Thank you everyone.
Frank - you are quite correct. I openly admit I've been a bit heavy with the weathering. Guess that comes from years of armour modelling. But given this is essentially my first real build (I'm not counting my failed Camel
), I hope I can be forgiven
I will endeavour to build something a little less well worm next time!
Getting closer to the finish line, but it'd not all plain sailing (why would it be!!!!)
Wings are done and added turnbuckles....
Research on this site turned up info on the turnbuckles being colour coded, so followed that idea.
The windshield was interesting. Found out that the cut out supplied in the kit was too big for the tab at the bottom of the clear part. The length was fine, but is was twice as wide as it needed to be. This reulted in an unwanted gap which needed to be filled. Not an easy job when everything is already painted!!!
No photos yet, but have fitted the wings. Issue is they have a tendancy to drop resulting in an anhedral. I did try to bend the tabs a little which has improved things a bit, but it's not great. The rigging on the upper wings, while using Ezi rigging, isn't enough to keep the wings up where they need to be. I'm going to try a different material for the forward outer rigging lines - something that isn't elasticated - to help keep the wings up. I'll also ensure that when I'm rigging underneath, any tension in the lines is kept to a minimum.
Then it's onto the prop. Looking forward to replicating that laminated wood....
Gary
