Its been a while since I last posted an update. Its been very slow going.
I spent a long time over several evenings building up the wings, joining them and getting the p.e.
rigging into place. One part I just could not fit - a cross piece that is supposed to fit parallel to the fuselage sitting on some 'crosswires'.... I spent hours trying to fit just one wing, I tried making jig and stands and in the end just gave up.... life is not long enough. To get these pieces into place you need to glue the edge into the very springy cross bars... you have to hold them in place without applying any downward pressure with a completely still hand. I am sure someone can do it but without perfect vision, a perfectly still hand and the ability to judge that perfect pressure it was beyond me. I am not decided what to do about that yet, I may just leave it... The pic shows the p.e. piece and the cross wires where it is supposed to fit.
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Anyway I then went on to join the wings, one at a time to the fuselage. They needed some work to get them into position including some filing and scraping. While fitting - the p.e.
rigging kept pinging and bits fell off....
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Once the wings were in place I fitted the undercarraige - it fits very well though the pins needed a bit of a trim.
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here she is up on her wheels...
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I now need to spend an evening repairing the damage, adding the final parts and then another evening or two touching up the paintwork.