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ASSEMBLY GUIDE Right wing and engines 255 Paints and Complete the right wing and modelling tools two engines, and fit them A comprehensive selection of modelling tools to the fuselage. 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

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hile gradually disappearing as an Woperational aircraft, the DC-3, both as a civilian and a military plane, was occupying an altogether more permanent place in the public’s imagination. Few aircraft over the years have acquired its iconic status and few have succeeded in characterising a period as the twin-engined Douglas has done. Immortalised in many famous films, it has also appeared in comic strips, on stamps and playing cards and all kinds of other objects, from ephemera such as postcards and advertisements to smartphone covers.

A Lisunov Li-2 belonging to the Russian airline Aeroflot. The Li-2, originally designated PS-84 (passenger aeroplane 84), was a version of the Douglas DC-3 built under licence at Factory #84 in Khimki in Moscow and, after that site’s wartime evacuation in 1941, at a factory in Tashkent. The plane was named after the director of the project, aeronautical engineer Boris Pavlovich Lisunov.

Build Douglas DC-3 247 All this is because, almost 80 years after The DC-3 and the film industry year in Meet John Doe (dir. Frank Capra). going into service, the DC-3 continues Also in 1941, with subtle references to the to have numerous admirers, among The DC-3 has attracted the attention of ongoing WWII, it appeared in Emergency both aircraft enthusiasts and the general film-makers since it first appeared in the Landing (dir. William Beaudine), and in public. This enthusiasm is not about to skies. In 1938, the twin-engine Douglas Flying Blind (dir. Frank McDonald), then in diminish, in view of the number of DC- made an appearance in Test Pilot, directed 1942 in Crossroads (dir. Jack Conway). 3s still operational and the number of by Victor Fleming; in 1938, in Ninotchka, But it had not yet reached the peak of its organisations involved in restoring and (dir. Ernst Lubitsch); in 1940, in My Favorite success. Between the late 1940s and the flying old aircraft. Wife (dir. Garson Kanin) and the following mid-1950s, the DC-3 continued to appear

A Dakota and, in the background, the Rock of Gibraltar, photographed at the beginning of October 1943. The C-47’s game- changing role in World War II was enough to guarantee its success in the post-war film industry. A central element in all historical reconstructions, it is still an object of fascination today, as illustrated by its appearances in, for instance, Steven Above, paratroops being dropped from C-47s Spielberg’s Saving Private during World War II. The photograph shows the Ryan (1998) and in the campaign in Markham Valley, New Guinea, which Spielberg-produced TV took place in September 1943. Concealed by a series Band of Brothers. smokescreen, the men attacking Nadzab airport are the United States 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment and the 2nd/4th Field Regiment of the Australian Army. After World War II, ex-service C-47s were readily available and they were used frequently in movies.

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A DC-2 with TWA livery, which is now at the Museum The DC-3 on of Flight in Seattle. The present state of the aircraft is stamps and coins the result of a long restoration project, started in 1982 by members of the Douglas he DC-3 has found a place in many Historical Foundation and Tspheres of interest, and it has proven completed in 2007 under the very popular among the devotees of supervision of the staff of the philately and numismatics – that is, the museum. After its restoration collecting of stamps and coins. At least 95 was completed, the aircraft countries have issued stamps depicting was flown to its present location from Van Nuys, the DC-3 or the C-47 (including versions California, with stopovers in such as the Lisunov Li-2 and the Nakajima Sacramento, California, and L2D). These include Afghanistan, Cuba, Eugene, Oregon. Egypt, the Philippines, Germany, Iceland, Jersey, Panama, Turkey, the Unites States, Switzerland and Venezuela. Stamps showing the DC-2 have been issued by 15 countries (including Curaçao, Finland, Japan and the Dutch Indies), and in some cases also the DC-1 (for instance, Samoa). This is without taking into account other products such as postcards, leaflets, envelopes and special cancellations. In numismatics, there have been various commemorative issues. Coins representing in films, mainly to add local colour to stories of the events in Word War II. Films such the twin-engined Douglas have been issued set in the previous decade (Casbah, dir. as The Longest Day (1962) and The by, among others, the Isle of Man (1 crown, copper and nickel, 1995), the Republic of the John Berry, 1948), or popping up in more Battle of the Bulge (1965) (both dir. Ken Congo, formerly Congo Brazzaville (500 and modern pieces such as Roman Holiday Annakin), Patton (dir. Franklin Schaffner, 1,000 francs, both in silver in 2002, and a 500-franc coin showing the DC-2, in silver, (dir. William Wyler, 1953) and Written on 1970) and A Bridge Too Far (dir. Richard 2004,) and by the Solomon Islands (25 the Wind (dir. Douglas Sirk, 1956). Attenborough, 1977) popularised the C-47 dollars, silver, 2003, as well as a gold-plated version in a limited edition). But what really raised the DC-3 to cult and reinforced its enduring status as a status were the great reconstructions ‘technical icon’ of the war in Europe.

