The Stranraer has one big problem to solve. I've spent three days working on it in bits, and while not complete, here's a synopsis.
Several weeks ago, absent a front view drawing, the lower wings were attached at a suitable angle based on the box art, and several built kit photos on the www. Well and good.
From right to left- the upper wing installed on the interplane struts, all the rest of the struts installed, and the center and left sections upside down in order to show the mounting points.
There are 12 interplane struts, plus a pair of aileron coordinators. These all are in either slate grey or dark sea grey depending on the surface from whence they spring. All were painted accordingly and detached, then taped to a diagram. I had to make one that was short shot in the kit. Mind, they're not paired, slotted or in any way other than sticks of plastic.
So equipped; the challenge.
There's a set of four on each wing, but they cant outward dramatically and at a pair of angles. And the four in the center that engage the nacelles, from the root of the lower wing, are each at an angle.
Now the hooter- the four in the center, upon which the center section rests, and which must be installed first, are adjustable- the struts go up into a slot without a length defined. But the end sections set the height above the lower wing. Oh but wait, due to the extreme cant of the struts on the outer wings, it wont fit up/down, in/out never the darn mention of fore/aft until the outer is fitted, the center is positioned, the outer is fixed and the center is adjusted. All and so on, seems like the Choir of Saint Martin -in-the-Fields. Therefore I devised a left/ right strategy. In the photo, one outer section is fixed, the center has been the bridesmaid-come and gone, and the other outer has done the same but not until the struts were positioned.
Hardest a/c I've ever built. Bring on the Privateer!