BEAVER DH C2 no 2 30 IN RUBBER DUMAS KIT 306 Nov 25 2025 to PRESENT

[Lastwoodsman]

BEAVER DH C2  30 INCH RUBBER POWERED  FREE FLIGHT PARK FLYER  DUMAS KIT 306

Sun Jan 11 2026

Reply #30

Replacement of Small Silkspan panel on the
Wing

Pic #1    0673    The old torn and wrinkled panel was cut out.    A new Silkspan panel is cut out with an 'extension' of silkspan,  for pinning down.

Pic #2    0676    This is why I cut out the silkspan extension.  The panel is lined up and pinned down.    It turns out I left a little too much silkspan at the sides' overlap on the ribs.    I could have made it more exact, but now I know better,  besides,  there will be a lot more repairs once I start flying it.

Pic #3    0680    Here the panel on the wing is now glued up.

    Since we got the fuse covered,  all that is left to cover is the underside of the wing.  Before doing that,  it is time to fit the wing struts to the fuse and wing.    Then before I glue the struts,  I have to  glue on the fuse side those blue striped strips,  using the two fuse side templates.    I also have to finalize the striped strip placements on the wing and stab and fin/rudder.    So I need lots of  mock up/fit  pics.

    Here is the progress so far.

Pic #4    0684    The fuse is now finished covering with Lite Silkspan.  Right side view.    Those are two serious looking airmen.

Lastwoodsman
Richard

[Lastwoodsman]

BEAVER DH C2   30 INCH RUBBER POWERED  FREE FLIGHT PARK FLYER   DUMAS KIT 306

Sun Jan 11 2026

Reply #31

Pic #1     0687     Parts so far -  forgot the tail bush wheel.

Pic #2     0693     The motor is loaded,  and held up front by a hard cross piece of balsa.   Note the white string attached to the rubber motor.

Pic #3     0695     The striped strip fits nicely underneath the  1/8"  hardwood dowel.    There is the tail bush wheel,  and the two struts for the wing to fuse.

     I made a nice elevated stand for the plane.

Pic #4     0698     The wing struts have already been fitted to the fuse,   but not to the wing pockets yet.

Lastwoodsman
Richard

[Lastwoodsman]

BEAVER DH C2   30 INCH RUBBER POWERED  FREE FLIGHT PARK FLYER   DUMAS KIT 306

Sun Jan 11 2026

Reply #32

More progress.

Pic #1     0702     Front view.    They are about an inch too long at the wing pocket,  which is a good thing ....

Pic #2     0705     The prop and cowl are on,  and here is  the fit of the beefed-up landing gear fairings,  and wing and stab and fin/rudder.

Pic #3     0708     Here is the striping design.   There are 16 strips.

Pic #4     0712     This is the rear view of the  striping design.

Lastwoodsman
Richard

[Lastwoodsman]

BEAVER DH C2   30 INCH RUBBER POWERED  FREE FLIGHT PARK FLYER   DUMAS KIT 306

Sun Jan 11 2026

Reply #33

More progress.

Pic #1     0714     And my better pic from the front.   (straight stripes but I forgot the spinner)

Pic #2     0718     This view has the silver morning spinner.   

     I actually pulled out the coffee pin jars and tried a rough check on the Center of Gravity .   It was amazingly close with the weight of that plastic nose spinner.    More to come ....    It all fell apart just like a house of cards,  because of the "weakened"  tape I used to hold it all together  -  I could not get a pic in time.    That is OK.   It is a comfort to know that it may not need much clay ballast weight if at all ....

Fuse Side Blue Striped Strips

Pic #3     0726     I have two templates already made,  and plenty of striped strips already made.

Pic #4     0729     Here the template has been cut up and positioned on the left side fuse.

Lastwoodsman
Richard

[gravitywell]

I also have one of those same kits built and finished as a Canadian Forces Search and Rescue bird.  I love those Dumas kits.  Your bird looks like it will be a real flier.

[Lastwoodsman]

BEAVER DH C2  30 INCH RUBBER POWERED  FREE FLIGHT PARK FLYER  DUMAS KIT 306

Mon Jan 12 2026

Reply #35

Hi Gravitywell (Glen? I think).  Thanks for the complement.  Nice to hear from you in the new HPA.    Feel free to post in a pic of your Beaver here if you like.   

