A very brief update, not a great deal to show for a considerable amount of Bench time this past week. I drilled and mounted 118 rigging anchor "eyelets", not the most exciting work but nice to have completed. I used Bob's Buckles as usual, here's 5 of the 118, von Buckle should be able to retire to NZ or some Tropical Paradise in record time at this rate!
The aluminum step plates on the wing walk areas were completed with Bare Metal Foil, the matte version and given a bit of dirt and scuffing with the Tamiya Weathering Master pastels.
Last, as suggested by SsashoO I removed the molded step from the Nacelle and replaced it with an accurate version done with some brass sheet stock, I like it a lot better!
I have managed to get the bomb racks for the wings and nacelle built and verified their mounting details. There's a total contradiction in configuration of the wing racks between the Wingnut representation and the 3 Views I have, more of which later.
Next I want to add a few more control cables to the engine before assembling the lower wings to the nacelle. Then it's the struts and rigging, I suspect a long haul on that phase as well!
Cheers,
Lance