Build Douglas DC-3 249 This process was further accelerated by The popularity of the aircraft shows no America (dir. Roger Spottiswoode, 1990), dramatic and popular war films such as The sign of waning with time. More recently, in White Hunter Black Heart (dir. Clint Bridge on the River Kwai (dir. David Lean, the Dakota has been seen on the big Eastwood, who also starred, 1990), in 1957), The Dirty Dozen (dir. Robert Aldrich, screen in The Wild Geese (dir. Andrew Traffic (dir. Steven Soderbergh, 2001) 1967, and its sequel, dir. Andrew McLaren, McLaglen, 1978), and in the barnstorming and in the James Bond film Quantum 1985), Night of the Eagle (dir. John Sturges, Indiana Jones adventures by Steven of Solace (dir. Marc Foster, 2008). It has 1976) and also – in this case the Vietnam Spielberg (1981-2008), plus Spielberg’s been calculated that, to date, the DC-3 War – The Green Berets, directed by and groundbreaking television series Band starring John Wayne, in 1968. of Brothers. The plane was seen in Air

Close-up of C-47A PH- DDA of the Dutch Dakota Association at the Royal International Air Tattoo at Fairford, England, in 1985. On 25 September 1996, PH-DDA crashed into the sea near Texel (one of the West Frisian Islands, off the coast of the Netherlands), causing the deaths of all 32 people on board. Visible at the bottom right of the photograph is the rudder of DC-3A 191A N4565L. This aircraft is More aircraft at the 1985 Royal International Air now on display at the South Tattoo at Fairford. In the centre of the photograph Yorkshire Aircraft Museum in is C-47A N53ST/531323/53-T (c/n 9380) ‘Col. Doncaster, England. Michael C. Thomas’ (1942), now on display at Luke Air Force Base, Phoenix, Arizona. Behind it, in the distance, there is a glimpse of C-47A-70-DL PH-DDA (c/n 19109, 1943) of the Dutch Dakota Association, and in the foreground, top left, is the nose of R4D-6 N151ZE (c/n 50783), built at the Douglas plant in Oklahoma City in October 1944.

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This aircraft, on display in the Air Force Armament Museum adjacent to Eglin Air Force Base in Florida, was originally a TC-47B but was repainted to represent AC-47 Spooky 43-49010, which served during the Vietnam War as part of the 4th Special Operations Squadron, attached to the 432nd TRW (Tactical Reconnaissance Wing), which was based in Udon, in Thailand. The original 43-49010 is on display at a Vietnam War museum at Surasri Army Camp in Kanchanaburi, Thailand. Military museums, particularly in the USA, have been very involved in the recovery and preservation of historic aircraft.

has appeared, in a more or less obvious Museums and DC-3 and C-47 can be admired as static way, in 169 films, documentaries and historical associations displays in, among others, the Aircraft television series and the C-47 in 155; and Museum in Seattle (NC91008, Alaska this is without including the multitude of The importance of the DC-3/C-47, both Airlines), the Carolinas Aviation Museum in special programmes on the two aircraft from a commercial and military point Charlotte, North Carolina (N44V, Piedmont which are aimed at the niche markets of of view, explains its omnipresence in Airlines), the Smithsonian National Air fans and home video, rather than full-scale aeronautical museums both in the United and Space Museum in Washington DC distribution and broadcasting. States and abroad. Various examples of the (N18124, Eastern Airlines), the Aircraft

