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THE BUILD STARTS …
A caveat here, there and everywhere  during this build:
one needs to study the drawings on the instruction sheet VERY carefully.
The consensus is that current kit instructions are generally bad. They’re not! It’s the kits which are getting more and more complex.
More details, more tiny parts (and general carpet monster fodder) add to that most of the current kits are generated by 3D CAD which methods are utterly different from the ‘classic’ way. 
Instruction drawings nowadays are VERY accurate since they’re mostly generated from the same CAD files used to manufacture the kit. One has to look at every tiny detail to make sure that the parts are in the correct position. More than often, the drawings are so small that they need to be enlarged so that they can be ‘read’.
Also beware that two following sequences do not necessarily mean that the drawings are done from the same view point. One can show the assembly front to back and the next can show the same assembly back to front!
 
With all these caveats in mind, let’s proceed to the first stage: the engine.
Once the sub-assemblies are done , here are the main components.

 
The Sakae 11 out of the box. Painted and washed. The wiring will be added later.








Assembling a multi-part cowling has always been a nightmare to some.
Yet it went smoothly for me as I slavisly follow Border’s part sequence.
I first put the corresponding number on each part and dry-fit in-and-out with masking tape.


Contrary to Border’s instructions, I added the inner front ring to secure the assembly. The masking tape is removed and green Tamiya super thin cement flooded in the joints. The resulting bond is strengthened by the inner ring.


Leave overnight to harden. Front ring added. Cowling interior painted with my own brew of Aotake.




Engine completed.


That’s it folks.
Comments and questions are welcome.
Until next time.
Cheers,
Quang
 

Haha! Absolutely.
But don’t let it put you off. These modern digital cameras (even the rudimentary ones as my 10-year old iPad) uncannily capture everything, even details not discernible by one’s naked eye. This is why so many people think details on new kits are overdone ( and oversized) just because they’re looking at macro-sized pics.
To the extent that regularly I take pictures of the kit instruction sheet to discern details that my ancient eyes cannot. 
 
What I see…

 
What I SHOULD see…

 
Cheers,
Quang
 

Sooo…all the remaining cowling parts are in position, the antennae (made from stretched sprue) and the final touches added.
 
I hereby declare our Wurger finished and ready to join its companions in their respective storage boxes.
 









 









 











 
It was by far, one of the most pleasurable builds I did these last few months. It was also the opportunity to try and test some of the figure painting techniques into the weathering and the patina of this model. I hope you like it.
Thank you all for keeping me company on this journey.
Hasta la vista everybody
Quang

 

 
 

I’m Quang, not Thai. We may have the same eye shape but I can assured you, we’re different people. 

So did the Zoukei-Mura but not the Trumpeter.

 
Yet as I recall it, it did not bother the many folks who built the Trumpy. 

So did the Zoukei-Mura but not the Trumpeter.

 
Yet as I recall it, it did not bother the many folks who built the Trumpy. 

The Walker Bulldog was a familiar sight to us schoolboys in Saigon 1965, the ‘year of coups’. 

The Walker Bulldog was a familiar sight to us schoolboys in Saigon 1965, the ‘year of coups’. 

The Walker Bulldog was a familiar sight to us schoolboys in Saigon 1965, the ‘year of coups’. 

I’m Quang, not Thai. We may have the same eye shape but I can assured you, we’re different people. 

TTmodelworks site

I’m Quang, not Thai. We may have the same eye shape but I can assured you, we’re different people. 

I’m Quang, not Thai. We may have the same eye shape but I can assured you, we’re different people. 

What total lack of decals? This is TTmodelworks, NOT Dodo Products 

I’m Quang, not Thai. We may have the same eye shape but I can assured you, we’re different people. 

What total lack of decals? This is TTmodelworks, NOT Dodo Products 

I’m Quang, not Thai. We may have the same eye shape but I can assured you, we’re different people. 

I bought the A6M2-N Rufe Duo Combo.
I must have something with Eduard’s Zeros. I was about to finish my 4rd when my attention was diverted by the arrival of the new Miniart Junkers F13 floatplane. We’re living exciting times. So many great kits and so little time left before Armageddon 

I bought the A6M2-N Rufe Duo Combo.
I must have something with Eduard’s Zeros. I was about to finish my 4rd when my attention was diverted by the arrival of the new Miniart Junkers F13 floatplane. We’re living exciting times. So many great kits and so little time left before Armageddon 

I bought the A6M2-N Rufe Duo Combo.
I must have something with Eduard’s Zeros. I was about to finish my 4rd when my attention was diverted by the arrival of the new Miniart Junkers F13 floatplane. We’re living exciting times. So many great kits and so little time left before Armageddon 

I bought the A6M2-N Rufe Duo Combo.
I must have something with Eduard’s Zeros. I was about to finish my 4rd when my attention was diverted by the arrival of the new Miniart Junkers F13 floatplane. We’re living exciting times. So many great kits and so little time left before Armageddon 

Thank you @ Hardcore. You just lifted off 43 euros from my half-empty wallet. 

+1!

What’s wrong with Dutch? Mind you, he could have responded in Samoan. 
‘E le'i sauni le fa'ailoga i le fa'ai'uga o lenei tausaga’ 

What’s wrong with Dutch? Mind you, he could have responded in Samoan. 
‘E le'i sauni le fa'ailoga i le fa'ai'uga o lenei tausaga’