**** DONE: 1/72 BV222 Wiking Seaplanes / Floatplanes of WW II

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fubar57 said:
Nice work on the panel lines Wayne and never thought of gluing a strip to help with the gap.Geo
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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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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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Wayne Little said:
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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Geeus!! that is big.

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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