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he image of the DC-3 was enhanced by its former role as the aircraft of celebrities. For instance, among Tthe displays at the aviation museum in Rimini, Italy (the Parco Tematico e Museo dell’Aviazione G. Casolari) is the DC-3 N242AG. Between 1956 and 1963, this aircraft belonged to Hollywood star Clark Gable The DC-3S N34AH (c/n 43360), above, started life and, according to its logbook, its passengers included US President John F Kennedy and his brother Robert, as C-47A-50-D, and was then converted to the Marilyn Monroe, Frank Sinatra, and President Ronald Reagan during his years as an actor. Another famous DC-3S (C-117D) standard. It has enjoyed a colourful character closely linked to the DC-3 was the singer Ricky Nelson, who died on 31 December 1985 in De history – it was seized for transporting drugs in Kalb, Texas, when his Douglas DC-3 N711Y crashed while flying from Guntersville, Alabama, to Dallas. This 1989 and was then bought in 2005 by Classic Air aircraft was produced by the Douglas plant in Oklahoma City as C-47A-25-DK 13658 in 1943 for the USAAF, Transport of Las Vegas. After spending some time at and in the course of its life had been plagued by mechanical problems. It had previously belonged to the Benson Municipal Airport near Tucson, Arizona, the wealthy Du Pont family and the singer Jerry Lee Lewis. aircraft is now at the premises of Aircraft Restoration and Marketing, in Tucson.

A DC-3 in the process of Museum of Santa Monica (N242SM, Museum of the naval air force base of at Cosford, in England (Dakota Mk IV, being restored. The work needed to bring an aircraft ‘Spirit of Santa Monica’), the Air Mobility Pensacola, Florida (C-117D 50821/821), KN645). Museums have been playing back to its original condition Command Museum of the Dover air base the American Airborne Museum of Sainte- an increasingly important part in recent is long and complicated and it is often carried out in Delaware (42-92841, ‘Turf & Sport Mère-Èglise in France (C-47, Z315159, years, and there are also private individuals by volunteers. It is usually difficult to restore the aircraft Special’), the National Naval Aviation ‘The Argonia’) and the RAF Museum involved in various ways in the salvage to actual factory condition, and restoration of old Douglas aircraft. either because of the numerous alterations made The Flagship Detroit Foundation or AAF during its operational life or because of the choices – American Aeronautical Foundation – more or less forced on those has restored the DC-3 ‘Flagship Detroit’ in charge of the restoration project. As a result, it is not (NC17334) and the C-47B ‘Aluminum unusual for restored aircraft to be made up of parts Mistress’ (43-49531), ensuring that they coming from several different are kept in working order. There are aircraft while retaining the original serial number. many groups of enthusiasts, such as the

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A C-47, ZA947, in the colours of the UK Royal Aircraft Establishment (RAE). Assigned to the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) in September 1942, it was acquired by the RAE in 1971, after being phased out by the RCAF. Added to the RAE’s list of surplus aircraft in 1992, in March 1993 it was handed over to the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight (BBMF), which subsequently restored A view inside the RAF Museum at Cosford, the aircraft to its original Shropshire. In the centre of the picture, a Dakota condition. Now completely Mk IV KN645 is suspended from the roof. In the operational, the aircraft other branch of the RAF Museum, at Hendon, in has been painted in the London, a central section of the fuselage of a Dakota colours of Dakota FZ692 is on display while the front section is waiting to be ‘Kwicherbichen’, used by mounted. There are other Dakotas in England, at the RAF’s 223 Squadron in Wroughton, Framlington, Middle Wallop, Coningsby, Normandy in 1944. High Wycombe, North Weald, Brenzett and Aldershot, as well as at the Imperial War Museum at Duxford and the Science Museum in London.

Dutch Dakota Association, the Swedish aircraft to their original condition. Such the DC-3/C-47 that have been created Flygande Veteraner, the France DC3 and aircraft may have been no longer in use, on the internet. Websites such as DC-3 the Hungarian Goldtimer Alapítvány, as or in the course of their often complicated Airways Virtual Airlines (www.dc3airways. well as enthusiastic individuals such as operational life they may have undergone com) and The DC-3 Hangar (www. Frank and Glen Moss, who were involved various changes that had completely douglasdc3.com) are a valuable source in the recovery and restoration of DST altered their appearance. of reliable data, frequently updated with NC16005 in Punta Gorda in Florida and Then there is the phenomenon of the historic and current photographs of the have contributed to restoring various numerous virtual museums devoted to much-loved twin-engined Douglas.

