Last night I had a very pleasant evening working up the replacement rudder for the Mk XVIII.
It started with removing the kit part and tracing it onto paper. The new outline, based on the above photo, was drawn on and the new template was cut out. Placing the template onto left over sheet stock, three copies were drawn out. These new pieces were cut out and glued together. This created the thickness at the widest point. After the glue set up filing with a fingernail file emory board commenced. I don't waste time grinding off plastic. Slowly the taper was put in. After many test fits it started to show progress. In the future the center piece of stock will be a different color. This will provide a guide, better than my Mk1 eyeball, as to how far to grind down. But so far so good. I left the piece with a coat of Tamiya Surface Primer to set up overnight. The final sanding and shaping will be done tonight.
And before the evening was finished, work was done on the airscrew and aligning the blades.
And so we move forward.
I have also read a comment by Mr Brooks that the bubble top Spits had a black and green cockpit. Black down to the entry hatch hinge to cut down glare. Walk arounds of restored warbirds do not show this but it makes perfect sense to me.
