Thank you gents
With a bank holiday weekend upon us I've been spending a lot of time in the workroom, partially working on this and a companion project which I'll add elsewhere.
Anyway it's all pretty tight around the cowl area with exhaust, guns, struts and engine and it's important that everything fits in it's correct place so a testing and cutting and adjusting meant that I have actually made good progress although it may not look like it
The two lovely guns were mounted on a modified Eduard DR1 ammo box from the spares box for convenience in handling and test fitting (I've kept the feeds from this but will need to make up the spent round chutes later) After drilling out the exhaust I replaced the back feed pipe with 0.5mm brass wire and added a 0.2mm pin to the front one which meant I could fit, adjust, tweak and refit knowing that it will go back in the same place. It also allowed me to drill the holes for the front strut without causing any damage to the details
DI details 2 by
Paul S, on Flickr
Here's everything dry fitted together; the guns look a tad high in this pic, but look okay overall and I can get the front strut in the correct gap between the exhaust pipes
DI details by
Paul S, on Flickr
Right need a pair of cabanes and then it's time for primer to see what needs further work . . .