Build Douglas DC-3 253 Having been acquired by But this is only the tip of the iceberg, the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) after because the whole world of vintage World War II, the DC-3 in this photograph (ZK-APK, aeronautics (which is extremely well c/n 34227/16967) is today represented on the Internet) regularly on display in Mangaweka on New Zealand’s North pays tribute to the DC-3 with articles Island, where it advertises the activities of the specially devoted to it, either on websites Mangaweka Adventure specialising in aircraft of the 1930s and Company. It was last flown by a company 1940s (for instance, the British website called Fieldair, then was subsequently painted in Oldprops, www.oldprops.ukhome. varying colours to advertise net), or in photographic archives (such local concerns, including Cookie Time’s DC-3 Café. as Airliners.net, www.airliners.net and Airplane-Pictures.net, www.airplane- pictures.net), and, last but not least, the websites of the numerous very active amateur associations.

Pulling in the crowds

he iconic character of the DC-3 has frequently been used to attract crowds to events and attractions, and for advertising. DC-3s are found at the Tentrances of theme parks devoted to aviation, such as the Museum of Flying in Santa Monica, California, and the Fantasy of Flight park in Polk City, Florida. In a less logical context, the image of the DC-3 has also been associated with non-aviation activities. For instance, the American Roasterie chain, which sells tea and coffee, has chosen a stylised DC-3 as its logo, and it has even installed a complete DC-3 on top of its headquarters in Kansas City, Missouri. Similarly, the DC-3 name is often associated with restaurants and bars. For instance, there is the DC-3 restaurant in Santa Catalina, in California, and the DC-3 Hot Dog Restaurant in Washington, DC. At Lake Taupo, in New Zealand, a former DC-3 of the New Zealand National Airways Corporation (ZK-CAW, c/n 18923 of 1943), adapted to function as a restaurant with 10 two-seat tables, is parked next to a McDonald’s fast food outlet, for which it is both an extension and the main attraction.

254 Build Douglas DC-3 N.B. Some elements supplied with each pack,xxxxxx in particular xxxx the sheets Assembly Guide of 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. Right wing and engines See the back cover for a checklist of your parts for this pack.

1 2

A43 A44 A41 A42

A39 A40

A38 A37

Take the laser-cut frameworks corresponding to the pieces of the right wing, and the piece A13 Start by assembling the right wing, bearing in mind that the assembly operations are essentially that was supplied in an earlier pack. Remove the individual pieces with a craft knife, and use a file the same as those used for the left wing. Working on a flat surface, position, fit and glue and sandpaper to smooth the edges of each piece. together the pairs of pieces A37-A38, A39-A40, A41-A42 and A43-A44, as shown.

3 4

A20 A41-A42 A19

A39-A40 A39-A40 A37-A38

A47

Fit and glue pieces A19, A20 and A47 onto the assembly formed by pieces A39-A40. Correctly From the underside, fit and glue piecesA37-A38 and A41-A42 to the assembly made in fitting pieceA47 between the other pieces will establish the correct angle for the cross-pieces and the previous step. ensure that the wing is symmetrical with the left wing already constructed.

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5 6 A33 A28 A29 A31 A26 A27 A24 A25 A48 A22 A23 A21 A36 A17 A18 A15 A16

A35 A34 A32 A30 A13 A43-A44 A14

A46 A45

Fit and glue pieces A14, A46, A48 and A13, in that order. Complete the structure of the right wing by fitting ribsA15 , A16, A17, A18 and piece A45. Continue by assembling the ribs from A21 to A36 successively, and finally the joined piecesA43-A44 .

7 8 9

C67D

C68D

A18 A17

Position and glue the stringers in their notches inside the wing. If you have decided to fit your aircraft with lights, insert two Sand the pieces C67D and C68D, apply primer and Apply modelling filler to the wooden elements and paint the pairs of cables into the wing for power, as shown above. Steps paint them green. Fix them in position as shown in the wing green. Cut out the part of the stringer between ribs A17 13, 15, 16, 48 and 51-53 will tell you how to fit and connect photographs above. and A18 (see photograph), leaving this space free. the lights. If you are not fitting lights, ignore these instructions.

