Nice work so far Ian. I like the single seater, the two seater looks like a guppy.
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Having ponced about with the flight path PE for the wheel wells for over an hour, on just one of them I pinged it off again and have ordered a set of resin ones. They migh take a bit of fettling to get to fit but those PE ones are just nasty.
Thanks Joe, I agree a big fat sexy guppy.
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Nice one Alen,
definitely following this build
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You're welcome Roger. LOL
My bit's are on the way so I might get a bit more done later.
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Looking very nice Ian. I'd love to join in with a Lightening, but just a bit too much on at the moment.Comment
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Just to let you know I have not forgotten this one, I just want the Adaro out of the way as it does take up a bit of room.
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Well the Arado is off the bench and I have had a tidy up
so there is room to dig the frightening out of hiding and make a restart on her.
watch this space.
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I forgot you were doing the 74sqdn one Ian.I was going to do the kit supplied natural metal scheme at first.Then I saw Papa695 was doing that one so I ordered a different decal set.I will probably do the 23sqdn one now.Comment
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It's no problem for me Dave I just have most of the aircraft flown by 74. so its one more for the collection....
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I'm pulling up a chair and getting comfy for this one...Comment
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Right then... Lets have a look then.
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Having gotten the Aires wheel bay set, the first thing to do was to remove the Flightpath parts that I started with. A quick ping with a knife sorted that out, [ATTACH]77177.IPB[/ATTACH]
Now you see it.. [ATTACH]77178.IPB[/ATTACH]
Now you don't!
The moulded on walls have to go as well. You could scratch them away with a knife, or do it the quick way. I chose the latter[ATTACH]77176.IPB[/ATTACH]
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That took two minutes!
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But the resin wells are rather thick. Its the casting process and just one of those things. Sand paper, dust mask and patience.
Once the tops are paper thin and you can see light through them STOP!
I then fix the new well to the wings bottom half and carefully sand the part and the inside of the top wing part until I can get the wings glue surfaces to meet.
You end up with a wing that is a tiny bit thicker by the wheel end of the wheel bay, but I can live with that....sort of.
When the clamps are off I'll post another picture.
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Well while the weather outside was doing this: [ATTACH]77302.IPB[/ATTACH]
I was in the warm doing this: [ATTACH]77304.IPB[/ATTACH]
I got the Wheel bays in and the two halves of the wing together, [ATTACH]77305.IPB[/ATTACH]
as you can see the thinnest of the wing has only minimal thickening. I can live with it.
Today, I got the cockpit in and got the Fuselage nailed shut. LOTS of dry fitting and sanding. partly my own fault. I had some lead that had to go in to weep the nose wheel on the deck. That might of gotten in the way and had pushed the rear part of the canopy mount up and to the side !!! [ATTACH]77306.IPB[/ATTACH]
This old kit (its one of the original boxings) has suffered a bit and the two halves of the fuselage were a bit twisted and were a bugger to get lined up. Filler was involved![ATTACH]77307.IPB[/ATTACH]
I thought I would put the tanks on this one. Cant find proof that 74 used them but I thought why not. Something a bit different.[ATTACH]77303.IPB[/ATTACH]
Thats it for today.
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Looking very good Ian
I think I would rather have the weather your getting than the wind and rain hereComment
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Oh trust me we got that to. It's just the last week its been falling in solid form. Nearly all gone again now.Originally posted by \
Been sticking a few covers and vents on, not much to show.
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Looking good Ian. As for the fuel tanks on 74's Lightning F.6's:Comment
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