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Macchi C.200

Thanks Luiz :)

Hello all ! Finally had some time to play today . Did not make as much progress as I had hoped but I made some. :soldier

This plug was not designed for this model, so I've had to do more surgery.

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I think the bay will work with the plug now.

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Trying to get some of the plumbing going some place but I'm having a hard time figuring where all the kit parts go.
I already moved the brackets for the engine mounts so the gear mechanism will fit as it should.

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I made some links for the mount but the plug is off center. Will probably move it next go round

Thanks for looking . Cheer, Christian B)
 
Sherman 18 said:
I would not want to find a leak in all that (y) Digging the detail work! (y)

:popcorn
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Sherm you would not want to fing a leek on any radial engine All the accessorie, line ehaust pipes and intake pipes are all back there -----Beyween the engine and the firewall :S

Anyhow, it's almost 1005 done today need to get the wings glued together. Not a good fit but I thing I have it.

Thanks for the kind words Mike

Cheers, Christian B)
 
mike_husky said:
The italian little fighter , love it!!!

Great wip! Congrat (y)
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Thanks Mike I'm trying to get the wings to glue in the right places tonight with the with the help of some shims.

Hopefully tomorrow I can get them righ and attach them to the fuselage.

There will be some rescribind and removing some oversize plates tomorrow as well.

Thanks for looking in . Cheers,Christian B)
 
dukwhunter said:
More of your Excellent work Chris . Looking forward to more !!! B)


regards
Joey
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Thanks Joey > I appreciate your kindness. Fact of the matter, someone way better than me did all the hard work .

Ia m merely trying to add some bit to it .

If only the wings had a better fit, I would be probably be ready to paint by now :bang head

Cheers, Christian B)
 
SA Dave said:
Absalutely sure I saw some more innards there It beeing Chris it might even be brain surgery :D
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Sorry for the late reply Dave > Life has been extremely busy as of the last two months.

Brain salad surgery ! Yep, probably . At least if you listened to music of the 70's :rotf
 
I have been able to steal a few minutes here and there over the weekend , so there has been some progress :)

Even with the previous shimming and fitting , the wing to fuselage joints were problematic .

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More shimming and trimming finally got me where I wanted things to be at the trailing edge.

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I made the cross bar and ran some wires across the span like the real one.

Could not ever get them to stick with glue , so I had to conjure up some hold down clamps.

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The wing to spar meeting place is supposed to be a nice curved sheet metal piece. Instead, I got this large gap :blink

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So, the milliput came to the rescue

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As you might be able to see, the wing leading edge does not have a good fit either.

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Will try to post more after lunch.

Thanks for looking . Cheer, Christian B)
 
SA Dave said:
Its ALIVE :popcorn
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"I wish to be associated with the comments of the last speaker" - A comment from the British Parliamentary records following a speech by the then Prime Minister, Stanley Baldwin... Can't recall who it's attributed to, but most appropriate for this thread update.

Ian
 
moon puppy said:
The fit is giving you a fit huh? :rotf

It's in good hands from the look of it Chris. :zen :popcorn
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Absolutely Bob and that's a hard act to try and follow :frantic " the fit giving me a fit.

In case anybody wonders why all those panels were hacked open :hmmm I just could not do the work with them in the way .

Anyhow, made a bit of progress. Panels installed , seams fixed .....Checking my work on panels lines & screw holes.

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Does not look like much :coolio Still need work on wing seams :unsure:

Cheers, Christian B)
 
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