Hi All,
Well I'm back in the modelling saddle again.
Last time I was trying to sort out the wings where there was a rather large sink line at the trailing edge.
I have now sanded the area after filling, and brushing on Mr. Surfacer 500 allowing to dry and re-sanding.
Next I have added the wing tips and sanded and faired them in.
Rather than attempting to build the interior, I decided to focus on the main airframe and how to resolve some of the fit issues.
The Fuselage is too narrow as stated before, so to remedy this I have added a few slices of plastic card to the forward frames of the upper cockpit, in turn the fuselage is meant to slightly 'bow' out to meet the wing edge. My solution was to add an internal 'rib' to the top of the wing on the inside, then add a strip to the inside of the fuselage. When joined the fuselage slips neatly into the gap and in turn pulls the upper fuselage out to 'bow' with the wing edge. I may need to add some extra reinforcement to strengthen the join, but so far it looks like it has done the trick.
The tail booms were assembled and their joining surfaces are quite small and not really positive. So to make a stronger joint, I made a balsa insert to fit inside each boom, which slips tightly inside the rear of the wing.
I then noticed that the upper wing fences are meant to fit into the previously drilled holes as per the instruction sheet, only to find that the rear hole is in the wrong place, it should have been 19mm from the panel line, not 9mm!! as shown on the instructions, so I'll need to fill the offending hole and re-drill another to match the locating pins on the wing fence parts.
However I have managed to do a dry run of the main airframe now with most major parts in place, and can see that it will now line up better than before, and the windscreen now matches the fuselage parts.
I have also realised that the upper windows on top of the fuselage are for the 0-2 version, the 'Lynx' does not have them, so I can add the glazed parts with Superglue and sand back with too much caution, it also means I can add reinforcement to the wing fuselage joint with plasticard as it will not show from the outside.
One thing I have noted during my trial assembly that this is a very tail heavy model, and even though I have bought the Scale Aircraft Conversions undercarriage and engine parts, it may need some additional nose weight. Luckily there seems to be a void between the Firewall and instrument panel where I can add some lead and plasticine.
Some pictures of the above follow:-
Cheers,
Bigkev