Good Evening Once Again Folks,
The wing thingy build is still going on with a few personal setbacks along the way. Even so, the Mojo is soaring and I have been working on the Storch. I really want to thank you all for
putting up with following me on this adventure. Your encouragement and comments keep me going through the hard times...
A small update is in order. My problem is looking at too many references and finding things to be added to the kit. I love to scratch crap and that's where the problem lies. Too much scratchy and no progress. Anyway, we did scratch a couple more parts and then called it a day,
Well
Si and
John, I had to add this other lever thingy on the left as it was in all my reference pictures in the cockpit. I can't add the linkages until I see exactly where they go when I set this into the fuselage halves. I think
Rick hit the nail on the head with the throttle setup and maybe he has an idea what this lever on the right side does...
I wanted to paint the rest of the interior parts in the RLM grey that came with the AK set I bought. First up, I put a MIG steel ball in every bottle to help mix up the paint when I shake the hell out of it for use. I don't know
Jim, if I shook the bottle long enough or it's the paint, but when it dried, it has a sheen to it and is not matt. (pic to follow)…..
I then drank a beer and started the seatbelt work. I have to say, honestly, they were easier than I imagined they would be. Cutting them out was tricky and the etch was small, but following my buddy
Fernando's wise words I drove on. After 3 beers and around 2 hours, we had this and there was still beer in the fridge,
The seat looks a mess, but I had to trim off the molded piece so I could add the etch part. The etch cleans up nice and you have to trim the belts to fit in the etch pieces. You then fold the end piece of the belt over the etch and fasten it using white glue and not regular plastic glues or CA. I must admit that the destructions for these are horrible and there are parts of etch that aren't shown anywhere. Their website didn't help either. In the end it all worked out pretty good,
Looking at the dashboard, you can see I scratched up a light on the top to illuminate the important instruments while flying at night. You can also see the sheen of the AK RLM grey that I'm not happy with. I could have used one of the clear dashboards and the decal for the instruments, but I wanted to hairy stick the hell of this one to see how it would turn out. I'll give the grey another shot later after I shake it for a day or two. I hope the other colors I need for this will be matt.
I have taken to heart the words from
PaulE and
Mike for this build. I can't hide the booboo's with mud and crap and
Mike, all I can say is this wing thingy is cool as I stated at the beginning and thanks for the weathering tip……...
That's about it for now. It seems I forget that this GB runs for 6 months and not 6 weeks. Thanks again and hopefully it won't be too long till the next update.........…….
Prost
Allen