My thanks to Karl, Harrison, Terry and Glen for your interest.
Before I go into today's report, one thing is bothering me about this kit and the Revell that I also have. Neither kit advises using weights in the nose to stop it from being tail heavy. Can anyone tell me if they are a must in the model at there is not a lot of room to fit any, particularly as I now have a host of side and under side windows in the nose.
Not much to report today, I found a scratch on the forward canopy so had to spend time working that out, successfully I'm glad to say. With converting to an RF-8A we also have an airframe change which also changes the nose wheel doors. The resin doors provided with the conversion kit were just plain Jane pieces of resin with no detail in them at all, so I decided a little manipulation was in order.
The kit wheel bay doors and the substitute resin doors.
Using the kit doors, I filled down the back of each one until I just had the teeth like strengthening members left.
To file the back of these doors, I use a small piece of the anti slip material to hold the piece while rubbing it up and down the file board. It's the liner used in the bottom of drawers. You can get a couple of rolls for a few bucks here from the $2 shop.
The modified doors.