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Crimea_River
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Thanks everyone and a special thanks to you Wojtek fro the heads up. I did notice those whip antennas in the photos and will study them more closely before placing the antennas.
I started assembling the wings to the fuselage by gluing the seams at the front and back first, leaving he joints between the upper wing and fuselage free to move. As Bill experienced, there is a gap in the upper wing to fuselage joint that needs to be dealt with carefully. I looked at the possibility that increasing the dihedral would close the gap. I tried, and it did, but the dihedral looked visibly wrong. I then resorted to my high school trig and calculated the correct distance from the wing leading edge at the joint with the wing tip to a flat surface based on a 6 degree dihedral which I found in two references. I then set up the below jig and, once everything was adjusted correctly, glued the seam between the upper wing and fuselage with some stretched sprue inserted in the-still evident gap. I took this opportunity to glue in the horizontal stabilizers as well, ensuring that these were square to the table top.
I always take my time at this stage to ensure things look right. It's worth the extra effort in my view. Thanks fro the continue interest guys. Still looking for wing bomb rack details so if anyone has some close up shots they can share, I'd appreciate it.
I started assembling the wings to the fuselage by gluing the seams at the front and back first, leaving he joints between the upper wing and fuselage free to move. As Bill experienced, there is a gap in the upper wing to fuselage joint that needs to be dealt with carefully. I looked at the possibility that increasing the dihedral would close the gap. I tried, and it did, but the dihedral looked visibly wrong. I then resorted to my high school trig and calculated the correct distance from the wing leading edge at the joint with the wing tip to a flat surface based on a 6 degree dihedral which I found in two references. I then set up the below jig and, once everything was adjusted correctly, glued the seam between the upper wing and fuselage with some stretched sprue inserted in the-still evident gap. I took this opportunity to glue in the horizontal stabilizers as well, ensuring that these were square to the table top.
I always take my time at this stage to ensure things look right. It's worth the extra effort in my view. Thanks fro the continue interest guys. Still looking for wing bomb rack details so if anyone has some close up shots they can share, I'd appreciate it.