Hello Everyone!
After seeing the work put up in the last few days, I feel a bit silly for what I'm about to show. But, more importantly, you guys are great! What beautiful modeling. I'm learning a lot during this group build - so thank you for that!!
I'm going on the road again tomorrow for two weeks, so I wanted to sneak in some modeling. About all I could really tackle was the supercharger intake on the D9 - I remember one of the earlier posts saying that although Eduard kits are usually really good fitting, this part is not their best work. And, now that I've dealt with it, that was a correct appraisal. Here's what it looked like being held in place:
One more angle:
You can see how thick the mating flange is in this shot:
So, I thinned down the flange, but even at that it seemed that the outside diameter of the intake (or inside diameter of the recess) was not big enough. So I scraped around the inside of the recess, and also sanded down the outside of the intake till it looked good. Here's what I ended up with:
Now that it fit well, I was trying to decide how to mount it in a very clean way. I decided to drill holes in the recess so I could use the best adhesive for plastic, liquid cement. I love how it welds the two parts together. It's a lot harder for me to break it off than other adhesives... So here's the recess prior to joining the parts:
So the plan was to hold the intake in place, and feed in liquid cement from the inside. Here are the results:
Since this was me doing the work, of course there had to be a problem:
As you can see, some cement got outside on the lower rear 'corner' - ugh. So I'll have to clean it up a bit. Also, you might have noticed that, although it never showed in dry fitting, the top seam seems to be lower then the surrounding area - not at all like the Dora at the Air Force Museum:
Oh well, that's me. For all of the effort and time I put into this part, it's still not quite right.
So, now I have to put everything away and pack my suitcase for a two week business trip. I'm looking forward to getting back and doing more on this beauty (of a kit and subject, that is)
Best regards,
Mike