Hi all,
I've been taking a few steps backwards this past week. Not deliberately, but I just seemed to get clumsy! I knocked 3 of the torpedo's fins off, and then managed to clip the tail float, resulting in it coming loose and popping the rigging out.... that has now all been fixed and I've managed to progress a little further.
I decided to add the tail feathers before the torpedo, but then I noticed that I hadn't corrected the fin, so that had to be done. The actual aircraft has quite large gaps between the fabric on the fin and the fuselage, so the mounting slot in the fuselage was filled, the "peg" on the fin removed, and the fin itself sanded along the bottom to represent the curve of the fabric. The bottom of the fin was then drilled and plastic rod "pegs" fitted to mount the fin to the fuselage. The cut out at the front of the horizontal stabiliser was also filled before it was fitted. A little touch-up is needed along the top of the fuselage where the corrections were made but other than that it's done and I'm much happier with it now.
I then decided to make a trestle for the tail out of HO scale 4x6, and 2x4 - close enough for me!
and here is how it'll go together on display....
Thanks for looking in!
Ian
