Hello again Gotha 244 fans...
So I've finally joined the fuselage together, and despite many dry fittings and thinking it would be pretty good, it wasn't really, and has required quite a bit of filler...
I've still got a bit of filling to do internally below the cockpit floor (that very obvious gap). I was thinking I might get away with it once it's all closed in, but it may still be visible, so will get on to that soon. I have confirmed (before joining the fuselage) that I can instal the cockpit after the gluing, if you were wondering!
I got to thinking about the glazed canopy, and decided I wanted to open the sliding upper cockpit section. So I carved into the Falcon Clearvax canopy, and opened it up. Somewhat disappointingly, the vac-formed canopy is actually less clear than the kit one, although obviously much thinner. I may end up using the kit canopy after all, if I can fugure out how to polish out a few scratches. Also, not quite sure how to glue the vac-formed canopy on should I choose to use it: it's so thin! (advice on both these conundrums appreciated...).
Dry fitting the canopy revealed an annoying gap, which has required yet more filling. I'm not sure if it's the Christmas alcohol or the toxic fumes from the Tamiya filler that has been giving me the headaches lately...
Thanks for dropping by! Really appreciate the comments and help so far! Trust you all had a great Xmas, wherever you are...