Bill_S Posted December 7, 2016 Author Share Posted December 7, 2016 (edited) I've removed all raised surface detail. I roughed out cannon ejector chutes. I didn't really like the way the floorboard corrugations turned out. A little CA remover, some sanding and scraping, and they're all gone. The kit corrugations look pretty good to me. My dentist was old school. Before he retired, I got a bunch of lead foil from dental x-ray film. I flattened against the cutting mat with a rounded end of a hobby knife. Then I wrapped the plastic part with the lead. I made sure the locator hole for the control column was indented into the lead, then I burnished with a toothpick. Carefully trimmed with a curved hobby blade and CA'd in place on the cockpit floor: Some more trimming, and it looks like this: I feel better about it now. Thanks for looking! Edited April 17, 2018 by Bill_S Azgaron, BradG, Shaka HI and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaka HI Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 I feel better, too! Bill_S 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BradG Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 Have you test fit the engines within the cowlings yet? I've found that the engines are too wide, requiring either thinning down of the cowls or sanding off the tops of the cylinders. I've opted to do the latter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill_S Posted December 8, 2016 Author Share Posted December 8, 2016 (edited) Have you test fit the engines within the cowlings yet? I've found that the engines are too wide, requiring either thinning down of the cowls or sanding off the tops of the cylinders. I've opted to do the latter. I'm not using the kit engines, Brad. The primary reason that I chose this kit is that I bought a couple of resin engines from LSP_Dan years ago. The engines fit in the cowl, but just barely. If I need to remove material, it will probably be from the cowl panels. The engines are too nice to hack up. Edited April 17, 2018 by Bill_S BradG, shbemo13, Shaka HI and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mgbooyv8 Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 Good work with the lead foil, Bill! Nice engines! Cheers, Peter Bill_S 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaka HI Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 Jeebus..Bill what are you wearing? You got a matching shirt? Bill_S 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 You beet me to it Shaka. Must be his PJ's.... Harv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill_S Posted December 9, 2016 Author Share Posted December 9, 2016 Jeebus..Bill what are you wearing? You got a matching shirt? Yes, Shaka - they're sleeping apparel. In case you hadn't noticed, I'm in New York. Not New York City. Think more along the lines of Buffalo. In December. Shaka HI 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaka HI Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 Wuss...I'm usually in my BD suit! I like to model dangerously. mozart, Shawn M and Bill_S 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill_S Posted December 9, 2016 Author Share Posted December 9, 2016 No white belt and matching shoes. Not yet anyway! Shaka HI 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azgaron Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 Nice work with the lead foil, and nice looking engine! HÃ¥kan Shaka HI 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill_S Posted December 12, 2016 Author Share Posted December 12, 2016 (edited) The kit's observer's station needs attention. First up is the seat. I put together a small jig to hold a 12.5 mm disk. Held in the drill press, it allowed me to drill holes at about 5 degrees off the vertical. Loosening the screw let me rotate the disk to the next position. I modified a seat left over from my N1K1. It had a step that had to be removed and filled. I thinned the material quite a bit. The filler here is White Out. I used Brasso as a liquid abrasive to clean up the inside, rubbing it out with a cotton swab. The finished product. Edited April 17, 2018 by Bill_S Shawn M, BradG, Hubert Boillot and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petrov27 Posted December 12, 2016 Share Posted December 12, 2016 Lookin good - really like the ductwork and insulation solution Bill_S 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hubert Boillot Posted December 12, 2016 Share Posted December 12, 2016 Ingenious solution for the angle drilling, Bill. Duly filed in my "good ideas" hard drive Hubert Bill_S 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn M Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 brasso as an abrasive....never would thought of that. I have a whole bottle of it in my studio Bill_S 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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