Geegad ,Thanks . Yeah its quite funny working between three scales at one time ;D
Anthony ,cheers mate
Hi chaps
Ok .....Big update !!
Starting off with the wings . The forward area of the centre section needs to be painted as some of it will be seen down through the cockpit .There is also the pilots Bomb window to be fitted ,this must also be painted inside & out , then the glass is fitted to the top of it .
I found a little mistake in the instructions here ! , in the pic below it tells you to fit the lower glass onto the box ,but this is incorrect .
The glass actually gets fitted to the outside of the underside of the aircraft ,so it can be left off for now
Leaving the wings aside now I got on with the fuselage again
I fitted the rear top deck which covers the magazine racks/bin ...
Then the IP ,this comes in decal form which isnt bad . I put the decal down over the raised detail on the plastic part to give it a bit of depth ,the decal goes on no problem with a little Micro Sol to settle it
Moving on to the front
, The engine & Bulkhead were painted up and joined together , I didnt do much here as the whole engine will be covered ,so no point wasting time in there ......
The front engine covers are then fitted over the top , I must admit Im not keen on the way Trumpeter done this part ,but in saying that it all went together reasonably well .I painted the insides just in case anything showed .
Then added the first side .....Note the two panels on top . These have to be put in place from the inside ! Not a great idea !!! What can happen is ,when you put the other side on you need to be careful not to press on those panels ,if you do it will ruin your day as you'll have to take the covers apart again to fix !!!
Anyhoo ...I got them together with no problems ...but Im just warning you
The whole front assembly was then fixed to the fuselage ......
I was then ready to fix the wings on
...which I did ;D
The tail feathers were fixed on too ,which means the whole basic airframe is together now
I have to go around the whole thing now sanding and filling (if needed) Then add any other parts I can before paint
Thanks for looking.
Chris.
