Experimenting with louvers is over and I'm resorting to the Archer 3D printed decals. Not exactly correct but good enough.
After buying a couple or sheets the wrong size, I found these at the correct spacing and trimmed them down to the correct width.
You can see how the rocker arms have taken a beating. I will have to try and make replacements from sheet styrene.
I've actually come to the point where I'm attaching things to each other. Seems like many weeks of preparation.
When I attached the tail feathers, they didn't look right. I seem to be caught in a loop of endless fixes and correcting.
I debated just leaving them like that but then wondered about my future ability to get any sleep. Oh hell, I've come this far. Snap, snap...
I shaved off a good 1/16" near the front and to 0 at the back.
Jeez..
At some point, the tail skid went AWOL. It looked a lot like a D.V skid so I pinched one from the Glencoe D.III that will never get built.
Close enough. I've added a GasPatch Spandau but still need an ammo shoot. I added the exhaust manifolds and as a homage to the original builder who had already painted them, I left them as is.
I did my best on the rocker arms, not perfect but good.
So I finally have an almost complete fuselage ready for oil washes and weathering.
Whew.....
