**** DONE: GB-44 1/48 CF-104 - Military A/C of post-war time

[Crimea_River]

A little bare of detail but should be fine under a closed canopy.

 

[fubar57]

Hoping so. Revell's insanity reared it ugly head while I was doing seam clean up.

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Notice the roughness of the cut-outs on either side. This will need to be smoothed to get a good fit

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The roughness is also around the mating surfaces of the fuselage halves. Flash is also apparent. Another thing that isn't noticed at first on both kits is a very fine lip that runs around fuselage parts. You can't see it but its definitely there. It doesn't take much to remove with some sandpaper but it is annoying

 

[T Bolt]

 

[Wurger]

 

[fubar57]

Starting to button it up.

 

[Wurger]

 

[fubar57]

This is the gap at the intake join, the same as the other single seater.

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I won't tackle this now, packing for camp and night shift. This is the end of 3 weeks vacation time. At the end of this tour.....3 more weeks of vacation. Enjoy your week gentlemen

 

[Wurger]

Quite easy to fix I would say.

 

[fubar57]

Yep, like the other build, slam some plastic in there and sand to shape

 

[Crimea_River]

Have a good shift Geo. Stay safe and warm.

 

[Gnomey]

Good work so far George!

 

[Wayne Little]

Good work and Take care George.

 

[fubar57]

Thanks all. Lots of cold, two days of snow and 5 hours of near zero visibility fog last night. Test fitting the exhaust nozzle showed a less than stellar attachment with three under-size attachment points.

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The best I could get was two barely touching fits. Solution....back it up.

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I cut off three pieces of plastic strip and using tube glue attached them slightly forward of the attachment points. While they were setting up I positioned the nozzle into place and this forced the strips into the right position

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I'll let this set up and in the meantime, paint the inside of the rear fuselage halves and nozzle

 

[Wurger]

 

[Wayne Little]

Should solve the problem...!

 

[Gnomey]

Nice work so far George!

 

[Crimea_River]

Welcome back. Nice solution.

 

[T Bolt]

Nice fix George

 

[fubar57]

Thanks guys. Intakes are done and on to the rear fuselage section. Once that and the nose section are done I'll do seam clean-up on both single seaters.

 

[Wurger]