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10 11 12 AWR8

AWR2 AWR9 AWR4 AWR1 AWR10

AWR3

Prepare cladding pieces AWR1 and AWR3 as you did In the same way, cover the lower surface with pieces AWR2 Cover the lower part of the leading edge with pieces AWR8, previously, and cover the upper surface of the right wing. and AWR4. AWR9 and AWR10, starting at the edge and going towards the end of the wing. For the upper part, mount the cladding pieces AWR5, AWR6 and AWR7, following this order exactly.

13 14 15

S94D C71D

C72D S93D

Repeat the operations carried out in the previous pack to Complete the end of the wing by gluing pieces S93D and Fit a white LED between pieces C71D and C72D. install the navigation lights and fit a green LED at the end of S94D in position. the wing.

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AWR12

A13 AWR11

Fit the connector sleeves to the cables sticking out from rib A13 of the right wing, in the same way as Cover pieces C71D and C72D with cladding pieces AWR11 and AWR12, fitting them on the you did for the left wing. lower and upper sides respectively.

18 19

C59a

AWR14

C59h C59g C59f C59c C59e C59d C59b AWR13

In the same way as you did in the previous pack, complete the assembly of the wing flap support. Complete the assembly of the right wing flap and its support with cladding pieces AWR13 and AWR14. Later, you will continue the assembly of both wings of the aircraft.

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20 21 22 C28

C22

C29

With the pieces you have kept from Pack 10, start making the Take the 0.5mm-diameter brass wire (supplied with Pack 5) Straighten the 12mm lengths of brass wire by rolling them one second engine as explained in detail in Pack 9. The following and use pliers to cut off 28 pieces, each 12mm long. by one on a flat, rigid surface with a file. steps show you how to complete each of the engines, which you can work on one at a time or both together.

23 24

Take two of the lengths of wire and glue them to one of the cylinders on the front side of the engine, Repeat the operation for each cylinder on both sides of the engine. as shown.

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SD59

Apply a coat of primer to both sides of the engine and to piece Use a brush to paint the details of the engine azure grey and matt black, following the colours in the illustrations above and elsewhere SD59. Paint them aluminium, preferably with an airbrush, and on this spread. Let the paint dry, then apply a very diluted dark brown wash to emphasise the contours and details. leave them to dry.

27 28 29

SD59

EXTRAS x 2 SD59

There is one piece SD59 and one screw with a nut for Fit and glue piece SD59 to the body of the engine, as shown. Take the black cable supplied with Pack 5. Pass one each engine. Carry out the assembly of each piece without Leave to dry. end through the hole (circled) above one of the cylinders, tightening the nut too much. Keep the remaining two nuts to and fix the cable in the hole in the body of the engine, as use later for fitting the propeller. shown in the photograph.

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30 31

Repeat the operation for each cylinder.

SD59 Glue cable here

32

On the front of the engine, cut the cable to length and use cyanoacrylate glue (superglue) to stick the other end to the Rear view of the engine assembly, showing the cables and outer edge of piece SD59, in front of its corresponding cylinder. the cylinders.

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33 35

Take the red cable kept from Pack 2, and fix one end to the front of the engine, as shown in the photograph.

34

Pass the cable between the cylinders to the other side of With a fine brush, paint the ends of the engine cables aluminium so as to imitate the connectors. That completes the engine assembly the engine, cut it to length and fix the end to the body of the process, so if you are working on the engines one at a time, repeat the whole procedure to finish the other one. engine, as shown in the photo.

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C24

Fit and glue one engine into each of the central wing sections prepared previously, as shown. Make Prepare the engine covers, pieces C24. Smooth them all over and apply to each of them, in this sure that the rear of the engine fits perfectly into its mounting. order, the primer, the gloss black paint and the chrome finish. Be sure to leave enough drying time between each coat and to handle the pieces with care.

38 39 C24 S38

b c a

Fit and glue the covers to both engines, as illustrated. Make sure that the pieces C24 fit perfectly Take the air outlets of the engines, the photo-etched metal pieces S38 supplied with Pack 9. onto the engine cowling. With flat-nose pliers, bend the individual pieces one way and the other until they break off. The broken edges of the parts will be sharp, so take care when handling them.

