorsky, Pratt & Whitney and United and Macao. from New York to , did much Airlines) to operating domestic routes The following year, a connection to consolidate the name of Pan Am on within the United States. across the Atlantic between Ireland and intercontinental routes.

Build Douglas DC-3 279 Pan Am and DC-3: Merchant Marine, soon became a 13 DC-2s and 44 DC-3s, TWA had 14 A short love story distinctive feature. The fact that the and had 30. It was only company did not operate on domestic after the war that Pan Am bought the In the years before World War II, Pan Am routes within the US influenced technical twin-engine Douglas™ on a large scale. became known as the model of efficiency choices regarding the kind of equipment Approximately 90 planes were acquired and professionalism. In a rapidly changing used and the training of staff. Unlike the from post-war surplus, which enabled market, it invested a lot of resources in other major US companies, in the early the company to catch up with the increasing the routes it covered and on 1940s, Pan Am’s fleet consisted of only competition, although in most cases, the the consolidation of their image. two DC-2s, six DC-3s and one Panagra planes were assigned to subsidiaries all The uniform of the Pan Am pilots, DC-3. By comparison, Eastern Airlines over the world, as had happened before inspired by that of the staff of the had nine DC-3s, had the war with the DC-2s that Pan Am

This Pan Am DC-3, registration NC33613, was delivered by Douglas to Pan Am in May 1941 and subsequently transferred to its subsidiary, Aviación de Cubana. In May 1945, Cubana inaugurated the first permanent connection between Havana and with its own DC-3s. Despite Pan Am purchasing military surplus DC-3s after the end of World War II, the number of these aircraft in its fleet was limited, compared to those of other major US carriers.

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The was one of the aircraft that symbolised intercontinental travel in the late 1940s and the 1950s. Both in the L-749 version and as the L-049 (Super Constellation), it played an important role in the Pan Am fleet. The L-749 Clipper America flight was inaugurated on 17 June 1947, becoming the first round-the-world service (Pan Am Flight 001). It flew from San Francisco to New York via Honolulu, Hong Kong, , , Beirut, , Frankfurt and . The Pan Am Flight 002 followed, taking the same route in reverse, from New York to San Francisco. Pictured left is the Lockheed L-049, serial number N88832, the Clipper Flora Temple, delivered to Pan Am on 19 February 1946 and later sold to the subsidiary Panair do Brasil. bought up from other companies. At a its own transition. But the company was America, which travelled from San time when the company was expanding no stranger to technological advances. Francisco to New York the long way round its fleet of twin-engined aircraft, the US In 1940, Pan Am had commissioned the until 1950. air transport industry was already making first commercial aircraft with a pressurised In January 1946, a Pan Am DC-3 could the transition to four-engined planes. cabin (the Boeing B-307 Stratoliner) and, fly between Miami and in 71 From January 1950, Pan Am became Pan in 1947, sent the first plane around the hours and 15 minutes. The following year, American World Airways Inc. and began world, the L-749 Constellation Clipper a DC-4 could fly between New York’s

Build Douglas DC-3 281 An advertising sticker of Idlewild (since renamed in the Caribbean and Compañía Mexicana de Pan Am’s subsidiaries Aviación S.A., one of the John F. Kennedy South America was rom its outset, Pan Am encompassed a many affiliates of Pan International Airport) and taken by the Convair Am in South America, Flarge network of subsidiaries, operating in showing a DC-3 in the Buenos Aires in 38 hours. 240, while the Curtiss many countries around the world. These acted background. Many twin- as links between the parent company and the engine Douglas planes The introduction of the DC- C-46 was widely used for various local routes, in addition to operating saw service – under 7B, in 1958, brought travel times cargo. Despite increasingly different liveries – with directly on some international connections. subsidiaries of Pan Am, down to 25 hours and 20 minutes (22 active lobbying, Pan Am was now often shifting from one hours and 45 minutes if connecting via being challenged by a growing number In 1958, these subsidiaries included: company to another in a tangle of different Panama and ). of competitors, and the twin-engine Mexico Airways registrations. Mexican Airline Company However, for Pan Am and its many Douglas was threatened with becoming National Airline of Colombia subsidiaries, the era of the DC-3 was an anachronism as aviation entered Venezuelan Airways (Avesa) ending. In the 1950s, the DC-3’s place the . Afghan Airlines (Ariana) Panamanian Aviation Company (Copa) Costa Rica Airlines (Lacs) Airlines (Lanica) Bolivian Airlines Panair do Brasil Airways ()

