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

Comments

26 19 April 2016, 09:52

Nils Steyaert
looks good, i will be following this build.
to bad the paint stripping didnt go well on the previous model.
here's a tip, submerge the model in a box filled with 70% water and 30% Dasty degreaser (available at the Wibra) for 24 hours, the paint should peal off easely.

24 May 2023, 17:02

Shar Dipree
Hello.
I removed the paint on my mosquito and painted it new.
Below you can see pictures of my stripped mossie from my album (De Havilland Mosquito B.XVI at bombing | Album by Shar (1:72)).
For stripping the paint, i used "TAMIYA-Carson - Paint-Killer" Paint Killer (Carson Modelsport 500908113, No)
I wish you success.

Bevor stripping / After stripping:
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24 May 2023, 17:53

Erik De Smet
Thanks for these advices , but the paint on this old kit was probably from rattle cans and more difficult to remove. And the paint was not the only issue to adress, e.g. some broken parts and the yellow plastic. And I always follow a good advice from my wife ( = buy a new kit). The old kit will end in the box for experiments.

24 May 2023, 18:59