Dumas Rubber Powered Grumman F4F Wildcat.

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This is a heavily modified build of the 30" Dumas kit. A lot of the wood was replaced with light contest balsa. As well, I made the wings removable via tubes and sacrificial balsa spars. In addition, the wings also had a friction fit into the fuselage. The wings bent and came off too easily so I glued the fuselage joints but the wing is still removable via the spars.
Wingspan: 30" (76.2cm)
Weight: 104g (without rubber)

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16 июн 2024

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Комментарии : 14

@downwindchecklist6567 Месяц назад

Very nice build and fantastic flight! Rubber powered flight is much more difficult than meets the eye! I hope it can still go on flying with the fixed wing. Thx for sharing!

@mikego18753 29 дней назад

Great little plane!

@dansmith7617 Месяц назад

Slick! My old Comet Wildcat flew right off the board and my little Guillow's Hellcat flew great! Those cats are awesome and yours looks wonderful. -Dan

@VitalityMassage Месяц назад

Nice fight but... I'm dizzy now! Bigger circles!

@Beykus_cz Месяц назад

Excellent looking plane, the details are stunning

@free_flight_field Месяц назад

Nice work and nice flight !

@hadi96100 Месяц назад

Beautiful.

@kenkingsflyingmachines2382 Месяц назад

I can stipulate you are an accomplished modeler that uses advanced techniques and materials to produce exceptional airplanes, but when do you do it? Do you have some kind of basement production-line? And where do you live that the wind doesn't blow at gale force continuously? All tongue-in-cheek humor aside, It's a beautiful build. I've experimented with chalking tissue, but have not produced anything I would commit to a model. Thanks for taking it outside!

@scaleflight Месяц назад

Thanks! Wind is a real problem here in Ottawa, Canada. It is not very often that my availability and low winds line up for some outdoor flying!

@stargordo Месяц назад

Very good The wheels are painted? I cant see well?

@Tinkerlog Месяц назад

Looks really good, I like it! I always thought that the Dumas kits had better balsa than the Guillows. Is the tight circle intentionally?

@scaleflight Месяц назад

Yes, the tight circle is intentional. It was originally trimmed to fly inside a gym.

@stephengould9385 Месяц назад

Did you print the tissue -- this model is beyond beautiful -- Steve

@scaleflight Месяц назад

Thanks! The model is painted and chalked. It has brown Japanese tissue on the upper surfaces. I gave it a 3 very light coats of acrylic paint. Then I brushed it with matching colours of ground artist's chalk. Then I added panel lines and weathering with chalk pencils.