stona
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I have now zipped up the fuselage. For anyone contemplating this kit it goes together nicely, IF you ensure everything is in the right place before assembling the two halves.
As you can probably see, no filler required.
My other project has been fitting the resin wheel wells into the lower wing centre section. This has been fun. The centre section has to fit the fuselage, the a*se end of the radiator assembly and obviously the upper wings.
I must have dry fitted this a dozen times between filing and fettling sessions! The top looks like this now, thinned to almost transparent resin towards the trailing edge of the wing. The resin has been fixed in place with superglue and then strengthened with a superglue/baking soda mix.
It's a tedious job, not helped by the toxicity of the resin dust. I've been wearing a mask and it's a warm day.
Luckily the bit that will be visible looks okay.
That's it for today. I'm pondering how to go about the wing to fuselage join. The fit looks okay but I doubt that I will assemble the entire wing and attempt to attach that as per the instructions.
We'll see tomorrow with a bit of luck.
Cheers
Steve
As you can probably see, no filler required.
My other project has been fitting the resin wheel wells into the lower wing centre section. This has been fun. The centre section has to fit the fuselage, the a*se end of the radiator assembly and obviously the upper wings.
I must have dry fitted this a dozen times between filing and fettling sessions! The top looks like this now, thinned to almost transparent resin towards the trailing edge of the wing. The resin has been fixed in place with superglue and then strengthened with a superglue/baking soda mix.
It's a tedious job, not helped by the toxicity of the resin dust. I've been wearing a mask and it's a warm day.
Luckily the bit that will be visible looks okay.
That's it for today. I'm pondering how to go about the wing to fuselage join. The fit looks okay but I doubt that I will assemble the entire wing and attempt to attach that as per the instructions.
We'll see tomorrow with a bit of luck.
Cheers
Steve