Getting to the stage now where more bits are being added to the airframe . There are 13 scoops/ intakes that have to be stuck on in various places so these were cleaned up and as none of them were hollow ive drilled and ‘scooped’ them out .The weapons pylons have also been fitted and ive been deciding what ordnance its going to have and assembling that.
The range on the Su7 was poor so they were almost never seen without two or more drop tanks , usually on the underfuselage pylons. The other thing seen commonly was the UB16 unguided rocket pod so two of those are going on too . Im leaving the middle pylons empty .The drop tanks had the thickest fins youve ever seen so they were cut off and replaced with plastic card .
The aforementioned gun camera has been painted and fitted , also ive made a couple of demisting bars from fuse wire and painted and fitted these to the instrument panel shroud . These finish flush with the windscreen back edge and connect to another pair on the rear canopy which i’ll have to make too. Once these were fitted I could get the windscreen glued on and its now setting , held down with a bit of tape.
The range on the Su7 was poor so they were almost never seen without two or more drop tanks , usually on the underfuselage pylons. The other thing seen commonly was the UB16 unguided rocket pod so two of those are going on too . Im leaving the middle pylons empty .The drop tanks had the thickest fins youve ever seen so they were cut off and replaced with plastic card .
The aforementioned gun camera has been painted and fitted , also ive made a couple of demisting bars from fuse wire and painted and fitted these to the instrument panel shroud . These finish flush with the windscreen back edge and connect to another pair on the rear canopy which i’ll have to make too. Once these were fitted I could get the windscreen glued on and its now setting , held down with a bit of tape.