An unexpectedly early start to the build, as Graham was off school this afternoon with a sore throat and cold (on the hottest day of the year
). I wasn't able to hide in the basement, so I cleaned up a few bits of the Tamiya kit.
No painting in this bit of the construction. Oxygen bottles added, as well as the ferrule for the prop shaft. There's supposed to be a plastic end cap, but no sign in the box. Fortunately, I'm not bothered about a working prop.
Wings and basic cockpit framing assembled.
I'll be using the 3D-kits upgrade seat and control column. The seat in the kit looks way too wide. I did manage to slap a bit of paint on the seat (dark brown red for the "plastic" seat), but I haven't painted the leather padding on it yet. I did manage to get a coat of black on the prop, and black/interior green on the control column. The fine detail on the column needs drybrushing before installation in the cockpit assembly. The seat is not in this picture, it's still down in the basement.
Here's the starboard side of the fuselage, with the Coffman starter blister added. They supply two on the sprue, one is a spare. The first one "pinged" itself into oblivion...
Just for fun, I did a dry fit assembly.
A pretty good fit, although I think the rear wing roots/underside junction might need a little smidgen of filler ( 1 smidgen = 2 dabs). It's a pity the shape of the wings is wrong
Not bad for two hours work.
cheers
Andrew
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