alaninaustria Posted August 10, 2007 Author Share Posted August 10, 2007 The top area has the machine gun troughs, and the shim actually aided in the fit of this part, the part itself is slightly big, and I thought I would have to sand it down a bit, but not any more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alaninaustria Posted August 10, 2007 Author Share Posted August 10, 2007 I have commited the styrene to only one half of the fuselage and used CA thin glue with a finishing of Mr. Sfcr to hide any seams... This will get sanded down later.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alaninaustria Posted August 10, 2007 Author Share Posted August 10, 2007 The bottom half...so as you can see - the shim starts at the forward end of the gun through and ends at the bottom of the lower cowling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alaninaustria Posted August 10, 2007 Author Share Posted August 10, 2007 Here you can see that the rear prop face plate now perfectly matches the fuselage face plate Sorry about the lighting... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveJ Posted August 10, 2007 Share Posted August 10, 2007 Alan, this is some beautiful work you are doing! So crisp and clean.... Â You're making me reconsider tackling a resin kit like this at some point. Can't wait to see the finished product, and your step-by-step is like a master class. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alaninaustria Posted August 10, 2007 Author Share Posted August 10, 2007 This bird has a couple of really nice sized "bumps" I decided to pin these as well, just like I did with the props..first I marked the locations... Â Who doesn't love a nice set of bumps on a gorgeous dame ... like the Re. 2005 Sagittario? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alaninaustria Posted August 10, 2007 Author Share Posted August 10, 2007 ... then I drilled the holes... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alaninaustria Posted August 10, 2007 Author Share Posted August 10, 2007 Then I placed the bumps on their respective locations and drilled lightly from underneath to mark the locations... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alaninaustria Posted August 10, 2007 Author Share Posted August 10, 2007 and then I removed the bumps... and deepened the holes slightly to accept the pins! Â It will help if you scrape a little material away from the center of the bumps... a concave surface will sit down nicely on the upper surface! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alaninaustria Posted August 10, 2007 Author Share Posted August 10, 2007 And now there will be no mess when glueing them on because the glueing can be achieved from underneath - where there is no detail to worry about damaging or sanding away! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alaninaustria Posted August 10, 2007 Author Share Posted August 10, 2007 And the other side...all this playing with "bumps" has made me a little Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alaninaustria Posted August 10, 2007 Author Share Posted August 10, 2007 I then moved on over to the air scoop... the German DB 605 drank alot of air, therefore a big air scoop was need to maximize the ramming effect in flight... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alaninaustria Posted August 10, 2007 Author Share Posted August 10, 2007 And a test fit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alaninaustria Posted August 10, 2007 Author Share Posted August 10, 2007 and another... I actually did this step before I finished the shim... oh well... with age goes the memory! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alaninaustria Posted August 10, 2007 Author Share Posted August 10, 2007 One small detail that I forgot to tackle before glueing the wings together was to clean out the cannon shell/link ejector holes... I used a small file to get this done - it still requires clean up with a polishing stick...atleast the wing is deep enough to allow a small file to clean that out... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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