The first step was to remove the rivets and engrave the airframe break points, Starting with the larger parts, here they are before I began.
I started by taping the halves together, I then marked out the main break points on the airframe in pencil.
I then cut the fuselage breaks into the surface using a micro saw, I prefer to use a saw whenever possible because this does not exert pressure on the model so there is no danger of a blade slipping into a finger or unwanted part of the model.
The wing break lines came next by repeatedly and lightly sliding the sawblade along a ruler at an angle so that only the leading teeth do the cutting.
I then removed the rivets by draw filing the tops off with a round file and then sanding the surface smooth with a sanding block.
The finished and engraved parts ready for the build, the engraved lines have been cleaned out with a pencil and the sink marks on the wing upper surface have been filled.
Having previously built an interior into a Shackleton I agree with bluesteel in not detailing the interior of the fuselage and I have painted the interior as he has done as a series of coloured blocks, the only detail I will add will be to the cockpit itself and the nosewheel bay.
The silver panels on the wings are pieces of alluminium foil with a pattern pressed into the surface to represent the inside wing upper surface stucture.
David.
David.
If you forget the past, you may lose the future.
