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  • Member since
    January 2010
  • From: Mandeville, LA USA
Posted by wedfactory on Sunday, February 14, 2010 11:39 AM

Now for the build comments. After taping the kit together I have the following comments on construction.

First the is the connection between the cockpit and "goose neck". With a little care the connection should be no problem

 

The first problem I came across is the 4 wing panels. On my kit one of the top wing panels is warped and will take a little care to get to flatten out...

If I can successfully get this worked out then the goose neck to upper wing panels shouldn't be to hard. The lower wing panels will take quite a bit of work to get to lay right. The connection seems to be a bit awkward. I will have to spend some time here to get it right...

There are also 4 molding marks that will need to be sanded off, (no biggie there) and as with SR-71 models there will be quite a bit of pudding along the wing leading edge to hide the seam. I believe if you get the wings done well, the rest of the kit will fall together....

Hope this helps you guys....

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  • Member since
    February 2006
  • From: Cincinnati Ohio
Posted by DantheMan85 on Sunday, February 14, 2010 5:20 PM

Wedfactory, your comments are pretty much what I saw when I did a dry test fit of mine. 

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