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Crimea_River
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After spending most of the day on the repairs, I'm now back to where I was this morning when the mishap occurred. Following are shots of the sequence after I removed the port wing from the clamps.
The top of the cracked wing after removing from clamps, filling, sanding and rescribing the panel line:
Bottom section of same wing:
The starboard wing was tricky. There was a little bit of stretching where it broke at the panel line in front of the rad and I couldn't get it fully tight. The rad flange offered a good lap joint over the break and the crack was hidden beneath it. After this shot was taken, I filled the ugly looking panel line with CA glue, sanded it down and rescribed it.
The bottom repairs ready for a prime coat:
The top ready for a prime coat. There's a small filler piece I had to make at the back of the starboard wing root which broke off and disappeared.
Another prime coat is now on and a couple of minor fills are still needed before I move on to the RLM 65. All in all, a frustrating day but the repairs turned out pretty good.
The top of the cracked wing after removing from clamps, filling, sanding and rescribing the panel line:
Bottom section of same wing:
The starboard wing was tricky. There was a little bit of stretching where it broke at the panel line in front of the rad and I couldn't get it fully tight. The rad flange offered a good lap joint over the break and the crack was hidden beneath it. After this shot was taken, I filled the ugly looking panel line with CA glue, sanded it down and rescribed it.
The bottom repairs ready for a prime coat:
The top ready for a prime coat. There's a small filler piece I had to make at the back of the starboard wing root which broke off and disappeared.
Another prime coat is now on and a couple of minor fills are still needed before I move on to the RLM 65. All in all, a frustrating day but the repairs turned out pretty good.