Fuse Side Striped Strips

Pic #1    0732    The left side stripe is glued on with Studio Glue Stick.    I smear on the glue from the top of the glue tube,  liberally enough,  to then quickly smear it out all evenly with my finger tip.    Lay it down quick,  and trust the glue,  even if you think it might not be enough - it will be.    On the other hand,  you can lift this side strip of glued up printer paper striped strips,  quite easily,  and re-glue it again and then re-apply it again to the fuse  (if it is out of position).

Pic #2    0739    The template is off.  I made sure I had just a touch of  "overlap",  of the striped strip,  wrap around the front edge of the nose.  Little things.
    The right side Fuse strip is almost ready.  I just have to cut up this template like the other template.
   
Pic #3    0741    The right template is cut up to fit around the fuse.
   
Pic #4    0744    The right template is now held in its correct spot,  a couple of more test placements,  and then glue the side strip in the exact same way.

Lastwoodsman
Richard

[Lastwoodsman]

BEAVER DH C2   30 INCH RUBBER POWERED  FREE FLIGHT PARK FLYER   DUMAS KIT 306

Mon Jan 12 2026

Reply #36

Striped Strips on Fuse Sides

Pic #1     0746     All glued in now.

Pic #2     0748     That stiff printer paper striped strip does not glue around the bends of the tail tip.   I tried to paint it up with acrylic paint to match the colored stripe strips.

Covering the Wing Bottom

     I am covering the wing bottoms,  before fitting the wing struts.

Pic #3     0750     We are using Silkspan panels to cover four bays at a time,  not the whole wing panel at a time.

Pic #4     0752     Left wing bottom is covered now,  and sheets of Silkspan are readied for the right wing.

Lastwoodsman
Richard

[Lastwoodsman]

BEAVER DH C2   30 INCH RUBBER POWERED  FREE FLIGHT PARK FLYER   DUMAS KIT 306

Mon Jan 12 2026

Reply #37

     Here are some better pics of the paint job on the tail end,  to match the colored striped strips.     Little things ....

Pic #1     0906
Pic #2     0917
Pic #3     0918
Pic #4     0919

Lastwoodsman
Richard

[Lastwoodsman]

BEAVER DH C2  30 INCH RUBBER POWERED  FREE FLIGHT PARK FLYER  DUMAS KIT 306

Mon Jan 12 2026

Reply #38

Pic #1    0756    The wing is now covered,  and the whole model is now covered with Silkspan.

Start of striped strips on the Fin/Rudder

    The object was to just cover the tissue,  and not to cover the balsa outline.

Pic #2    0759    Striped strips for the Fin/Rudder

Pic #3    0766    Mandrake lays in a striped strip to mark it in order to cut it to size.

Pic #4    0768    The Fin/Rudder gets firmed up.  Now the cut marks will be made with pencil.

Lastwoodsman
Richard

[Lastwoodsman]

BEAVER DH C2  30 INCH RUBBER POWERED  FREE FLIGHT PARK FLYER  DUMAS KIT 306

Mon Jan 12 2026

Reply #39

More progress ....

Pic #1    0775    This is an early mock up with the striped strips.   The fin/rudder has its stripes glued on now.   Notice how the strips do not extend into the balsa of the Leading Edge and Trailing Edges of the wing and stab.    I like that look,  and ....  it saves me a lot of grief trying to wrap those strips around to the other side,  and lining them up.

Stab Strips

Pic #2    0778    All glued up in this position on the stab.

Wing Strips

Pic #3    0780      From the wingtip going in,  Bays 3 and 5 get the striping eventually glued in this position.

Pic #4    0784    This pic has the placement in bays 2 and 5  for comparison.    I chose the 3 and 5 placement  -  which would actually leave enough room at the wingtip for a red Canadian Maple Leaf decal.

Lastwoodsman
Richard

[Lastwoodsman]

BEAVER DH C2   30 INCH RUBBER POWERED  FREE FLIGHT PARK FLYER   DUMAS KIT 306

Mon Jan 12 2026

Reply #40

Moving right along ....

Pic #1     0788     Another view of the bay 2 and bay 5 strip positioning (that I did not use -  I used 3  and 5).

Pic #2     0790     The wing top strips are glued in place at 3 and 5.    This studio glue stick draws in that printer paper used for the strips,  just right.

Pic #3     0792     Stab strips are glued.

Pic #4     0795     Fin/Rudder fit to the stab for white gluing -  first we need a lot of round head pin holes where the gluing surfaces meet.

