Today I have concentrated on working on the wheel wells,they looked wrong with no inner finishing off so I have inserted material around where the position is for the main wheels,also other work as can be seen in the photographs below with a brief description.
Where the wheel wells are I have added balsa infills so they will look like proper wells once painted,on the upper surface the cartridge paper panel which represents the aircrafts skin also helps the effect,the undercarriage is made to plug in for display and removed for flight,the cannons have been added as well made from balsa dowel with pins for fixing to the leading edges of the wing.
The wing root fillets have been made from cartridge paper that was rolled under a rolling pin resting on carpet underlay to give a slight dished effect.
The paper is fixed with aliphatic resin adhesive,once in place the surface is rubbed with the fingers to smooth it out onto the framework,it quickly grabs,by pressing gently you can ease it around compound curves.
The distinctive cannons made from balsa dowel sanded by hand,once primed they will be drilled for added effect.
Looking down onto the wing fillets.
Basic wheel parts,these slot into the corresponding slot on the wing underside,balsa traps the wire end fixings.
The rolled paper tailwheel doors cut to shape and mounted,laminated glued paper is excellent material for things like this.
Undercarriage hydraulic suspension represented with rolled paper and barbecue sticks cranked in the middle with a smidgin of adhesive.
Wheel doors pre painted with black/white identification underwing stripes ( not to be confused with invasion stripes ) white is artists gesso primer just happened to be conveniently at hand,these doors will be mounted onto the printers litho plate seen to the left making them warp free once fixed into place onto the mainwheel legs.