Thanks everyone. Moving on, I glued the tail wheel back in. It's better but still seems a tad low but I don't see it getting any better at this point.
Whilst down there, I added the PE actuator for the radiator louvre.
The main gear doors had to be finished off by masking and painting the YZC for the rub strip so I did that.
While the lid for the paint was off, I brush painted the landing light. This comes as a clear part and the instructions call for it to be bent 90 degrees!
I was a bit skeptical that such hard plastic would bend, but bend it did. I then glued it into place and, for good measure, I placed a small dab of CA on the bend line to give it a bit of strength. I also painted the little wooden roller brown.
The gear doors were then glued in place. I had decided earlier to cut the actuators at the cylinder joint so that I could glue them in without having the rams protrude and break off. Once the gear doors were in place and still adjustable, I simply added the rams and allowed everything to set. A little brush paint touch up of the YZC will follow.
Lastly, the tiny wing tip lights were stuck in. These also came as clear parts with long stems that I painted red and green. This gave a decent representation of the inner bulbs.
The punch list is getting smaller now. The remaining challenge is to deal with the too-narrow canopy which also needs the structural cross brace to be glued in making things more rigid and complicating spreading the part over the rails.. That will be the subject of the next installment.
As always, thanks again for stopping by and for dropping your comments and likes.