wonwinglo

Carefully remove all burrs and make sure that the fittings lie flush against the flat surfaces of the fuel tank,dry fit and then fix with medium cyno.
Once we know the exact position straps can be fabricated from Bond notepaper and fixed with thinned down PVA.



The completed tank looking from the top & bottom and looking good,finish off with a coat of Johnsons Klear.

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wonwinglo

***There is a fault with the central metal crossbar shown in the pictures,this has been found to be some 6 mm too short ! how it ever got to this stage nobody knows ?,if you have not yet fitted the part then hold back until we know if Hachette intend on issueing a replacement which is doubtful,if this is the case then an home bade bar will need to be manufactured from brass rod with flared ends,if this is the case then instructions will be detailed here in the future.
Meanwhile enquiries are being made to the distributors.

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pbarrio

The same happened here in Argentina. I replaced the original (short) with a brass rod wich I soldered to the supplied brass rods of the fuselage.

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wonwinglo

*** Many thanks for the feedback Pbarrio,its not a big problem for experienced scale modellers but Hachette should have got this right in the first place,I will be speaking to someone tomorrow at the company with a bit of weight regarding this latest issue.
Your model looks splendid and you seem to be more advanced in Argentina regarding the issue numbers.

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wonwinglo

I have just had an interesting conversation with Louise at Hachette
regarding the suspect cross member for the fuel tank,the builder of
the 'Beta' model assures us that it is not quite as bad as things may
look at first,apparently there are two more metal fittings that are
located onto the fuselage longerons just where the cross brace is
fitted,I am also told that this structure is hidden underneath the
fuselage sheeting in that area,there could still be a possibly
discrepency of aprox 1 mm but as the longerons are still quite springy
at this stage and without the respective fittings it is difficult to
judge at the present time.
So under these circumstances it will probably be better to wait before
any modifications are deemed necessary in this area.

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