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

[T Bolt]

Looking good Wayne

 

[Gnomey]

Looks great so far Wayne!

 

[Crimea_River]

It does indeed.

 

[Wayne Little]

It's coming together nicely. The scribing on this looks a tad more "refined" than what I'm used to seeing on an Airfix kit. Is that a fair observation?

You bet John.

hopefully get back on track quickly, being laid up with a bug from Thursday till Sunday...puts a dampener on everything....

 

[Airframes]

Hope you feel better soon Mate.
How many legs has this bug got .....................

 

[Wayne Little]

enough to knock me down.....

 

[Crimea_River]

Hope you're up and about soon Wayne.

 

[Wayne Little]

Cheers Andy, feeling much better today, just the odd cough now...

After I glued the fuselage halves together and fitted the front panel in place, unfortunately the whole front panel moved slightly and settled about half a millimeter forward of its original flush position, this annoyed me no end as a quick check fitting the nose section revealed a gap that was going to be a problem.

Solution, I removed all the detail from the front of the panel and then sanded the whole face flush with the fuselage halves, doing this very carefully to keep things square and not lose any fuselage detail.
Once done i then fitted the main portion of the nose wheel undercarriage assembly. it is very busy in this area so removal of the original detail really did not detract from this area.

And next up the wings have been glued in place.

 

[Wurger]

 

[Crimea_River]

Nothing wrong with that.

 

[Wayne Little]

Cheers fellas, I'm satisfied....

 

[Wildcat]

Nice progress Wayne.

 

[Gnomey]

Great work so far Wayne!

 

[Wayne Little]

Thanks Guys....

 

[JKim]

This one is shaping up nicely!

 

[fubar57]

Good fix

 

[Wayne Little]

Thanks Guys, Tail planes are done now but had one small fix to deal with a bit of a short shot on the port section, both upper and lower were short some plastic so i cut a 'V'section into it to get maximum attachment area and fitted a section of sprue which I then sanded down to length and profile...
Also dealt with the wing Ailerons and attached them to the wings.

 

[Airframes]

Nicely done there Wayne.

 

[Wurger]

 

[Wayne Little]

Thanks Guys.