MikeMaben Posted October 24, 2022 Share Posted October 24, 2022 7 hours ago, tucohoward said: ... Nobody is going to look at it anyway so I am ok with it. Martinnfb, tucohoward, nmayhew and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tucohoward Posted October 25, 2022 Author Share Posted October 25, 2022 Working on finishing up the cockpit and related panels that come next in the instructions. This kit has probably the nicest rendering of the shoulder belt mounting points I have seen. That said I still removed the part that represents the loop that goes around the triangle shaped hardware at the top of the belt and then drilled through the seat back that the removed part mates up with. This allows me to add the shoulder belts last with a bent piece of thin wire looped around the belt hardware and inserted down into the predrilled hole. Hopefully the pictures lay that out. Works really well with belts like RB or HGW. Cheers, Jay Gazzas, HB252, TAG and 18 others 21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncarina Posted October 25, 2022 Share Posted October 25, 2022 Really nice work Jay! Cheers, Tom tucohoward and Martinnfb 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunnus Posted October 25, 2022 Share Posted October 25, 2022 Great to see you back, Jay! Your cockpit work on the Z-M kit looks very nice! tucohoward and Martinnfb 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monthebiff Posted October 25, 2022 Share Posted October 25, 2022 Very nice Jay, great looking cockpit! Enjoying all of these G-14 builds slowly coming together. Regards. Andy Martinnfb and tucohoward 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tucohoward Posted October 27, 2022 Author Share Posted October 27, 2022 Thanks, guys! Finished the IP. Went with the clear panel with flat dial faces and used all the individual decals. There are other choices of plastic part and decals. Very WNW-like with all the tiny decals for every little detail. I like it. Bondic for the instrument glass. Jay MikeMaben, Memphis, denders and 16 others 18 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted October 27, 2022 Share Posted October 27, 2022 Great work, Jay. It seems we've made some of the same alterations. Martinnfb and tucohoward 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monthebiff Posted October 27, 2022 Share Posted October 27, 2022 Nice work Jay, I went for the clear panel without raised details and those decals perform superbly don't they! Regards. Andy tucohoward and Martinnfb 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tucohoward Posted October 29, 2022 Author Share Posted October 29, 2022 (edited) Thanks, guys. Yes, the IP decals are really nice. They seemed easier to position than usual with gauge faces. Maybe because they fit precisely. Next up was joining the fuselage halves. One of the things I don't like on any 109 kit that has this type of design is eliminating the seam between the fuselage piece and the cockpit tub to form the sill. A lot of times I have seen that left as is but it should be a flat, one piece surface. Hasegawa is much easier as the sill is molded into the fuselage half with just a seam in the center to fill. The right side of the tub wanted to bow up and I couldn't get it level with the fuselage. The left side was decent. After a fair amount of sanding and it filling I am ok with it. Instead of taking Gaz's advice and gluing the radio access panel in place before joining the fuselage, I thought I would be fine just gluing the inner frame to the fuselage instead of the ribs as they show in the instructions. Nope. The panel still went a little too far in and was very snug. I had to glue a toothpick to it with CA to get it back out. That was fine until I decided to use debonder to remove the CA. That was a mistake as the debonder did not play well with this plastic and kind of melted the surface. I sanded it smooth and glued a piece of .010 card to it which was slightly thick but allowed me to sand it in place to be flush. Could have been worse. Cheers, Jay Edited October 29, 2022 by tucohoward HB252, Gazzas, ProfessionalAmateur and 12 others 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tucohoward Posted October 30, 2022 Author Share Posted October 30, 2022 (edited) I have been looking forward to dealing with whole tail thing that's been discussed at length here, there, and everywhere. In the end it wasn't too bad. Careful filing and sanding on the stab fairings took care of most of it with just the addition of a toothpick to spread the fin slightly. A little filling with Mr. Surfacer 500 to finish it off. I'm happy enough with it. The rest of the day was spent riveting the fuselage with the beading tool. The plastic is well suited for it as in it doesn't take a lot of pressure to form the rivets. Jay Edited November 9, 2022 by tucohoward Antonio Argudo, rafju, Christa and 17 others 20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 Good work on that problematic tail, Jay! Kev tucohoward and Martinnfb 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncarina Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 Nicely done, and good problem solving. I hadn’t thought about the cockpit sill inaccuracy; thanks for the heads up! Cheers, Tom Martinnfb and tucohoward 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tucohoward Posted October 30, 2022 Author Share Posted October 30, 2022 Thanks, guys. The sill is fine if you are going with a closed canopy but for open you really need to take care of it. Jay Martinnfb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monthebiff Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 Nice job on the cockpit sill Jay, looks excellent and the tail fin issue easily sorted as well, what do you think if the way ZM have dealt with the canvas control surfaces? Regards. Andy Martinnfb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tucohoward Posted November 1, 2022 Author Share Posted November 1, 2022 On 10/30/2022 at 1:28 PM, monthebiff said: Nice job on the cockpit sill Jay, looks excellent and the tail fin issue easily sorted as well, what do you think if the way ZM have dealt with the canvas control surfaces? Regards. Andy Thanks, Andy. I was looking through Marc-Andre Haldimann's Flickr as I like to do and found this picture. I would say you don't really need to emphasize the ribs. Most other 109 kits do but... Jay Martinnfb, Uncarina, daHeld and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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