Some more progress tonight and it's those little bits of naff-naff that make all the difference but you keep putting off.
So first off are the Lineys; I drilled a hole in the heel of them then super glue brass rod into the hole. When set I will trim down the rod and use it as a locating pin when I come to fix the figures to the base which will also have a hole drilled to fit.
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The other pain in the backside task is the beam window. I trimmed and sanded the edge a few days ago but here are some photo's to illustrate what was required. The window on the top once looked like the ones on the sprue.
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Another thing that was bugging me is the oversize pitot probes; they're just too big for this scale. I've been scratching my head for a solution including nicking parts from other kits. Then I stumbled across these spare telegraph poles from my model railway and noticed that with a bit of work I might be able to modify the cable pots. I filed a chamfer on the trailing edge of the armatures ends and painted them gun metal. When dry I'll trim the inner pot and glue the armature to the forward pannier above the radome......I hope!
[ATTACH]98153.IPB[/ATTACH]
So first off are the Lineys; I drilled a hole in the heel of them then super glue brass rod into the hole. When set I will trim down the rod and use it as a locating pin when I come to fix the figures to the base which will also have a hole drilled to fit.
[ATTACH]98149.IPB[/ATTACH]
The other pain in the backside task is the beam window. I trimmed and sanded the edge a few days ago but here are some photo's to illustrate what was required. The window on the top once looked like the ones on the sprue.
[ATTACH]98152.IPB[/ATTACH]
Another thing that was bugging me is the oversize pitot probes; they're just too big for this scale. I've been scratching my head for a solution including nicking parts from other kits. Then I stumbled across these spare telegraph poles from my model railway and noticed that with a bit of work I might be able to modify the cable pots. I filed a chamfer on the trailing edge of the armatures ends and painted them gun metal. When dry I'll trim the inner pot and glue the armature to the forward pannier above the radome......I hope!
[ATTACH]98153.IPB[/ATTACH]
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