WNW Albi DV engine former placement

[stefanbuss]

Friends,

I need your help with positioning former No. A29. This former has a small bracket on one side which is not shown in WNW's instructions. The former can be installed in two ways - a) the bracket showing forward on starboard, or b) showing backwards on larbord.

Which way of placement is correct?

Stefan

[Ian from Doncaster]

Can the molded bracket be seen on the finished model, and if not is the piece otherwise symmetrical?  If so, it won't matter which way round it goes?

[uncletony]

Can't remember which way I decided I thought it went; will have a look when I get home from work...

[pepperman42]

I dont have the kit in front of me either but Im thinking if you cant see it in the instructions the diagram has it facing away from you and therefore on the larbord side.

Steve

[WillScarlet]

  Consider where/how the bracket would come into play further along in the assembly .............. i.e., as a support for the engine; a brace against another part; attachment point for some other part; etc.

[kornbeef]

I can't recall a bracket as such but I think it slots into the engine mount to give it the correct backward lean. Check under the engine mount to see if the bracket replaces the front one of the moulded on lugs around the slot compared to the rest. I would suggest fitting the assembly into one half of the fuselage to check before cementing then doing the same while it dries. Sorry if my reply seems a bit vague though, I have one assembled but can't really see how it went together.

Keith

[uncletony]

It faces backwards, as Steve & Keith have suggested. If you put it in the other way, the motor mount will not fit correctly.