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thanks for the photos, guys. it seems that someone at Revell was lazy. the panel for the kit is based on the E model
 
I assembled the cockpit, fuselage, wings and a bunch of other stuff, then I attached the wings to the fuselage. then I put the whole thing on spray cans with the wings and tail on top of the spray cans and the fuselage suspended in midair. I then put a paint bottle in the cockpit to increase the weight cos I want this bird to have great dihedral


 
thanks, Terry. but I tried that with my TWA Lockheed Constellation, and I barely got any dihedral. so this'll be my method from now on
 
You have to fix the tape so that it pulls each wingtip inwards (and upwards of course), keeping the tesion. That Bf109 in the pic has a wingspan, in that scale, not far off the 1/72nd Connie, and I've used the method for over 40 years, on much longer spans, without a problem.
It's possible, and likely, that using a weight on the fuselage will give an uneven dihedral, as the weight settles and the glue hardens at different rates. Also, it can cause uneven joints, which then need filling.
 

ahhh, ok. i guess I can give it another go next time
 
thanks all. it seems that this method has worked, cos I think I got perfect dihedral. what do you guys think? too much, too little or perfect?


 
Looks reasonable Rob. Hard to tell exactly, but the starboard wing looks higher than the port. Place the model on a flat surface, wedged with the fin perfectly vertical, and measure the distance from the surface to each wingtip.
 
they're exactly the same! I attached the landing gear and used a tape measure, and they're both exactly 3 centimeters and 2/8 from the ground
 
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