Deagostini Douglas DC3 User guide

Brand: Deagostini

Model: Douglas DC3

Type: User guide

Deagostini Douglas DC3: Build and customize your own 1:14 scale replica of the iconic aircraft. With this comprehensive kit, you'll experience the joy of assembling a detailed model, from the cockpit to the fuselage and wings. Recreate the golden age of aviation as you bring this legendary aircraft to life.

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ASSEMBLY GUIDE

The Cockpit

Constructing the cockpit and

ﬁtting the pilots’ seats and the

control panel.

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Pan American World Airways, Inc.

Produced under license. Boeing, Douglas, Boeing Airplane Company, DC-3,

247, Douglas World Cruiser, and the distinctive Boeing logos, product markings

and trade dress are trademarks of The Boeing Company.

Published in the UK by De Agostini UK Ltd,

Battersea Studios 2, 82 Silverthorne Road,

London SW8 3HE

Published in the USA by De Agostini Publishing USA, Inc.,

915 Broadway, Suite 609,

New York, NY 10010.

Packaged by Continuo Creative, 39-41 North Road,

London N7 9DP

Items may vary from those shown.

Not suitable for children under the age of 14.

This product is not a toy and is not designed or intended for use in play.

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Ideally, the OLP mark should appear in ratio of 1:2

of the licensee’s logo or lettermark and no smaller

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Assembly Guide

Using a craft knife, remove the individual elements one by

one from the pre-cut wooden framework. Finish each piece

by smoothing it with sandpaper to remove the residue of the

connecting ribs and any other small imperfections.

Fit and glue the piece made in the previous step in the

corresponding slots and notches of piece 1K.

Remove pieces 1H and 1K from the pre-cut framework. After

smoothing them, glue them together as shown, making sure

that they are exactly perpendicular to each other.

Cut out and prepare piece 1J, then glue it in the position shown

in the photograph to the assembly made in Step 4.

Remove pieces 1D and 1C and place them on a ﬂat surface.

Glue them together and leave them to dry before using them.

Position the assembly made in the previous step so that side

1H rests on the work surface. After cutting and preparing piece

1P, glue it to the back of piece 1K in the position shown.

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Prepare piece 1M and glue it in position as shown.

Remove the other pair of pieces 1N and 1O. Fit and glue them

to the opposite side, in the same way as you did in Step 9.

Also remove pieces 1B and 1F and glue them in the position

shown in the photograph.

Remove and prepare pieces 1E and 1L, then glue them to

piece 1K as shown.

With the edge of a ﬂat ﬁle, go over the slots of the stringers

of piece 1A, gently smoothing them to ensure the best

possible support.

Remove and prepare piece 1A, and glue it onto the assembly

made previously, in the position shown. Prepare one pair of

the pieces 1N and 1O, then ﬁt and glue them where indicated,

making sure that each one is in the correct position.

Glue a ﬁrst stringer into the ﬁrst row of slots.

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When the glue has set, use the craft knife to trim off the excess

length of the stringer and smooth the cut surface with a ﬂat ﬁle

if necessary.

Use a ﬁne abrasive to go over the outer surfaces of the

assembly gently, to smooth the edges and remove any defects,

which would make ﬁtting the fuselage skin difﬁcult.

Take the 30 x 4mm dowel (far left) and round off the two ends

as shown. Then cut them off so as to obtain two pieces 4 mm

long.

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Repeat the operations of Steps 12 and 13, ﬁtting the remaining

stringers round the assembly. Do not forget to ﬁt the shorter

stringers in the upper part of the nose (as shown in the inset

photograph), and in the underside. Leave to dry thoroughly.

With the assembly positioned as shown, insert and glue the

pieces prepared in Step 16 in the holes indicated by the blue

arrows, with the ﬂat sides inwards. Then, glue the two magnets,

supplied, in the other two holes in 1H, indicated by red arrows.

With modelling ﬁller, carefully ﬁll any gaps there may be where

the individual pieces were ﬁtted.

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Glue the two pieces for the cockpit lining to the inside of the

cockpit as shown.

Take the photo-etched piece S01 and fold it to make the shape

required, as shown in this step and the next one.

