**** DONE: Curtiss P-40M Wairarapa Wildcat FO Geoffrey Fisken Commonwealth GB

Airframes · Jan 27, 2011

Turning out well Glenn.

T Bolt · Jan 31, 2011

Well the fit still wasn't great, but I managed to get the wings on the fuselage tonight after mush struggle and having to jam the broken off point of a pencil into the left wheel well to get the top of the wing to match up with the fillet on the fuselage. There still will be a lot of work to do with the needle file when all the tape comes off.

Wayne Little · Jan 31, 2011

hope to be at this stage too before the end of the week !

B-17engineer · Jan 31, 2011

Sweet Glenn!

T Bolt · Jan 31, 2011

You should jump in Harrison! Still a month left, short as it may be.

Wayne Little said:
hope to be at this stage too before the end of the week !

I'm finally ahead of you Wayne? :shock:

You'll be way ahead again before I finish cleaning up that ugly wing joint.

rochie · Jan 31, 2011

a lot of work Glenn, sure you'll make it worth it though

Night Fighter Nut · Jan 31, 2011

great job Glenn.

Airframes · Jan 31, 2011

Starting to get going now Glenn, and I'm sure you'll sort out the wing joints.

B-17engineer · Jan 31, 2011

T Bolt said:
You should jump in Harrison! Still a month left, short as it may be.

I'm finally ahead of you Wayne? You'll be way ahead again before I finish cleaning up that ugly wing joint.

The only British plane I have is a Gladiator with PE parts and I've never used PE parts! :shock:

ozhawk40 · Jan 31, 2011

Progress in the right direction, lets see how bad that wing join is.8)

Cheers

PEter

Crimea_River · Jan 31, 2011

Cheering you on Glenn.

Vic Balshaw · Jan 31, 2011

Doing very well Glenn, you'll have it finished in a couple of weeks I'm sure.

T Bolt · Jan 31, 2011

Thanks guys, I really do appreciate your comments.
I'm took all the tape off today and the joint did look rather ugly, but I've seen much worse. I'm going to let the glue cure a day or two before I begin tackling it with a needle file and super glue.

Aaron Brooks Wolters · Feb 1, 2011

We all have faith that you will have them looking just right when it's done. Keep up the good work Glenn! :thumbright:

Wayne Little · Feb 2, 2011

T Bolt said:
I'm finally ahead of you Wayne? You'll be way ahead again before I finish cleaning up that ugly wing joint.

It's a close race mate!

my wings on today!

T Bolt · Feb 3, 2011

The car got stuck a block away from the house this morning so I didn't make it to work today. Here's the result of a couple of hours of filling, fileing and wet sanding. I thought I was done with the sanding, but of course the close-up pictures show that it still needs a little work. The dark area in the joint is the CA I used for fill. I don't know how I use to make it with out superglue!