Haven't been doing much recently, I've had a lot of dental problems. I'll spare you the gory details, but basically I had a raging toothache for a month, had the tooth out on Tuesday, but have a gum infection which is nearly as painful.
Anyway, the Wildcat needed its folded wings attached. This is the first task on this kit that made me feel the kit is badly designed. There's not much gluing surface, and no positive location. If I had more hands I'd have fitted the stays that run to the tail at the same time, but I only have the usual two, so the best I could do was to try to get the angle of the wings to match the instructions, let that dry, then add the stays. Well, I think I've got the right angle from the side but couldn't get them right seen from the top without pulling them off the gluing surface. Hard to understand what's gone wrong there - must be something I've done, but I can't think what!
Then tried to fit those stays, but because the wingtips are too close to the fuselage the kit parts were too long, so I cut them down a bit at a time:
Anyway, they're on now, and drying.
What colour should I paint those stays? Today I think they'd be red, as a Remove Before Flight item, but I'm not sure about during WW2.
Just the wheels and the pitot left to add, a few touch-ups, and the matt coat. Then I can remove the masking and decide whether to fit the open canopy or leave it as id.
Thanks for looking, comments welcome.
Pete
Edit: and the flaps of course!
Edit again: and the aerial!
