Like several other Builders here and those who authored the "How to Build" books I have I deemed the horizontal rails on the prop guard screens over scale; they were removed and redone with stretched sprue.
Here's a comparison and the finished product .........
Once the engine support struts were in place the rigging had to be routed while access was reasonable. You can see where, once the engines were installed there were several bent struts apparent, due no doubt to alignment errors by the Builder! They were cut with a fine razor saw, a tiny amount of stock removed, and then re-glued with CA. Though not perfect I am happy with the results.
With that done the rigging was tightened up and trimmed and this phase is now more or less complete. Its a tremendous relief to have the engines installed.
Next the fuel lines and valves running along the struts and down the rear nacelle supports will be added and the stop cocks added to the sump drain lines already in place. Hopefully this project will start to progress at a faster rate now.
Cheers,
Lance
