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Nice work on the panel lines Wayne and never thought of gluing a strip to help with the gap.Geo

Thanks guys, while it was a good idea at the time George, I have since removed it and cut open the join line again as the engine section was not going to fit as well as I thought it would, will explain later....
 
cheers Bill...

Ok I removed the small reinforcing support piece and cut open the front face of the wing again...so it spread apart...again, the reason i did this was once i dry fitted the engine section I was left with some gaps under them that would be a pain to align or fix, once the main wing was "sprung" outward again the fit was much better.
You will see what I mean from the following pics as to the gaps...
 

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I would have used putty to fill. I tried the putty/nail polish remover/Q-tip method for the first time and it worked beautifully. I'm sold
 
Holy guacamole Wayne my boy that is one big mother, you booked your room down at the local panel beaters for a spray job yet!

Nice star mate.
 
It sure is a big mother Vic....and will need some serious painting time on her too...

Ok missed yesterday here are those "No gaps" nacelles all fixed up....wing is pretty much done, only a few touchups required...
 

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It sure is a big mother Vic....and will need some serious painting time on her too...

Ok missed yesterday here are those "No gaps" nacelles all fixed up....wing is pretty much done, only a few touchups required...

Geeus!! that is big.:shock:

Oh yea. Nice work on the gaps.
 
Well it's not really gap filling guys, when I first glued the wings and did the fit I got the gap, The wing must have flattened the curvature of the wing slightly to create the gap, when I recut the glue join open along the front edge I must have 'sprung' the curvature back as the gap reduced somewhat. So i then glued the bottom square sections of the nacelles to the wing first and then did the top....no filling required at all....

Today I started prepping the engine components and discovered all the front cowl sections all had a thin piece missing, broken off each one, a quick search in the box revealed only 2 pieces, so it looks like i will have to make up the rest to attach the cowling panels to...
 

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