All good suggestions, that I have thought of! but some probs with all,
front of the engine nacelles - i have glued them already - there was a space there too!
cannon bay - its open with 4 long cannons and no room there
in front of the CG - yes true, but there is another side to adding more there in available areas.
Please excuse my crude drawings!
I've lined up the wing to the fuse join position so you can see the CG, red line vertical is about it.
you can see up front where GWH shows you to place the nose weight - #2 is the space they give, dotted line is the radar bulkhead, and IP sits where the short red line is.
55g of lead to fit there......
W is where you could pack in the lead, but I suspect being further back to the rear just how many extra grams of lead would be needed!.
Here are the main gear leg attachment points - two small pins X that go into precut hollows in the bay,the arrow points to a glue join, and believe me it's not that strong!
1 is a point where I intend to apply glue for a bit more strength - not shown by GWH as a glue point.
here you can see just how tiny those attachment pins are, I am thinking about replacing them with brass tube for more strength.
This is also adds fuel to the fire on just how much added weight these would take.
the dotted line shows how critical the fit needs to be when gluing in the gear bay, my mistake here was not aligning it with the other nacelle half dry fitted to check before the Ca glue hardened, will have to add a thin piece of plastic to cover the dotted line area and give some strength to the exposed pin
front wheel attachment points are not much better, again four small pins to support the weight, and I did glue that front support plate wrong - fixed now
I think if I added sufficient weight to the available areas the model would weight a tonne! so my thoughts of a small dio board with the three wheels fixed is looking good to me at the moment!
have ordered this, which I will set in a picture frame or make up a smaller board like my large ones.
http://www.bnamodelworld.com/aircraft/aircraft-aftermarket-sets/for-aircraft-1-48/tarmac-display-base/1-48-psp-coloured-pre-painted-model-pad-400x300mm
which I think will look rather good with some modelling sand scattered over it and a few added extras, jeep, figs etc.