++ **** DONE: 1/48 Meteor F-8 - Military Conflicts of the 1950's

[Wayne Little]

Moving right along undercarriage covers trimmed down a bit and installed cover to front bay as well and the nose leg in place....

 

[Wurger]

 

[destrozas]

with wotjek

 

[Crimea_River]

Good stuff Mr. Wayne.

 

[Airframes]

Agreed.

 

[Gnomey]

Great work so far Wayne!

 

[fubar57]

Very nice

 

[Wayne Little]

Thanks guys.

 

[Wayne Little]

Wing brakes added, canopy parts prepped.

 

[Wurger]

 

[Wayne Little]

Thankyou Sir.

 

[Crimea_River]

Very tidy.

 

[JKim]

Moving along nicely!

 

[Gnomey]

Looks great so far Wayne!

 

[Wayne Little]

Thanks for stopping by fellas...

 

[Wayne Little]

Well Ive been hung up for a couple of days on this...there is a frame that fits inside the front canopy section, but when I dry fit things don't fit right along with fact that the canopy is not going to fit right, probably due to the issue I had with a bit of movement when the nose area was first done and moved slightly.
Anyway I am being paranoid about the fit and absolutely don't want any glue mark issue in the final fit of the frame inside the canopy, so i have been dry fitting and shaving small amounts here and there to get things to sit right...Oh all this after fitting the gunsight assembly which also affected the sit of the frame as well...
So 3 days going around in circles and its still not in place, all of this must be done right as a Silver coat is going to reveal any problems real quick!

So here are the parts and where I am going...I need to fit the frame first and then the canopy over the top to get the alignment I want .

 

[Wurger]

 

[fubar57]

Fiddly

 

[Crimea_River]

I'm sure you'll get it sorted Wayne.

 

[Airframes]

I agree with Andy - I'm sure you'll sort it.
Here's that frame on the real aircraft. Note how thin the semi-circular 'plates' are, compared to the fairly heavy representation on the kit parts. Maybe thinning the parts will help the fit ?