<> **** DONE: 1/48 F4U-7 (BuNo. 33710) - WW1 / WW2 over Water.

[Crimea_River]

How thoughtful.

 

[Wayne Little]

 

[Gnomey]

Lovely work so far George!

 

[turbo]

 

[rochie]

Good stuff Geo

 

[fubar57]

Thanks all. Sitting in camp now but before I left I tried to attach the cowling and ailerons so I could be ready for painting when I get home; not gonna happen without a fight, the parts being a bit too wide. This may be because they are add-ons to the original kit. A bit of filing and sanding should set things right. Have a good week gentlemen

 

[Wayne Little]

Have fun.....if can call it that...

 

[fubar57]

Right....things were set right...

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....as everything is going to be blue I'm going to attach the gear doors and then spray. As I typed that I noticed that I still have the antennae to attach first

 

[parsifal]

nice work Geo, it all fits together nicely I think.

 

[Crimea_River]

Good stuff Geo. Looks like the wings fit nicely.

 

[Airframes]

But they're bent ...........
Looking good Geo. By antenna, do you man the mast ?
I try to leave these until after painting, being one of the final 'sticky out things' fitted, to avoid damage when handling during painting.

 

[turbo]

Looks great Geo, love it when the airframe comes together. Agree with Terry, leave the antenna masts and other delicate doodads until after painting.

 

[Wurger]

Looking good. However the horizontal stabilizers seem to be of an incorrect dihedral.

 

[Gnomey]

Nicely done so far George!

 

[fubar57]

Thanks all and damn your fastidious eye Wojtek . I scored along the joints with my blade and gently pried the offenders loose. Using tube glue, ruler and Humbrol stand, I set the dihedral to as close to 0°ish as my Mk.I eyeball could get and then did the other side.

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It may not look like it in the photo but I've measured each side 3 or 400 times and they are the same

 

[Wurger]

I see.

 

[parsifal]

My nearly obsolete eyeball thinks that's as near to level as possible. maybe I'm missing something?

 

[fubar57]

The last photo is the do-over, Wojtek was correct about dihedral. I think I dropped the parts about ¼".

 

[turbo]

Nice fix Geo. Fortunately the 1/32 Tamiya kit fits so well it didn't give me the chance to stuff the dihedrals up!

 

[fubar57]

Thanks Kirby. Adding the gear covers, do a final fix up, mask off the canopy and then I can start painting.