This is my next project.
Wing warp addressed
I used boiling water straight out of the kettle and immersed the whole wing pieces in one at a time for about 30 sec, then used metal tongs to retrieve, placed onto the kitchen worktop and held them down until they cooled.
This was round one - they were worst than this!
Round two!
R1
R2
I think that is enough don't want to create other probs from pushing it too much.
decals look good
I have been giving a lot of thought whether to give it tail down stance or not, I have decided to add crew members and also add two prop blurs and leaving the stance as is.
This will also give it another view of engines running and in ''take off'' stance.
Further strengthened the wings in case the added weight does some weird things
and some early detailing
seeing as the kit doesn't supply the 30mm cannon I thought I'd try two sizes of brass tube, and came up with this.
With the two parts of the wing glued, there are two wing fit tabs.
Shaving some off he bottom tab gives a slight lift to further straighten the wing to fuse, also gets rid of a bit more of the wing to fuse gap.
got the pit area to here,
two figures that fitted in the seats will do nicely!
and back to dry fitting and weight balance testing!
ok take your last look!!!!
pit finished
fuse was very tricky to line up with the fitted pit tub, I ended up that night with more Ca glue on the fingers than the model.......
Added a few bits to the interior, but with the limited view you can't see much.
Ok got the balance right now, as long as the tail isn't tapped! but minimal weight is enough.
(that starb weight will be close up against the rad flaps so a bit more balance forward)
and tried one of the prop blurs
and a lil pic of the engine fronts
Wing warp addressed
I used boiling water straight out of the kettle and immersed the whole wing pieces in one at a time for about 30 sec, then used metal tongs to retrieve, placed onto the kitchen worktop and held them down until they cooled.
This was round one - they were worst than this!
Round two!
R1
R2
I think that is enough don't want to create other probs from pushing it too much.
decals look good
I have been giving a lot of thought whether to give it tail down stance or not, I have decided to add crew members and also add two prop blurs and leaving the stance as is.
This will also give it another view of engines running and in ''take off'' stance.
Further strengthened the wings in case the added weight does some weird things
and some early detailing
seeing as the kit doesn't supply the 30mm cannon I thought I'd try two sizes of brass tube, and came up with this.
With the two parts of the wing glued, there are two wing fit tabs.
Shaving some off he bottom tab gives a slight lift to further straighten the wing to fuse, also gets rid of a bit more of the wing to fuse gap.
got the pit area to here,
two figures that fitted in the seats will do nicely!
and back to dry fitting and weight balance testing!
ok take your last look!!!!
pit finished
fuse was very tricky to line up with the fitted pit tub, I ended up that night with more Ca glue on the fingers than the model.......
Added a few bits to the interior, but with the limited view you can't see much.
Ok got the balance right now, as long as the tail isn't tapped! but minimal weight is enough.
(that starb weight will be close up against the rad flaps so a bit more balance forward)
and tried one of the prop blurs
and a lil pic of the engine fronts
