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Crimea_River
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Well, you'll need to as it will be a while!
First priority is to get all the details sorted - like putting the slats back in. This first pic shows how I started, with slots cut into the inside leading edge and then thick styrene sheets CA-glued in and trimmed to shape. Also in this pic you'll see that I added the missing bulges on the gun cowls. These will need to be blended in better than shown at the moment.
The trailing edge of the slat was then thinned to a knife edge and glued to the actuators that I trimmed above. This took some trial dry-fitting and adjustment until the right configuration was achieved.
Work continues toward the wingtip - tedious but effective. The outer slats were split in two with two actuator brackets per slat. Note the squiggle on the wing top - sometimes I do a practice welle when I have some left over paint. This will, of course, be covered.
In the other bay of the assembly line, the Naxos antennas were assembled. I did not like the PE aerials that were supplied with the kit as they were noticeably flat, so I made my own. I cut some brass rod using the dimensions of the PE pieces and, because there were thinner sections on the ends, I masked the ends and brushed on 4 coats of primer to thicken the centers.
After peeling the masks, this was the result:
It was only at this point that I discovered that the kit PE pieces were too long, resulting in the inner pieces interfering with each other. I therefore used the outer aerials, which were a bit shorter, at the inner positions and shortened the longer pieces and glued them to the outer positions. Taping the brackets to a flat surface was essential for careful alignment of the aerials.
....and another day passes.
First priority is to get all the details sorted - like putting the slats back in. This first pic shows how I started, with slots cut into the inside leading edge and then thick styrene sheets CA-glued in and trimmed to shape. Also in this pic you'll see that I added the missing bulges on the gun cowls. These will need to be blended in better than shown at the moment.
The trailing edge of the slat was then thinned to a knife edge and glued to the actuators that I trimmed above. This took some trial dry-fitting and adjustment until the right configuration was achieved.
Work continues toward the wingtip - tedious but effective. The outer slats were split in two with two actuator brackets per slat. Note the squiggle on the wing top - sometimes I do a practice welle when I have some left over paint. This will, of course, be covered.
In the other bay of the assembly line, the Naxos antennas were assembled. I did not like the PE aerials that were supplied with the kit as they were noticeably flat, so I made my own. I cut some brass rod using the dimensions of the PE pieces and, because there were thinner sections on the ends, I masked the ends and brushed on 4 coats of primer to thicken the centers.
After peeling the masks, this was the result:
It was only at this point that I discovered that the kit PE pieces were too long, resulting in the inner pieces interfering with each other. I therefore used the outer aerials, which were a bit shorter, at the inner positions and shortened the longer pieces and glued them to the outer positions. Taping the brackets to a flat surface was essential for careful alignment of the aerials.
....and another day passes.
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