When you first open this fuselage, it is extremely well packed and everything
is wrapped in plastic bags and then the paper and styrofoam peanuts are added to protect the components. After unwrapping each component you start to realize just
how much detailing has been done to this fuselage. Major openings are already trimmed but the windshield, door windows, and any maintenance hatches need to be cut out from the main cabin and the
doors or windows need to be fitted. The fiberglass has excellent surface finish and the parts are lightweight but reinforced in areas that will open or moved frequently.
What sets apart this fuselage is the attention to detail and the amount of work that is already done for the modeler. Inside the Dauphin, the major wooden formers are
already installed, including the retractable landing gear. The mechanics structure is also reinforced with Epoxy and fiberglass cloth. This is a
huge time saver for the modeler. The formers for the tail boom are precut but not installed as the type of mechanics to be installed will require changing some of
the cutouts to suit the tail drive for the Fenestrom tail unit.
Fiberglass Components:
Main Body, Top Hatch, Tail Boom, Vertical Tail Fin, Horizontal Tail Stabilizers & Fins, Pilot Doors, Cabin Doors, Interiors for all Doors, Nose Cap, Winch Cover and Fenestrom Shroud Rings.
Included Accessories:
Instrument Panel, Scale Turbine Exhaust Pipes & Aerial Set
Clear Components:
Windshield Left & Right, Upper Windows Left & Right, Cheek Windows Left & Right, Pilot Door Windows Left & Right, Cabin Side Windows Left & Right.
Metal Components:
Retractable landing gear units that are preinstalled along with the wood formers, each with custom machined struts and wheels.
Documentation:
Detailed color prints of the fuselage are provided to illustrate how the fuselage can be built.
Wood Work:
Wood formers are precut for the main cabin, mechanics mount and for the tail boom. The cabin wood work is already installed and reinforced. Tail boom formers are precut.
The following photo selection shows exactly what you receive with the fuselage. Click on a photo to see the larger image.
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1. An overall view of the main components included with the fuselage. | |
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2. The main cabin is molded from one large but lightweight section with the woodwork already installed with the retracts. |
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3. Pilot and cabin doors are molded for the left and right sides of the fuselage. | |
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4. Pilot and cabin doors include molded interiors that match each door to add that extra scale touch. |
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5. Tail vertical fin, elevator with fin lets and winch cover, all with molded details. | |
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6. The top cap is an exact fit to the cabin with the fuselage nose and interior parts. |
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7. The window set includes every window for the fuselage. Windshield, body and doors. | |
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8. The joint between the cabin and the tail boom is an overlap joint that can be easily filled and totally covered. |
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9. An interior shot of the rear retracts closed with the wood formers that are installed. | |
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10. External shot of the rear retracts, machined struts in the open position and precut openings. |
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11. External view of the front dual wheel retact, machined strut and installed wood formers. | |
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12. Internal view of the wood formers for the front retract. Note the mechanics deck wood work is also installed. |
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