Lastwoodsman
Richard

[Lastwoodsman]

BEAVER DH C2   30 INCH RUBBER POWERED  FREE FLIGHT PARK FLYER   DUMAS KIT 306

Mon Jan 12 2026

Reply #41

More ....

Pic #1     0799     Here are the assemblies so far.  White light.

Pic #2     0801     And the view from the other side.   White light.

Pic #3     0803     Straight on view with warm yellow light.

Pic #4     0806     And yellow light again.

Lastwoodsman
Richard

[Lastwoodsman]

BEAVER DH C2  30 INCH RUBBER POWERED  FREE FLIGHT PARK FLYER  DUMAS KIT 306

Reply #42

Tue Jan 13 2026    Update

    Well I have completed posting,  what I have continued building,  since the crash of Nov 26 2025 at which time,  I had most of the Beaver done,  and I am now caught up on this thread  (Beaver Nov 26 2025  to  Present).

    I have started re-posting the long, detailed,  original Beaver build which was lost in the crash,  but I am sort of hoping that the "Archive",  complete "with pictures",  becomes available,  from which to copy and paste,  into the current, new,  HPA site run by George Kandylakis.    I fully agree,  George,  with your selections of categories  on your website  hpa.aeromodeling.gr  .

    So here is a pic of where I left off.

Pic #1    0810    A little bit of see through lighting.

    I photocopied the decal sheet again,  so I can cut out better Logo roundels and maple leafs.

    Plus I got everything ready for the final painting of two symmetrical Beaver Logos.

1    Glue the wing
2    Fit and glue the wing struts
3    Glue the Landing Gear Fairings
4    Glue the stab/fin rudder assy
5    Look at the rubber wing tie-downs again.
6    Make a new winding stooge,  or just add larger/higher,  vertical wall "ears",  to hold the fuse rear peg tube.
7    Bench test some motor runs

Assemble and balance the Beaver.  Test glide on the bed.

Take pics of  ....

1    Fuse side views with loaded prop shaft and various shims I made,  and measure the downthrust angle.    There is already down thrust that I built in.  I just have not measured the built in downthrust,  and neither have I measured the downthrust angle made by the different shims.

2    Hook everything up and take pics without the decals,  and take pics with the decals (not glued).    I plan on flying it first before adding the decals.

Lastwoodsman
Richard

[Lastwoodsman]

BEAVER DH C2   30 INCH RUBBER POWERED  FREE FLIGHT PARK FLYER   DUMAS KIT 306

Reply #43

Wed Jan 14 2026

New Beaver Logos and Roundels and Maple Leafs

     I tried making a better set,  by using a circle template and a glass tube pepper shaker and its cap and lid,  by tracing the outlines of the circles with a thin shiny gray pencil line.   I needed these lines to get an accurate circle cutout using small curved cuticle scissors.    Tiny little final thin snips,  with these scissors,   would visually bring the circle's final shape into form,  close enough to the actual radius line.

Pic #1     0925     Mandrake traces just the white outline.

Pic #2     0931     The circle template holes were too small.   The salt shaker bottle,  and the cap and the lid,  had the right size.

Pic #3     0934     The maple leafs are cut out nicer for the stab and fin/rudder.

Pic #4     0936     And the four roundels for the wing are now cut out.   They are all done now ready to glue much later.

     Next the final two painted Beaver Logos will finish the scheme.

Lastwoodsman
Richard

[Lastwoodsman]

BEAVER DH C2  30 INCH RUBBER POWERED  FREE FLIGHT PARK FLYER  DUMAS KIT 306

Reply #44

Thur Jan 15 2026

Final rendition of the Beaver Logos

    Well, .... I had to work on the land in the foreground,  and work on the water colors.

    Here is my setup for artwork.  This was a long time coming.  I used extra outline copies and different color combinations for these small Beaver Logos.    I got the middle Beaver,  of the three Beavers in a column on the right,    completed and finished and done,  and all I have to do now,  is cut it out.  I still have to color the left side of fuse,  Beaver Logo,  on the left column middle.

    The first thing I did was use  0.5 mm Studio gel marker and thickened and darkened the outlines  (grayscale of 6 ),    into solid black  (grayscale of 1).    White is grayscale 10.

Pic #1    0940    I will color the two outlines that have their latest colored rendition right beside the outline.

Pic #2    0943    My work table set up.  The two outline sheets are scotch taped in place,  ready to paint.

Pic #3    0946    Close up.  Getting the colors ready.

Pic #4    0949    This is a quick check of the Logo look with just the outline and the maple leaf.

Lastwoodsman
Richard