Hey, Guys,
I am "adding" brake lines. Adding is in quotes as it appears Eduard molded them in the legs...
mostly. The line running down to the wheel hub is not molded in. So, I tried drilling a very small hole and stretching some sprue. I was able to get what I wanted on one leg. The sprue on the other leg keeps breaking off the molded in brake line. So, I created two other lines with some plastic rod and added the lines to the hubs there using some fine copper wire. Problem is, I really like some of the additional detail molded in to the Eduard lines. Can I add that with the rod? Yeah, I
think I can. If I go with the rod lines, I will need to add them to both legs as the final lines are considerably different between the sprue versus wire lines. See pic 1.
Pic 1:
I snapped a coulpe of pics of the bird with the start of the decaling and the exhausts back in place. I
REALLY like these EagleCal decals. Nice and "dainty" without being overly fragile. They lay down like a dream and a dollop of setting solution gets them to sit down just beautifully. Pics below:
Andy, the challenge I have with the barrels is the
very snug fit of the upper cowl and the very narrow amount of material at the aft of the gun troughs on the cowl. I tried the milliput idea, however, the milliput popped off as I was reseating the cowl for a test fit. Tried that one more time with the same result. I sure wish that would have worked as it is/was an easy solution to the problem. I am thinking maybe some sprue added in the fuse
maybe the way to go. More fiddling with that tonight.
BTW, your advice on the differences in exhaust staining on the lft versus the rgt was a great tip! That sheet metal assembly sure makes for an impressive difference between rgt and lft staining.