Until 1949, these subsidiaries also included the China National Aviation Corporation (CNAC), formed as a joint venture with the Chinese government, who controlled 55% of the capital. After the establishment of the Republic of China in 1949, the Civil Aviation The Douglas DC-7B Clipper Jupiter Rex (which inherited the name of an earlier L-049) was acquired in 1950 Administration of China continued to be with the assets of American Overseas Airlines and later resold to the British company BOAC. Produced between 1953 and 1958, the DC-7 was the last passenger aircraft with piston engines made by Douglas a subsidiary. in Santa Monica before the transition to jet engines. The plane shown here (serial number N777PA) was acquired by Pan Am on 25 May 1955, and sold by the Empire Aircraft Company on 21 September 1964.

282 Build Douglas DC-3 N.B. Some elements supplied withFinishing each pack, inyour particular model the sheets of Assembly Guide laser-cut plywood parts, may not look exactly the same to those in the step-by-step photographs. But, of course, the individual assembly pieces included within the laser-cut plywood parts will have exactly the same shapes, sizes and descriptions as those shown here. Finishing your model See the back cover for a checklist of your parts for this pack.

1 2

Take the wings of the aeroplane. Fill and sandpaper any defects between the upper and lower Mask the wings, leaving the leading edges exposed as shown in the photographs. cladding pieces of the leading edges.

3 4

S95G

S95G

Paint the leading edges dark grey, the same colour that was used to paint the upper surface of Take pieces S95G and S95D and fit them to complete the left and right wing tips respectively. the nose and the upper leading edge of the tail. Leave to dry. Use PVA glue to fix these pieces.

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5 6 7 218mm 3mm

1mm

C73D

A13

Take pieces C73G and C73D and complete the front lights of Cut a strip 218 x 3mm from the sheet of aluminium for the Here is the aluminium strip in place on the inner edge of the left and right wings respectively as shown. Use white glue cladding. Trim it to fit, then glue it to the edge of the inner the wing. Once the strip is positioned correctly, apply a little to attach these pieces. surface of the left wing, as shown in this step and subsequent cyanoacrylate glue to the underside of it. ones, making sure that it projects 1mm beyond rib A13.

8 9 10

C12 C15

Continue attaching the strip around the inner edge of the wing, Continue gluing the strip along its entire length. Repeat the Take pieces C12 and C15 supplied with Packs 5 and 2. forming it to fit by hand. operation on the right wing with another strip of the same size. Apply a thin coat of primer and paint the outer sides chrome, as you did the other parts of the fuselage. Leave to dry.

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Mask the outer side of the doors. Apply a thin coat of primer Using the paper templates supplied with Pack 2 and this Mount the access door to the crew cabin (see Pack 2). and paint the inner sides aluminium, preferably using an pack, attach the labels to the inner side of the access airbrush. Leave to dry. doors of the aircraft as shown in the photograph. Use PVA to attach the labels, and leave to dry.

14 15 16

In the same way, mount the access door to the passenger Now fit the left wing. If you are putting lights in your model, Insert the electrical connectors into the central section of the cabin (see Pack 5). complete the electrical connections, making sure the wires join wing and connect the wooden pegs. as shown, red to red, black to black, and carefully follow steps 16, 53, 55 and 56. Otherwise ignore these steps.

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17 18 19 C60

SD57

SD58

Finally, mount the left wing. You can apply glue to the joints, Take pieces SD57 and SD58 supplied with this issue. Paint Take pieces C60, the engine exhausts. Remove or you can leave them as they are so that the wings will be the second propeller and its cone, following the instructions any burrs, apply primer and paint the pieces brown, removable. Do not apply any glue at the moment. Repeat the in the Assembly Guide of Pack 1. preferably using an airbrush. When the paint is dry, operation to mount the right wing. apply black paint to the insides.

20 21 22

Glue the two pieces completed in the previous step to the If you have fitted both nuts on each of the propeller screws, Fit the second nut. Tighten it slightly and check that the outer sides of both engine fairings, as illustrated. remove the second nut. Mount one of the propellers as propeller rotates freely. Secure the second nut with a drop of illustrated, with the flat part of the central hub facing forward. cyanoacrylate glue.

