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Crimea_River
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Motivation being at an all-time low with the great weather we are having, I decided to move a pile of stuff outside and did some work while I sat in the back yard on the lounger. Over the last couple of weeks, I managed to drop one of the wings, breaking the bonds for the resin well after having carefully filled the gaps and sanded everything down. I had to redo it again and, in the process, I kept looking at the lovely resin well details and then the slab walls next to the strut which seemed completely out of place. See following pics:
Had I bought thew Aires resin set, I would have received a complete wheel well set which includes the treatment behind the slab sides shown above. Not wanting to pay more for the resin than I paid for the model, I opted for the partial CMK set but now stared at these walls thinking that they just did not pass muster. There were in fact no walls there on the actual aircarft and the recessed area with the sump and hose just did not look up to snuff. So after a sip of my Marguerita, I pulled out the old Dremel and set about cutting everything out, quickly before I chickened out. The following pics show the resulting openings with the bulkhead wall gaps having been filled with pastic card. No turning back now! Lots of scratch building ahead!
Next, I started on a gusset plate made from card after carefully trial fitting and cutting a piece into the space it would eventually fill. After trimming the piece, I added some rivets (hard to see in these pics) by pushing on the back of the card with a pin. Then I added the reinforcing flange around the edge of the gusset and glued the whole thing in, supporting it on the lip of plastic that remained. The following pics show how it looks at this point in time, having only tackled the gusset on the port side for now. I also cut a small opening in the semi-circular bulkhead which will see some hoses added later. I'm also aware of the damaged edge on the nacelle where it would join the gear door but this will be fixed after all the butchery is finished.
The details in this area are quite complicated. The open area under the gusset will next see a curved piece of card installed and butted to the edge of the resin well. This, I believe is actually the coninuation of the lower wing surface and there will be a number of protrusions and equipment added here, including replacement of the aforementioned sump and hose. Tomorrow is a day off work and I'll see if I can get to the starboard well done. Pics when more done.
Had I bought thew Aires resin set, I would have received a complete wheel well set which includes the treatment behind the slab sides shown above. Not wanting to pay more for the resin than I paid for the model, I opted for the partial CMK set but now stared at these walls thinking that they just did not pass muster. There were in fact no walls there on the actual aircarft and the recessed area with the sump and hose just did not look up to snuff. So after a sip of my Marguerita, I pulled out the old Dremel and set about cutting everything out, quickly before I chickened out. The following pics show the resulting openings with the bulkhead wall gaps having been filled with pastic card. No turning back now! Lots of scratch building ahead!
Next, I started on a gusset plate made from card after carefully trial fitting and cutting a piece into the space it would eventually fill. After trimming the piece, I added some rivets (hard to see in these pics) by pushing on the back of the card with a pin. Then I added the reinforcing flange around the edge of the gusset and glued the whole thing in, supporting it on the lip of plastic that remained. The following pics show how it looks at this point in time, having only tackled the gusset on the port side for now. I also cut a small opening in the semi-circular bulkhead which will see some hoses added later. I'm also aware of the damaged edge on the nacelle where it would join the gear door but this will be fixed after all the butchery is finished.
The details in this area are quite complicated. The open area under the gusset will next see a curved piece of card installed and butted to the edge of the resin well. This, I believe is actually the coninuation of the lower wing surface and there will be a number of protrusions and equipment added here, including replacement of the aforementioned sump and hose. Tomorrow is a day off work and I'll see if I can get to the starboard well done. Pics when more done.