Carefully smooth the whole assembly to remove all the excess

ﬁller, then apply an undercoat of primer/ﬁller. Leave to dry,

then smooth with a very ﬁne abrasive paper, such as is used

for car bodywork.

Paint the whole assembly green, preferably with an airbrush,

and leave to dry.

From the specially printed card, cut two pieces to line the

interior of the cockpit, using a very sharp craft knife.

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S01

Once you have folded the photo-etched piece into the shape

of the seat S01, apply cyanoacrylate glue to the joins. Do the

same with piece S02, and you will have two seat supports,

which are identical but mirror images of each other.

S02 S01

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Take the die-cast pieces illustrated, which are all parts of the interior of the cockpit. Use a ﬂat metal ﬁle and ﬁne abrasive paper to smooth

them one by one, eliminating any imperfections and defects there may be. Carefully put them to one side.

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SD01

SD04

SD03

SD17

SD06

SD14

SD06

SD16

SD03

SD04

SD02

Begin by assembling the two components each of pieces SD01

and SD02 as shown.

Add and glue the third component of the two pieces SD01 and

SD02, then do the same with the two arms SD04.

SD01

SD04 SD04

SD02

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Glue the arms SD03 to the seat structures.

Take the two pieces SD14 and glue them together as shown.

Fix the seats to a wooden slat with a length of double-sided

adhesive tape. Then paint them and the arm rests of the seat

structures a leather colour.

Fix the pieces shown in the photograph onto a wooden slat

with a length of double-sided adhesive tape. Then apply a

coat of primer, and when this has dried thoroughly, paint

them with aluminium-coloured paint.

Glue the seats to the relative supports.

Glue the seat supports into the respective frames assembled

in Step 27.

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SD14

SD03

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Remove the instrument panel S37 from the photo-etched sheet

and remove the connecting ribs with a ﬁle.

Apply a coat of primer to the panel, then paint it black (see

inset) preferably using an airbrush. With the point of a craft

knife blade, scrape the heads of the four screws securing

each instrument to expose the colour of the metal underneath.

Glue the instrument panel onto the card printed with the

instruments, making sure it is perfectly centred. Apply a

protective coat of matt transparent varnish.

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With the craft knife, cut away the excess printed card. Then with

a brush, apply a coat of glossy, transparent varnish onto the

face of each instrument to imitate the glass.

Take and prepare pieces 1L and 1G, then ﬁt one onto the other

and glue them together as shown.

Glue the instrument panel made in Step 37 onto the back of

the panel assembled in Step 38, making sure that they are

perfectly aligned.

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Remove the steering wheel S39 from the photo-etched sheet,

apply primer and paint it black. Cut the point off a small nail and

paint the nail aluminium colour. When the paint is dry, insert the

nail in the hole of the steering wheel and secure it to piece SD14.

Take the assembly painted in Step 20 and glue the pilot and

co-pilot’s pedals (pieces SD06) in position as shown.

To make the preparation and painting of the control levers

easier, bend them upwards one by one from the photo-etched

sheet as shown in the main photograph and, after you have

applied the primer, paint them all black (see inset photograph).

Very carefully insert and glue the instrument panel in the position

indicated in the photograph (inside the cockpit).

Prepare a mixture of cyanoacrylate glue gel and talcum powder,

then dip one end of each lever into it. Leave to set, then repeat

the operation several times so as to form round knobs. Then

paint them the colours shown in Step 47.

Insert and glue the seats in position. If necessary, adjust the

holes in which they ﬁt with a ﬁle.

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SD14

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After separating the levers from their support, attach them to

piece SD14 as shown in this photograph and the next (Step

47). Shorten the second nail, paint it with aluminium colour and

glue it into the position indicated by the red arrow.

Refer to this photograph to establish the positioning and correct

inclination of each control lever. Cut out the small instrument

panel from the pre-printed card and glue it onto piece SD14 as

shown in the photograph.

Take the four knobs SA and the main control panel selector

SB and paint them aluminium colour, with details in red, as

illustrated above.

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SD14 SD14 SD14

S45

S33

S27

S28

S29 S30

S31

S32

S34

S35

S36

Glue the ﬁve pieces painted in the previous step in the positions

indicated on the photograph.

