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JKim
Senior Master Sergeant
Doing some little things. I've already done the DF loop antenna so I thought I'd take of three other small bits...
Thinned the FuG antenna a little bit.
Cut the end off.
Drilled a small accepting hole into the end of the antenna base.
Superglued a piece of wire to replace the thick plastic that was removed.
Similar deal with the pitot tube.
I replaced the end with a section of thin brass tubing.
For the IFF antenna, I drilled the accepting hole in the bottom and used the existing antenna as a convenient grip. A small piece of stretch sprue was used this time.
After the replaced piece of sprue was attached, I cut off the unneeded end.
Here's how the IFF antenna fits into the fuselage bottom.
I'm being held up by this seam. It's taken multiple attempts to get this area cleaned up with a good pane line. If this attempt doesn't work, I will consider filling it and using a pen. Who says you can't teach old dog new tricks?
Thinned the FuG antenna a little bit.
Cut the end off.
Drilled a small accepting hole into the end of the antenna base.
Superglued a piece of wire to replace the thick plastic that was removed.
Similar deal with the pitot tube.
I replaced the end with a section of thin brass tubing.
For the IFF antenna, I drilled the accepting hole in the bottom and used the existing antenna as a convenient grip. A small piece of stretch sprue was used this time.
After the replaced piece of sprue was attached, I cut off the unneeded end.
Here's how the IFF antenna fits into the fuselage bottom.
I'm being held up by this seam. It's taken multiple attempts to get this area cleaned up with a good pane line. If this attempt doesn't work, I will consider filling it and using a pen. Who says you can't teach old dog new tricks?
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