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23 25

Complete the propeller by fitting the cone to the centre.

24

Repeat the operation to complete the second propeller. Both propellers are now mounted and can rotate.

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26 27 28

C56

C63

C56

Take piece C56. Remove any burrs, apply primer and paint it Take piece C63, which is the ceiling of the passenger cabin. With sandpaper, prepare the cabin ceiling so that it fits chrome, as with other parts of the fuselage. Leave to dry, then Position the stringers as shown. Remember that you must file perfectly into the empty space in the upper part of the paint the inside of the piece black. Mount it as shown in the the notches, if necessary, to make sure that the outer edges fuselage. Adjust the piece for length. photograph above. of the stringers are flush with the piece.

29 30

Also adjust its width, so that it fits perfectly. The photograph shows the ceiling piece in position – sandpaper the part until it fits the opening perfectly. Remember that aluminium cladding will be applied, which must be flush with the cladding of the surrounding pieces.

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31 32 33

Cut a piece of aluminium cladding 218 x 43mm for the ceiling Apply the primer to the underside and along the edges When the paint has dried, fit the ceiling in position. Do not and prepare it with riveting patterns, then glue it in place. of the piece prepared in the previous stage, as shown, and glue it. The removable ceiling will enable you to see all the Remove excess cladding projecting beyond the edge of the leave to dry. Paint the edges of the piece green and the details of the interior of your model DC-3. ceiling with a craft knife, and sandpaper. underside beige.

34 35 36

S20 SD56 SD56

Take piece SD56. Smooth off any burrs, apply primer and Take the photo-etched sheet of the aircraft’s antennae, Remove piece S20 from the sheet. Remove the projections leave to dry. Paint it aluminium, preferably with an airbrush, provided with this pack. The pieces, except for S20, come in with a file and sandpaper, then, using flat tweezers, bend and when dry, fix it to the lower part of the assembly prepared pairs and are stuck together for added strength. the piece very carefully to give it its final shape, shown in the in Pack 2, as shown. photograph on the right.

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37 S22 38 39

S21

S25

S24 S21-S22 S23

Remove the remaining antennae from the photo-etched sheet. To mount the antennae, use the tip of a craft knife to make a Mount the antenna formed by pieces S21-S22 to the lower Having separated them, smooth them, bend them and glue small hole at the appropriate point in the fuselage (see next part of the pilot’s cabin, just behind the third row of rivets. them together to increase their thickness. steps), and secure the metal pieces with a small amount of cyanoacrylate glue.

40 41

S20 S24 S25

S23 5mm

8mm

30 mm

Mount antenna S23 on the underside of the centre of the Mount antennae S20, S24 and S25 on the upper part of the crew’s cabin (from Pack 2), as shown in the photograph. wings, as shown in the photograph. Please note: do not fit this antenna if the aircraft is going to be placed on the display stand available for this model.

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42 C54 C48 C49 43 C57D C54 C55

Take the tail of the aircraft, which you assembled earlier. Attach C44 C46 piece C54 to complete the rudder, as illustrated. C47 C45

44 C55

Take the pieces shown above to complete the tail of the aircraft. Apply chrome paint to all the pieces, following the method described In the same way, mount piece C55 to complete the upper part and previously used for the fuselage. Remember to respect the drying times of the individual painting stages, and handle all the of the fin. painted pieces with great care.

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45 46 47

C45

C45

Take piece C45 of the elevator. From the 0.8mm diameter Take the rod from the previous step and slide it through the From the underside, mount piece C45 as shown above. brass rod supplied with this pack, cut a piece that will fit into hinge in the tail assembly. the groove on the elevator, as shown in the photograph.

48 49 50

C49

C44 C48 C46 C47

Carefully cut, mark, fit and glue cladding pieceC44 Complete the assembly of the left side of the tail with piece Repeat Steps 45 to 49 symmetrically, to complete the right onto piece C45. C48 (see photograph). side of the tail.

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Take the rear landing gear, completed in Pack 9. Insert and fix Start assembling the tail (Pack 5). With a small blade, carefully Thread the wires through the tail, using a thin steel rod to pull it in the underside of the tail as shown. remove the paint from the contact surfaces, shown by the them out at the end. This process was explained in Pack 9. dashed lines, above.