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40 41 42

a a b

The broken edge of each piece will be placed and glued Piece ‘a’ fits at the top, then five ‘b’ pieces fan out around Continue the operation with pieces from photo-etched between the covering of the aircraft and the engine cowling. the side (there will be a spare ‘b’ piece left over), then there is sheet S38. Following this photograph and the next four, fit the individual a ‘c’ piece at the bottom. pieces (a, b and c) in the order indicated.

43 44 a

b

b

c

c

You have now completed the whole of one side of one of the engines. Repeat the operations on the other side of the first engine, and then on both sides of the second engine, with pieces from the photo-etched sheet S38.

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120mm

Now cut four pieces 120mm long from the two 4mm-diameter wooden dowel rods supplied with this Fit two of the dowel pieces into one of the central wing sections. Push the dowels through the pack, and round the ends with sandpaper. holes in the structure, as shown in the photograph.

47 48

Join the central part of the wing to the fuselage as shown, using the two dowels as guides. Make Using tweezers, thread the cables for the lights through the central section of the wing. sure that you are fitting the central part of the wing to the correct side of the fuselage.

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49 50

Move the central section of the wing into its final position and glue it permanently to the fuselage. Repeat Steps 46-49 to fit the central section of the wing on the opposite side of the fuselage.

51 52

Cut the wires that emerge from one of the central wing sections to the length shown, and With tweezers, hold the larger end of a connector (see inset photo), insert one of the wires into remove the insulation at the ends, as in the photograph. the other end, and solder it into place. Repeat to solder another connector to the other wire.

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53 54

VOL2D VOL1D

VOL2G VOL1G

Insulate the connectors with heat-shrink sleeving (see photograph). Repeat Steps 51 to 53 for the Take the flaps VOL1D, VOL2D, VOL1G, and VOL2G (the latter two were included with pair of wires on the other side of the aircraft. Pack 10), plus the template for the cladding pieces and one half-sheet of aluminium.

55 56

Prepare the pieces indicated on the template and clad the flat sides of the flaps. The last two Mask the outer sides of the cladding pieces of the four flaps. characters of the names of the cladding pieces match those of the corresponding flaps. For example, covering piece AF1G corresponds to flap VOL1G.

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VOL1D

VOL2D VOL2G

Apply primer to the insides of the flaps and paint them green, preferably using an airbrush. Take the aircraft assembled so far, and gently place it upside down in order to fit the underbody flaps.

59 60

VOL1G VOL1G

Start with flapVOL1G . Check that the flap fits correctly in its position, as shown in the photograph. If necessary, gently modify the flap with a file. Do not fix it in place just yet.

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61 62

Cut eight 5mm-long pieces from the 1mm-diameter brass Fit the flap into position, engaging the brass pin glued in place in the previous step. wire supplied, to use as pins. Fit and glue a pin at the end of the flap that goes towards the centre of the aircraft.

63 64

Place the flap in its final position. Insert one of the pins in the outer end of the flap.

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65 66

Fix the pin with a drop of cyanoacrylate glue on the outside of the support. Do not apply too much glue, as it will prevent the flap from moving.

67 VOL1D

Make sure that both flaps move freely up and down. Repeat the procedure to fit the right central flap,VOL1D .

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68 69

VOL2G

VOL2G

Fit the small flap (shown) to the wings, following the procedure with the brass wire. The photograph This is a detail of the assembly of the left flap. Also fit flapVOL2D to the right wing in the shows flapVOL2G and the left wing. same way.

70 71

Fit and glue the other flaps to each of the wings. The photograph shows the underside of the left Top view of the left wing. With the next pack, you will complete your Douglas DC-3. wing with the flaps already fitted.

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Stringers

Aluminium for fuselage Brass rod covering (2½ sheets) Laser-cut plywood parts 0.8mm diameter

Wooden dowel rods 4mm diameter

Brass wire 1mm Flaps and right wing covering templates

C59b C59h C59g C59f C59e C59d C59c

S93D

C59a S94D C67D C71D C72D C68D

VOL1D

VOL2D C24 Engine screw

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