Paulw
Well-known member
I did get this thing going and even with my review earlier I ran into a couple of things I though I would comment on.
First the pit; all in all it came together rather well the left and right sides have a good recess to sit the panels in so it fits fairly well. really the only fiddly parts art the gunners remote sight.
Before sewing up the fuse I installed the cannon barrels, there are no gun bay internals to display like the old Monogram or the GWH kits. Putting the fuse together and all the flying surfaces along with the booms and landing gear seemed to be a snap and any gaps were fixed by some light pressure on the opposite side of the join. I am plaesd on how well it came out.
They do have a very solid way to ensure the mating surfaces are well secured, two very stout locating pins are in the middle of the part one for the upper part and one for the lower
one as in the wing and the horizontal stab has two.
This thing assembles very well for the exception of the one piece canopy. I think mine has a slight warp in it but it did hold don pretty well with a bead of tube glue.
There is another issue with the clear nose piece and the weights supplied. There is not enough weight so I added some split shot fishing sinkers in the nose and a plug of tissue to hold them in. This made the installation of the radar dish impossible. While on the nose piece I dry fit or tried to anyway. I fount that the location tabs on the fuse mad the clear piece too wide so there would be a fairly good step there. Off they came with a small bit of sanding and I ran a bead of tube glue on the fuse and taped them
I had some masks for the Monogram kit and I decided to try them out and found out that they were way too small so I went to tape. I tried some parafilm on the rear canopy with mixed results.
Ill be sending some more pics as it gets closer to being done.
Cheers
First the pit; all in all it came together rather well the left and right sides have a good recess to sit the panels in so it fits fairly well. really the only fiddly parts art the gunners remote sight.
Before sewing up the fuse I installed the cannon barrels, there are no gun bay internals to display like the old Monogram or the GWH kits. Putting the fuse together and all the flying surfaces along with the booms and landing gear seemed to be a snap and any gaps were fixed by some light pressure on the opposite side of the join. I am plaesd on how well it came out.
They do have a very solid way to ensure the mating surfaces are well secured, two very stout locating pins are in the middle of the part one for the upper part and one for the lower
one as in the wing and the horizontal stab has two.
This thing assembles very well for the exception of the one piece canopy. I think mine has a slight warp in it but it did hold don pretty well with a bead of tube glue.
There is another issue with the clear nose piece and the weights supplied. There is not enough weight so I added some split shot fishing sinkers in the nose and a plug of tissue to hold them in. This made the installation of the radar dish impossible. While on the nose piece I dry fit or tried to anyway. I fount that the location tabs on the fuse mad the clear piece too wide so there would be a fairly good step there. Off they came with a small bit of sanding and I ran a bead of tube glue on the fuse and taped them
I had some masks for the Monogram kit and I decided to try them out and found out that they were way too small so I went to tape. I tried some parafilm on the rear canopy with mixed results.
Ill be sending some more pics as it gets closer to being done.
Cheers
Excellent ... Great I.ternal paint Paul ... Looking good ... 
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