Plodding along real sloooooow. Trying to get these wings to fit right has been a PITA!!! I think I have that licked. Sanding the leading edge, with all that raised detail really tries the patience as well.
Here's a few of the things I have been doing.
I had to add some extensions to the wing parts, to fill the gaps(never had putty go well for me)
This is roughly what the gap was like before the styrene filler. (a touch exaggerated)
After
I just CAed a strip of styrene to the end of the part, cut it down close then filed and sanded.
The exaust pipes don't look so hot, so aluminum tubing to replace them.
I cut out the molded in nav.lights and made some new ones. I sanded down two sides of some clear sprue to make a 90* angle. Drilled out the "bulbs" and painted red/green, then painted the rest silver.
Cut part down and CA'ed into place.
Using my trusty grinding bit and Dremel, I ground them down to shape and sanded them along with the wing. Then, used a buffing wheel in the Dremel, they got polished.
The rest of this evening was spent just cleaning things up a bit. If we get the rain that the weather guessers are calling for tomorrow, I ought to be able to get her almost ready for some paint.