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Sorry I haven't been around in a while. After I finished the 80 Years of Airfix group build I've been kinda lost, I was having difficulty deciding what to do next. I think I've got my bearings now. I'm back on course. Right now, on the bench, is a Hasegawa Bell P-400 Airacobra. The kit has been just a little difficult. Not too difficult, just a little. When I closed up the fuselage, I had to use several clamps over a few days to get the cockpit area compressed enough to fit the canopy. There's a lot of super glue behind the seat holding everything together. The next problem is the wing. It doesn't fit. There must be a 1/16" overlap between the fuselage and the wing.
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I have a couple of old Monogram P-39 kits in my stash and the wing from that kit fits like it was made for the Hasegawa kit.
I'm pretty sure I know what I'm going to do. I thought about grinding the wing root of the Hasegawa wing until I fit the Monogram wing, so I think that's the way I'm going to solve this problem. Anyway, thanks for tuning in. I'll keep you all posted on the build progress.
OK. In the stash: Way too much to build in one lifetime...
Looks like you've got a handle on it! Incredible that the Monogram fits like a glove, isn't it?
Thanks for sharing!
Back with the Airacobra after a month. Just a minor update. The Hasegawa P-400 main landing gear has been modified to fit the Monogram wing. It's a small adjustment, but it will certainly help the final appearance of the airplane.
That's interesting that the kit wing fit so badly.
The bigger the government, the smaller the citizen.
the Baron That's interesting that the kit wing fit so badly.
Coulda been operator error but there was a 1/8" overlap. After I did get the wing on, forcefully on, the wing kinda curled down like an F-84. Anhedral?
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