Douglas DC-6C OT-CDF Belgian Air Force

repainting of the wing with alu spray 

the paint removing job was not a succes 

Very hard to remove the old paint, my wife said : why bother, can't you buy an other kit ? 

I followed the advice of my wive 

and started to build it 

Design of the decals 

Testing the fit of the decals with b/w print 

landing light and nav light 

Wiring for landing and navigation lights and for motors added  

Next step : wiring of Arduino an ULN2003 to steer the lights and motors  

passengers installed 

cabin lights, cockpt light and beacon tested 

motors installed, with 15 ohm resistance to limit starting current 

Motor programming tested before assembly  

lights tested before assembly. Unfortunately there is interference between the cabin lights and the motors. So , I had to throw out the cabin lights and redo the wiring on the circuitboard. Without cabin lights , the new sequence worked satisfactory. 

Wings and fuselage assembled with the circuit inside, evrything works so far, main paint job done, ready for the decals 

Bottom side : some shades of alu added, two wires for external battry supply 

Almost finished , ready for a test run 

One engine and nav lights working  

two engines running 

4 engines running 

Landing lights on 

Engine shutdown