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[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

Glenn, it was just failure on my part to pay attention. When I glued the wing itself together I didn't apply any glue to the back edge of the wing. This allowed it to spread apart as I attempted to install it thus causing the problem. The wing has now been reinstalled as of this morning and is drying. I may do the fill work this evening. And it looks a lot better. I have a little bit of a gap to fill from the cutting but nothing serious.

 

[Vic Balshaw]

Looking forward to some pics Aaron.

 

[Wayne Little]

yep, bring 'em on Aaron....

 

[Lucky13]

Aye!

 

[T Bolt]

Glad to hear it's working out Aaron.

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

Well, I have managed to destroy my canopy. I have been away from it for to long. This ain't goin well. Working on the flaps at the moment. I may be able to salvage the canopy but need to cool off a bit.

 

[Airframes]

Despair not Aaron - I have a spare canopy you can have. I promised Glenn the windscreen from the Monogram 'razorback' (and I still haven't sent it!!), so you can have the canopy if you're unable to salvage the kit part. Let me have an address by PM, and I'll get it sent next week, when I know I'm going to be in town. (I can send Glenn's part too - and Steph's, and ....!!).

 

[Wayne Little]

Mmmm...wonder if I need anything while your at it Terry....

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

Thank you Terry. I am going to try and fix what I have I think, I got glue on the windscreen inside and managed to scar the side of the canopy with the knife. I will try to polish the windscreen and fix the canopy with some future. I need to learn how to do these things anyway.

 

[Airframes]

OK Aaron, no problem. If it's not too deep, the scars should polish out with 'T-Cut' / metal polish and toothpaste. If it doesn't work, just shout, and the canopy will be on the way to you.

 

[Crimea_River]

Good luck Brooks. Should work OK.

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

Thank you Andy, I have a question about the flaps. Would the zinc chromate yellow cover the area that is not seen unless the flaps are lowered of is this painted the OD green like the rest of the top surface? I have looked everywhere I can think of and cannot find anything definitive on this.

 

[Airframes]

I've seen both variations Aaron, and I think also bare metal, on the areas normally hidden when the flaps are 'Up'. I should have some photos somewhere, if you can wait a day or so.

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

Thank you Terry, will wait. I can paint the other surface areas and mask off later.

 

[T Bolt]

Here's some pictures I've collected from the internet over the years. First pic is from the war years and the rest are restored P-47s. Looks like the inside if the flaps are painted the camo color on camo birds and left aluminum on NMF ones.

As far as the canopy scratch, I had a bad one on the canopy of the F-94 I'm working on now. It was so deep I had to use needleel file to get it off. I then used 400 grit wet sand paper to get the file marks off and went throw 600 and 1200 grit papers before moving on to a fingernail polishing stick and went through the 3 grits on that. after a dip in Future it looked better that new.

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

Thanks Glenn! It looks like there is just a dusting in the last shot of the yellow chromate. This is a big help. Thank you sir!

 

[Vic Balshaw]

Sounds like you're getting there Aaron, good luck with the canopy!

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

Thanks Vic. Sent Tamiya and E-mail. Hoping to purchase another canopy.

 

[Airframes]

Good pics Glenn, and saved me posting the wartime one - I was going to post the same pic!
Here's another one Aaron. This is the P-47 in the American Museum at Duxford, which has been restored and finished as authentically as possible, based on photos of the actual aircraft. Got some detail shots of this if you need them (it's a bubble-top, but the main details are the same anyway.)

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

Thank you Terry! Both yours and Glenn's shots show the the overlap section of the flap to be red. The kit does not indicate this so I would have missed this. Excellent guys. Thank you both.