54 55

Fit and glue the tail to the rear of the fuselage (from Pack 5); use the dowel pegs to help you position the tail correctly. Clamp the In the same way as you fitted the LED to the wings, fit a white join between the two elements firmly until the adhesive has dried thoroughly. LED into the rear of the tail (see photograph).

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56 58

C57G C57D

Glue together pieces C57G and C57D, enclosing the LED between them, as shown.

57 C43

Carefully position the assembly of pieces C57G and C57D Take the transparent plastic piece C43. Insert it and glue it as shown. At this point, start arranging the decals that will complete your and glue them in place as illustrated, making sure that they are DC-3. To make fixing the decals easier, we recommend removing the wings of the model. perfectly aligned with the rest of the fuselage.

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To fix the decals in place, you will need a bowl of water, a metal ruler, tweezers with rounded Using a lint-free cloth, clean the areas in which you will place the decals. Any mark that is left ends, a clean, flat-tipped brush, a craft knife with a new and very sharp blade, a lint-free cloth, underneath a decal will always be visible, and you will not be able to remove it! absorbent tissue, and the special liquids for positioning and fixing the decals. These liquids can be found in any model shop or DIY store.

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All the decals must be cut very accurately along the edge of the lettering. The best results are Here is the decal cut out as it should be, ready to be applied. We are using this particular achieved by trimming away as much of the backing as possible. decal only as an example of the technique – measurements for its correct position on the plane can be found on page 299.

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63 65

Put the decal in the water. Leave it to soak for about one minute, then remove it from the water with the tweezers and place it flat on the cutting mat (see Step 64)

64

With your fingers, gently check that the decal no longer sticks Carefully place the decal with its backing paper in the correct position, using your fingers. Once in position, hold the decal firmly in to the backing paper. If it is still stuck, wait a few moments place and pull the backing out from underneath it. until the moisture loosens the backing. Then apply fixing liquid to the surface of the model where the decal will be applied.

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While the decal is wet, you can still adjust its position, if necessary, by carefully using your fingers Once you are sure that the decal is in the correct position, use the brush to gently ‘press’ it or the rounded tip of the tweezers. onto the surface, so as to remove as much water as possible. This will allow the fixing liquid you applied in Step 64 to work.

68 69

Complete the positioning of the decal by pressing it down gently with absorbent tissue. Be very Complete the operation by coating the whole surface of the decal with a suitable fixative, and careful only to press the decal – don’t pull it, or you might move it accidentally and tear it. Make then leave it until it is completely dry (this may take several hours). The fixative ensures that the sure that the decal is not wrinkled, and that there are no air bubbles underneath it. decal sits perfectly on the surface, following the lines of the various cladding elements. Do not worry if it seems to crumple, as this is part of the process: just let it dry.

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70 71

22mm

The decal is shown here in position. Continuing in the same way, apply all the other decals to complete the decoration of your Following the procedure described in the previous steps, affix Douglas DC-3, in the order explained in the following steps. the six oval ‘Hamilton Standard Propellers’ logo decals on the blades of the propellers.

72

9mm

154mm

Following the measurements shown on the drawing, place the Pan Am logo symmetrically on both sides of the plane.

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73 74 10 mm

4mm

5mm

Using the wider decal strips, place the first on the tail, as Place the thinner decal strips symmetrically on both sides of the fuselage, following the measurements indicated, and cutting them illustrated. Place the same strip on the other side of the tail to fit with the Pan Am logo. When these have dried, and using a new blade in your craft knife, cut around the outlines of the doors to symmetrically with the first one. enable them to open.

75 76

2mm

14mm 26mm

6mm 3mm

Complete the decoration of the tail with a second strip and the Complete the decoration on the rest of the plane, placing the flags symmetrically on both sides of the fuselage and the company logo, following the measurements and applying the decals to logo above the windows. Now reattach the wings of the aircraft – it is up to you whether you want to fix them with glue or leave both sides of the tail. Let the decals dry completely. Then use them unglued so that you can remove them. You have now completed your magnificent Douglas DC-3! the craft knife to cut them so that the rudder can move.

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Stringers

0.8mm diam. brass rod Aluminium sheet

C44

C45

C46

C60 C47

C56

C54 C57D C57G C55

Decals C49

C48

SD57 Antennae

C63 Paper S95D S95G SD58 template C73D C73G C43 SD56

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