I've let this one sit long enough. Back to the Flogger! Over the busy summer and throughout my 262 build, I have been looking at and tinkering with the Flogger kit. I really don't want to have a kit sit unfinished so I've decided to jump back on and see if I can get her done by the deadline. It might be tight since my August looks to be booked with lots of events that will keep me away from my workbench. We'll see...
Ok... so where were we??? The fuselage has been buttoned up and the seams, more or less, addressed. The wings are next and I've decided to keep the wings swingable.
Before the wings can be attached to the top of the fuselage, the jet intakes are put in place. Trumpeter has included a PE piece for the surface detailing on the prominent splitter plate in front of the intake openings.
Attachment of the wings didn't happen until after lots and lots of pre-fitting. When I figured out that I couldn't avoid some major seams, I tried to place the wings in a way where the worst of the seams would occur on the top of the fuselage and not the sides, which would've been harder to clean up.
I'm going to attack the nasty gap in steps. Using White Milliput, I roughly fill in the gaps.
But instead of letting it dry this way, I use a wet brush, water and damp paper towels to remove the excess. The big gaps are filled but there are still edges that need to be addressed. I am doing this way to try and preserve as much surface detail as possible.
A quick view of the wheel well to remind myself that there is already lots of good work invested in this build and that I need to get on with the job and finish! You can also see the fuselage/wing gap that still needs attention.