Douglas OA-4M “Low-Vis-Scooter”
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July 9, 2022The colors of the Scooter.6
July 10, 2022Remembered old research results (I’ve build already 22 years ago a late Skyhawk): late Skyhawks had spoilers on the top of wings with the same size as flaps. The spoiler has 17 ribs and is divided into 18 “fields”.7
July 10, 2022An alternative for filling of sinkholes and ejector marks. A piece off round rod (thin dish) glued with CA. After few minutes it’s possible to remove the excess with sharp scalpel. Works much better and faster than “Herumkleistern” with putty. (Sorry; don’t know what is the English equivalent for Herumkleistern)🙂8
July 11, 2022The reflector will be installed later (after airbrushing white) because the rim is black.9
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July 15, 2022It’s astonishing how strongly aspirations of modelers have gone up: around the turn of the millennium we were over the moon about the quality of resin cockpits of KMC. Today this is not remotely longer up to scratch („Gurkenkramm“).15
July 18, 2022I picked the best and most simply for installation parts and combined them with any scratch build parts. Forward cockpit: Anyz knobs and kit- instrument panel as base for the etched ones not yet in place.16
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July 19, 2022Escapac ejection seat.18
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July 20, 2022Completed working stations21
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July 23, 2022As usual I glued both fuselage halves with CA (Tamiya) and ethylacetate. I used small plastic pieces here and there and so despite average fit I needed 0,0g putty.
Rear area thinned down.24
July 23, 2022Edges of wheel bay thinned down and shape restored with CA and plastic. The green outlined “dark” what you see is not a gap but CA as filler for the gap.25
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July 26, 2022It’s easier to replace the trimm tab than rework the kit. Red light made of a piece of red resin block.31
July 26, 2022Green light in place. Actuators for aileron and trimm tab added.32
July 26, 2022LSO light (green amber red) in place minus reshaping the clear resin block.33
August 11, 2022Separated rudder in place.34
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August 12, 2022Joint between wings and fuselage: “black” = CA, “white” = plastic as filler.38
August 13, 2022300 gal aux fuel tank. I used the parts from Tamiyas Skyraider because they are a much better detailed.39
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August 13, 2022Sway braces in place. The rods of silber wire coming at next after painting.41
August 13, 2022Flattened dishes of 1,2 mm round rod and bended stripe of plastic.42
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August 18, 2022It was very curious: the windshield's fit was very poor. I spent about 30 min for trimming the thickness of the clear part and wide of the hood.44
August 18, 20223 of 6 airbrushing seasons completed. Unfortunately the mentioned FS colors don’t match the colors of the decal elements. 🙁45
August 20, 2022Both upper colors mixed exactly to match with the decal elements.46
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August 27, 2022Steering for nose landing gear added.55
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August 31, 2022Ed Heinemann, Douglas' chief designer , designed spring loaded slats which operated Automatically when the speed decreased below a certain level. That means that the slats were deployed during painting of the aircraft. In the case of my plane the underside has to be light and not dark.64
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