Crimea_River
Marshal
See you next year!
<-- **** DONE: 1/48 Do 335 - Twin Engined Aircraft of WWII (2 Viewers)
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Benevolens Magister
Good stuff Geo. Have a safe trip and a quiet shift at work, and 'see' you in 2017.
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fubar57
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Thanks all. Glued the top insert onto the fuselage and came across an odd glitch. What at first I thought was a swirl in the plastic (I've seen this on older kits) turns out to be some sort of defect and I'm not sure how to deal with this....
....do I fill it in or sand it flush? If I fill it, it will affect the fuselage at "A" and if I sand it. it will affect the insert at "2". Time to put on the ponder beanie
....do I fill it in or sand it flush? If I fill it, it will affect the fuselage at "A" and if I sand it. it will affect the insert at "2". Time to put on the ponder beanie
That's interesting....I would fill it myself....carefully, maybe a bit of masking too to contain the fill and protect some surrounding detail...
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Benevolens Magister
Almost looks like it's supposed to be there, as part of the structure, but I don't know enough about the '335 to say if it's a raised panel or whatever.
Crimea_River
Marshal
I would install the cowl with CA and fill and sand the pi$$ out of the whole area. Rescribe cowl if necessary.
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fubar57
General
Thanks for the input guys. Terry, I checked other Monogram/Revell builds and no sign of the blemish. This pic show a clean fuselage...
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fubar57
General
About 95% done. Once I'm happy I'll deal with the rest of the seams
That's weird. Almost looks like melted plastic from too much glue, even though that is not the case.
vikingBerserker
Lieutenant General
It really does.
Crimea_River
Marshal
Looks like you got it sorted.
Jeff Hunt
Captain
nice job on a bizarre bit of plastic.
Jeff
Jeff
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Benevolens Magister
Nicely done on a tricky anomaly Geo - heck, I'm using big words, I must be all grown up ............. nah !
Good fix!
get yer coat Terry....
get yer coat Terry....
JKim
Senior Master Sergeant
That hurdle was cleared nicely... great work Geo!
Looking good so far Geo!
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fubar57
General
Thanks John and Hugh. Rear inserts mudded up...
As mentioned earlier the separate cowl pieces weren't the best fit either. The side panel had some nice interior detail if left open but hindered the fit in the closed position...
There are no locating tabs for the piece in the closed position so it was butt glued along the bottom and then a spacer was glued in to keep the rear more or less flush. Not perfect but the piece doesn't exactly follow the contour of the fuselage
As mentioned earlier the separate cowl pieces weren't the best fit either. The side panel had some nice interior detail if left open but hindered the fit in the closed position...
There are no locating tabs for the piece in the closed position so it was butt glued along the bottom and then a spacer was glued in to keep the rear more or less flush. Not perfect but the piece doesn't exactly follow the contour of the fuselage
