| I would just offer a word of caution. Engles are verey highly regarded in all thier engineering aspects of thier models and I am certain that they will have tried and tested all possibilities when designing the kits.
All things such as this opening are a compromise between practicalities and strength and I would expect them to have decided that the hole they designed was the best compromise. I am sure that you will be sacrificing strength to remove as much as you are suggesting which could then manifest itself later as a flexible hull which could leak. |