blackbetty Posted July 15, 2010 Author Share Posted July 15, 2010 thanx for your support, dave, guy hakan, kevin, harv, phil and hacker Guy: look at the pic below, it shows a comparison between the real thing and the revell kit just look at the angle of the gunport most of the time i am not a somebody who detects shape issues, but after i have been made aware of these, i cant stand them not being corrected, my eyes are drawn to these faults all the time hacker, i am no mig 29 expert (or any other expert for that matter), so i can just say it has a lot of pics and some (small) drawings that can be blown up there is one mig 29 book that is supposed to be the bible (like the daco on the F-14/F-4 or jake melampys on the F-4/F-16/A-10 books): http://www.amazon.com/Mikoyan-MiG-29-Famou...7762&sr=1-1 but that was just a little too much dough for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackbetty Posted July 15, 2010 Author Share Posted July 15, 2010 (edited) next step was to bend the lower edges in the middle outward and the top edges inward under hot water to help aligh these after the insertion of a plastic strip Edited December 7, 2011 by blackbetty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackbetty Posted July 15, 2010 Author Share Posted July 15, 2010 next i fabricated a T-shaped piece out of sheet to get an even gap top and lower parts of it were rounded off the conform with the fuselage interior Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackbetty Posted July 15, 2010 Author Share Posted July 15, 2010 (edited) some carefull fitting here to get a minimal gap the clothespin with a strong spring helps in keeping the sidewalls alligned Edited December 7, 2011 by blackbetty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackbetty Posted July 15, 2010 Author Share Posted July 15, 2010 from the inside you now can see why i opted for a t-shaped insert, it strengthens the joint and makes it easier to get straight the louvers are not removed to keep the LERX straight, they will be replaced by the closed resin louvers later Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackbetty Posted July 15, 2010 Author Share Posted July 15, 2010 the front part is now ok, but you can see the rear part bulging out a little Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackbetty Posted July 15, 2010 Author Share Posted July 15, 2010 with a clamp i now pushed the rear part in for drying i hope to keep puttying/sanding to a minimum to destroy as little of the surface detail as possible ok, i am now sweating, not only because it has 35° celsius here in vienna more to come, thanx for looking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilB Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azgaron Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 Progressing nicely Karl! Cheers, Håkan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackbetty Posted July 16, 2010 Author Share Posted July 16, 2010 thanks phil, harv and hakan for your continuing support this is a pic after a night of drying time and the removal of the clamps Uncarina 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackbetty Posted July 16, 2010 Author Share Posted July 16, 2010 from the back the sidewall to the rear of the insert will be pushed in a little bit more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackbetty Posted July 16, 2010 Author Share Posted July 16, 2010 still fits the lower part of the fuselage nicely, harv the LERX has only been twisted to a different angle, not pushed out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackbetty Posted July 16, 2010 Author Share Posted July 16, 2010 i started to fill the gap with plastic strips Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackbetty Posted July 16, 2010 Author Share Posted July 16, 2010 from the inside you can see the reinforcing strips all along the gap the front strip is glued in and held in place by clothespins... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackbetty Posted July 16, 2010 Author Share Posted July 16, 2010 the sheet used to fill the gap from the outside is thicker than the sidewall to be able to follow the contour of the fuselage when sanding it down Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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