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**Don Boose** · #41 03-09-2008, 07:16 AM

Jim -- I really do intend to build some of these models and would be proud to have pics of my models on the site. we'll see -- I do not have a very good track record of actually completing models -- still have the DGA Christmas GA-8 under construction! But the fact that you built three of the Beavers over the weekend gives me hope that I can get at least one put together soon after completing the furshlugginer Hampden and before getting decisively engaged with the GreMir Shoki (or Hayabusa -- I'm wavering).

I made the acquaintance of the M37 in Korea in 1962, where I was a rifle platoon leader in the 2d Battle Group, 12th Cav, 1st Cav Div (anybody here remember the Pentomic Army?). The Weapons Platoon carried the 81mm mortars in M37s. After six months with the platoon, I was brought up to the BG headquarters and made the S3(Air), which meant I got a jeep and was sent to air observer school to learn how to adjust artillery from the back seat of an L-19 and made weekly photo-recon flights along the south tape of the DMZ. Much fun, and they even paid me to do it!

Don

**John Bowden** · #42 03-09-2008, 08:04 AM

Here are a couple of -Jim's recent builds...........DHC2008 DHC2023 and DHC2004

He does such a good job of building and then taking pictures.............

john

**Don Boose** · #43 03-09-2008, 08:08 AM

Wow! Those are an inspiration.

I HAVE to work on the Hampden today, but I have printed out L-20 51-6266 and the M-37 3/4-ton (and three Trotskiy Ki-43s) -- just to look at.

Don

**-Jim G** · #44 03-09-2008, 05:11 PM

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Originally Posted by boosed

But the fact that you built three of the Beavers over the weekend gives me hope that I can get at least one put together soon

Don,
I have to fess up... I took a long weekend (on Friday morning I had a medical test done and I took the rest of the day off). On the other hand, I have now completed my 4th beaver.

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I have built so many of these that I have it down to a science. I commonly give them away as greeting cards

**member_3** · #45 03-09-2008, 06:15 PM

Practice apparently does make perfect! Great looking fleet.

**dansls1** · #46 03-09-2008, 06:22 PM

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Originally Posted by -Jim G

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I have built so many of these that I have it down to a science. I commonly give them away as greeting cards

Do any of the ladies complain that upon display they have random gentlemen telling them 'nice Beaver'?

Good looking models

**Don Boose** · #47 03-09-2008, 07:18 PM

Outstanding, Jim!

Are the wings straight from the box, or do you insert spars?

Don

**John Bowden** · #48 03-09-2008, 07:36 PM

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Originally Posted by boosed

Are the wings straight from the box, or do you insert spars?

Spars??!! Spars!! We don't need no stinking spars!:D

No I believe -Jim builds 'em as he designed 'em..........at least I've never had to use any extra support.

And I am joking on the quote..................

john

**Don Boose** · #49 03-09-2008, 08:03 PM

Dan -- You are, of course, referring to the Regency-era top hat? Don

**-Jim G** · #50 03-09-2008, 10:14 PM

Don,

As John said, the wings do not need spars. I build the kit "straight out of the box". I cut the slits for the wing struts directly in the middle of the little rectangle on the undersides of the wings and I use the length of struts to set the dihedral. The beaver is an externally braced monoplane, so the kit, like the real thing depends on the struts to hold the wings.

I should do a pictoral build thread for the beaver to show how I build them. I think that build threads are great fun, and come to think of it, it is seldom that someone does such for a simple model. It would probably be good for some of the newer modelers on the forum.