Thank you, everybody.
And, Stephen, I promise not to get distracted too often from WW1 related subjects. :-)
And meanwhile, the work on BE.2c continues...
The missing rear rim of the front cockpit I wrote about earlier was scratch built, glued and the surrondings filled, sanded and polished.
I have found out, that the sockets for the interplane struts on the underside of upper wings are too large and they (like the strut pins) have strange elliptic shape in plan view - transverse to the strut aerofoil cross-section. This would lead to nasty gaps around the strut mounting points after the assembly, hard to fill as I like to mount the struts and wings after airbrushing. Besides the landing and flying wires would end too far from the strut connection points. So I cut off the ellipse pieces going too far sideways
and glued them inside the sockets leaving only acceptable rectangular holes ready to fit the remaining rectangular pins. Needless to say that filling and sanding was required all around here.
Also the sockets for underwing skids protecting the wing tips from damage were far too large - filled, sanded and drilled again with a smaller diameter.
Then some work on the RAF 1a engine started. What kit provides is quite decent. Still I decided to add the missing spark plugs (already there, made from wire bits), later the electric cables will follow. I also wish to add the valve push rods and valve rockers - these bits will come after painting and assembly only. I have also drilled the exhausts outlets. This is how it looks when dry-fit.
More to come...
