Update
Well I masked off the wings so I could retain some rib detail ( guess what ( silly me masked the top surface of the wings duh!! So it took me 4 hours instead of 2.
I sprayed with xf69 NATO black
Removing the masking I think looks not too bad and once sprayed with Irish linin ( dope the ribs should show though nicely ( I may tidy up before the final coats as don't want to be too dark on the ribbing.
I had assembled al the interior cockpit sub assemblies and now the fixing of the two Vickers MG
They gave some nice additional PE detail like the cocking handles ( once spayed with primer they were attacked to each gun then finally painted with X-10 and lightly scuffed.
Attaching this mount of Vickers to the instrument panel was relatively easy as WNW have guiding pegs that you can't get wrong( I did ) alignment of the Vickers onto the frame takes a lot of patience as they have to be spot on. The instrument panel then slots into the cockpit frame and this was a tight fit and no glue was rewired as two pegs align correctly into the panel ( no room for errors
Next goes in the Engine. Again a tight fit but once in very secure
There are two mounting grooves under the oil sump that align with the fuselage cage making it all snap into place.
I have taped the two fuselage sides together so the cockpit, Engine etc all sit correctly while the parts that have been glued have time to set in the correct orientation.
I have also for later got myself some extras for the rigging.
I realised from many pics that the wing struts have turnbuckles. WNW say these are not important but I feel at this scale it wil make al the differance.
This will be a long session making up over 100
Pics of the progress
Thanks for looking
[ATTACH]309546[/ATTACH][ATTACH]309551[/ATTACH][ATTACH]309554[/ATTACH][ATTACH]309555[/ATTACH]
Well I masked off the wings so I could retain some rib detail ( guess what ( silly me masked the top surface of the wings duh!! So it took me 4 hours instead of 2.
I sprayed with xf69 NATO black
Removing the masking I think looks not too bad and once sprayed with Irish linin ( dope the ribs should show though nicely ( I may tidy up before the final coats as don't want to be too dark on the ribbing.
I had assembled al the interior cockpit sub assemblies and now the fixing of the two Vickers MG
They gave some nice additional PE detail like the cocking handles ( once spayed with primer they were attacked to each gun then finally painted with X-10 and lightly scuffed.
Attaching this mount of Vickers to the instrument panel was relatively easy as WNW have guiding pegs that you can't get wrong( I did ) alignment of the Vickers onto the frame takes a lot of patience as they have to be spot on. The instrument panel then slots into the cockpit frame and this was a tight fit and no glue was rewired as two pegs align correctly into the panel ( no room for errors
Next goes in the Engine. Again a tight fit but once in very secure
There are two mounting grooves under the oil sump that align with the fuselage cage making it all snap into place.
I have taped the two fuselage sides together so the cockpit, Engine etc all sit correctly while the parts that have been glued have time to set in the correct orientation.
I have also for later got myself some extras for the rigging.
I realised from many pics that the wing struts have turnbuckles. WNW say these are not important but I feel at this scale it wil make al the differance.
This will be a long session making up over 100
Pics of the progress
Thanks for looking
[ATTACH]309546[/ATTACH][ATTACH]309551[/ATTACH][ATTACH]309554[/ATTACH][ATTACH]309555[/ATTACH]
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