Airframes
Benevolens Magister
What? The cut, or asking for Face man and Mr T ?!!!
Bf 110C-4, from 2./EGr 210 July 1940 BOB GB
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vikingBerserker
Lieutenant General
D - All the above!
T Bolt
Colonel
Just who is Face, and who is Mr.T?
Where ya been Glenn.....when you have a problem and no one else can help maybe you can hire....
...well maybe not........moving on...
Night Fighter Nut
Master Sergeant
Your plane is looking nice. Have you solved the misalignment problem?
Yeah David, chop chop...whats the score man?
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vikingBerserker
Lieutenant General
I did get them fixed, but discovered even bigger gaps between the engine assemblies and the wing below - about 1/16th of an inch. I'll post pics tomorrow.
Crimea_River
Marshal
Ouch. Sounds like some major cosmetic surgery.
Let's hope for a simple fix then...
Airframes
Benevolens Magister
Maybe it's related to my Buccaneer !! (and no, I haven't done any more to it yet!)
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vikingBerserker
Lieutenant General
Um no, I would have burned it first!
Lucky13
Forum Mascot
*cough* *cough* *points at clock on the wrist*
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vikingBerserker
Lieutenant General
Hey Jan, it's not like I don't have until the end of Oct......
Using various methods I was finally able to get the "engine pods" to fit properly into the wings so both are now finished.
The problems with the gaps are illustrated below. One wing was not too bad and the initial application of putty worked well (just need some minor cleaning up) gap = .5 mm.
The other wing however was a bigger issue with the gap being a little more then 1 mm. I had to remove the putty and will tray again. This time I think I'll try the Cutex method.
Next step is finishing the cockpit.
Using various methods I was finally able to get the "engine pods" to fit properly into the wings so both are now finished.
The problems with the gaps are illustrated below. One wing was not too bad and the initial application of putty worked well (just need some minor cleaning up) gap = .5 mm.
The other wing however was a bigger issue with the gap being a little more then 1 mm. I had to remove the putty and will tray again. This time I think I'll try the Cutex method.
Next step is finishing the cockpit.
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Crimea_River
Marshal
David, as a suggestion, on the bigger gap, you may find the putty by itself will not hold, especially if you soften it with Cutex. You may find it necessary to "back" it with a thin strip of plastic card glued inside the whell well so you can squeeze the putty against it. Otherwise, you may find the putty constantly falling out once dry.
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vikingBerserker
Lieutenant General
Which would explain what happened the first time. Thanks Andy!
Airframes
Benevolens Magister
Or drop a piece of plastic strip or card, or stretched sprue, into the gap and glue in place. Then trim as required, and fill if necessary. BTW, you've got until the end of November, not October.
Me...I would use both Andy and Terry's methods..to give it extra strength...but thats me....
Vic Balshaw
Brigadier General
Hope it works whichever way David. Had to do something similar on the Roc and used slivers of card, filler and thick Zap-a-gap
B-17engineer
Colonel
Great work so far David!!