Apply a coat of primer to the ﬁre extinguisher (piece C61)

and then paint it aluminium colour and red as shown. Cut a

strip 5mm wide from the aluminium sheet you are using for

the fuselage skin and make two clamping rings to be glued

onto the ﬁre extinguisher as shown.

C61

Glue the ﬁre extinguisher between the two seats in the cockpit,

in the position indicated in the photograph.

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Fit the pilot’s and co-pilot’s joysticks, prepared in Step 53,

in the sockets provided on the cockpit ﬂoor. After you have

checked that the joysticks are at the correct angle, secure

them with a drop of glue.

Take the top part of the cockpit S87 and, after applying primer,

paint the inside (only) green.

Take the levers (pieces C20 and C21) and, after applying

primer, paint them red and black as illustrated.

Fit and glue the central console, assembled in Step 49, into the

position shown.

Glue the two levers prepared in the previous step between the

pilots’ seats, in the positions shown in the photograph.

Remove the pieces S39 from the photo-etched sheet and, after

applying primer, paint them black. When dry, ﬁt them without

gluing them onto the two pieces SD16 and SD17, which you

prepared earlier and painted aluminium colour.

SD16

S39

SD17

C20

S87

C21

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Using a sharp blade, cut out the interior lining for the cockpit

roof and the two upper parts of the instrument panel from the

pre-printed card, as shown in the photograph.

Glue the pieces prepared in the previous step in the position

indicated and carefully paint the details.

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Take the pieces C19 and C18 which form the compass, glue

them together and paint the instrument in the colours shown in

the photograph.

C19 C18

Insert and glue the compass into the slot provided directly

below the windows.

Remove piece S43 from the photo-etched sheet. To make

it into the required shape, bend it ﬁrmly along the fold lines

with ﬂat long-nosed pliers. So as not to deform it, support the

folding process with a metal ruler as shown.

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Continue carrying out this folding operation progressively,

checking that the folds correspond to the shape of the cockpit

roof. Put the photo-etched plate which contains piece S44

(windscreen wipers) in a safe place, ready to be ﬁtted later.

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R1a R1b

After applying the primer to piece S43 folded earlier in step

62, paint it in aluminium colour. Leave it to dry, then glue into

position as shown.

Let the touch-up paint dry before carrying out the next steps.

Having completed the previous operations, glue the cockpit roof

onto the nose assembly of the aircraft which you made earlier. It

is advisable to clean the inside of the acetate windows carefully

before gluing the roof in place.

Take the propeller SD58 and the nose cone SD57. After

removing any imperfections there may be with a ﬁne ﬁle, apply a

coat of primer and, when dry, paint them light grey.

Fill, ﬁle down and touch up with paint the joints of the assembly

you put together in Step 66. If you use an airbrush, screen off

the door, so as not to paint the interior of the cockpit, and, to be

even safer, mask the front part of the cockpit as well.

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SD58

SD57

With a ﬁne brush, apply black paint to the surrounds in the

cockpit roof which will hold the windows. Following the diagram

(top), cut pieces of acetate for the windows and glue them into

outside face of the relevant frames in the cockpit roof.

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When the paint is thoroughly dry, mask the propeller

blades with adhesive tape, as shown, before painting

the leading edges.

When the piece is thoroughly dry, mask the blades as shown in

the photograph and paint just the central part of the propeller

with aluminium colour paint.

Paint the leading edges of the propeller blades black,

as illustrated.

Remove the masking material and leave the paint to

dry thoroughly.

Leave the paint to dry thoroughly, then protect the propeller

with cling ﬁlm, as shown in the photographs, and paint the

tips of the blades yellow.

If necessary, touch up the base of the blades in black. Keep

all the pieces you have assembled and the remaining materials

for future steps.

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SD05

SD14

SD02

SD04

SD06

SD58

S87

S86

SD57

SD03

SD17

SD16

C61

C20

C19

C21

S39

C18

S27 – S36

& S45

S37

S02

S01

S44

Nails

Magnets

Stringers

Lasercut Plywood PartsAluminium Sheet for Fuselage Covering

4mm x 30mm dowel

S43

SD01

Paper Template Parts

Cockpit Windows Clear Sheet

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Cockpit lining (sides)

Instrument panels

Cockpit lining (roof)

Central

console panel

Main instrument panel

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