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Thank-you gentlemen. Had some challenges with the radiator housings which I'll expand on some time tomorrow.
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Crimea_River
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Tomorrow turned into 3 days later but anyway.....thanks for your patience.
I got a bit ahead of myself on the starboard radiator housing (closest in the pic below) in that I thought I had sufficiently thinned the flange that fits into the recess in the wing before gluing it into place. The thing was, I was sanding down the mating surface but the inner surface of the housing impinged on the radiator batch and this was difficult to know down due to the delicate PE grilles which would also have to be filled back. I therefore said the hell with it and glued it on but the more I looked at it, the more I didn't like how far the flange stood proud of the wing surface. I then went to my references and confirmed that it should be essentially flush, something I should have done first.....duh. In the below pic, the nearest housing is glued in and I started to take a file to it. The far one is loose and demonstrates what the other looked like before I started to work it.
The other one was thinned and glued in but it still needed a bit of tweaking, hence all the file marks. It looks pretty bad at this point but the surface damage was very slight and was easily fixed with a coat of primer.
Here we have the finished assembly after shooting some primer on and the flanges are now flush with the wing.
The same primer was shot onto the thin panel line I scribed on the spine and all looks good here.
I got a bit ahead of myself on the starboard radiator housing (closest in the pic below) in that I thought I had sufficiently thinned the flange that fits into the recess in the wing before gluing it into place. The thing was, I was sanding down the mating surface but the inner surface of the housing impinged on the radiator batch and this was difficult to know down due to the delicate PE grilles which would also have to be filled back. I therefore said the hell with it and glued it on but the more I looked at it, the more I didn't like how far the flange stood proud of the wing surface. I then went to my references and confirmed that it should be essentially flush, something I should have done first.....duh. In the below pic, the nearest housing is glued in and I started to take a file to it. The far one is loose and demonstrates what the other looked like before I started to work it.
The other one was thinned and glued in but it still needed a bit of tweaking, hence all the file marks. It looks pretty bad at this point but the surface damage was very slight and was easily fixed with a coat of primer.
Here we have the finished assembly after shooting some primer on and the flanges are now flush with the wing.
The same primer was shot onto the thin panel line I scribed on the spine and all looks good here.
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The nose assembly was next and here the fit, in my opinion, was pretty good despite some reviews making it appear to be a disaster. Dryfiting confirmed that things would go together fairly well and so I went ahead and glued all the parts in. the below pics show the initial fit with no seam work. There is a bit of a difference in gap on the engine cowl between the port and starboard side and the port side has a very small step at the nose.
The MG 17 barrles come as one piece and have the ends hollowed out already - a nice touch.
After a bit of gap filling with stretched sprue, filing down step, and rescribing details, the cowl joints were given a shot of primer to see how things look. Not bad at all and far from the mess some reviewers would have you believe this is.
As things dried, I worked on the landing gear. Eduard gives us the rigid brake lines with nice coupling details but after looking at them, I decided to turf them as they are too bulky. Nice try Eduard but.....no.
After removing and discarding these pieces. I fashioned new lines using brass rod and stuck on some coupling on the end using tube that slid over the rod. This is now much more to scale as you can see the old rod in the foreground.
That's it for today. Thanks for looking in guys.
The MG 17 barrles come as one piece and have the ends hollowed out already - a nice touch.
After a bit of gap filling with stretched sprue, filing down step, and rescribing details, the cowl joints were given a shot of primer to see how things look. Not bad at all and far from the mess some reviewers would have you believe this is.
As things dried, I worked on the landing gear. Eduard gives us the rigid brake lines with nice coupling details but after looking at them, I decided to turf them as they are too bulky. Nice try Eduard but.....no.
After removing and discarding these pieces. I fashioned new lines using brass rod and stuck on some coupling on the end using tube that slid over the rod. This is now much more to scale as you can see the old rod in the foreground.
That's it for today. Thanks for looking in guys.
fubar57
General
Nice fixes.
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Benevolens Magister
Good stuff Andy. Bit of a let down by Eduard with those radiator baths, but at least you got it sorted.
turbo
Staff Sergeant
Annoying, but well negotiated Andy 
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Crimea_River
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Thanks guys. Got the wings attached so major assembly is pretty much complete. Pics later.
Donivanp
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As always. Great work.
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Crimea_River
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An overall shot of the Emil as it now sits:
The wing roots took a bit of coaxing to get the surfaces to line up. I could apply pressure by hand but not with clamps so I had to resort to using CA so that the set time was minimal. The CA I have is a bit thick so did not run into the joints to well and it left a couple of bubbles of glue that had to be carefully filed away. In doing so, I lost some of the delicate rivet detail and ended up with a couple of minor scratches that I've now filled with thick primer. The primer has not been sanded down yet and nor has the detail been replaced. Nevertheless, the fit is not too bad.
The gun sight has also been installed but the reflector glass has been cut off and not replaced as yet. This sight is actually a spare from another kit as I managed to lose the Eduard one when it sprung from my tweezers.
The braces for the horizontal stabs fit perfectly with the stabilizers in proper alignment. I was worried about this area but didn't need to. Note the seam down the fuselage center line and rivets I added on either side. This detail was lost when the glue seam was smoothed out.
Some slight depressions on the underside wing seam needed a bit of surface primer. This will be sanded down once the paint has fully hardened.
Thanks for checking in guys.
The wing roots took a bit of coaxing to get the surfaces to line up. I could apply pressure by hand but not with clamps so I had to resort to using CA so that the set time was minimal. The CA I have is a bit thick so did not run into the joints to well and it left a couple of bubbles of glue that had to be carefully filed away. In doing so, I lost some of the delicate rivet detail and ended up with a couple of minor scratches that I've now filled with thick primer. The primer has not been sanded down yet and nor has the detail been replaced. Nevertheless, the fit is not too bad.
The gun sight has also been installed but the reflector glass has been cut off and not replaced as yet. This sight is actually a spare from another kit as I managed to lose the Eduard one when it sprung from my tweezers.
The braces for the horizontal stabs fit perfectly with the stabilizers in proper alignment. I was worried about this area but didn't need to. Note the seam down the fuselage center line and rivets I added on either side. This detail was lost when the glue seam was smoothed out.
Some slight depressions on the underside wing seam needed a bit of surface primer. This will be sanded down once the paint has fully hardened.
Thanks for checking in guys.
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Benevolens Magister
Looks like it's progressing well Andy, and a fairly straightforward build.
parsifal
Colonel
He makes it look easy.....but it isn't.
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Crimea_River
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Thanks guys.
Donivanp
Colonel
Looks like it moving in the right direction.
fubar57
General
Looking good. Gotta love it when struts line up
turbo
Staff Sergeant
That's looking good now Andy
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Thanks gents.
Pretty damn good Andy.
Looks great so far Andy!
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