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Well, it's pic overload time again. Sorry, didn't want to do it this way but I've been a little under the weather and school started again this week so I got behind. First time I've actually had a cold or flu in years and thankfully I'd forgotten what it felt like. Hope I can again. Here we go...
First, I had to finish making the radiators. The backs were made from .020 sheet. Once I got them cut out and fitted I traced around the edges on some .010 sheet for the fronts. Figured it would be easier to make the openings for the grills.
Then I finished shaping them with my trusty FlexiFile...
And used my dividers to scribe a line a constant distance from the edge.
Rubbed over the line with a pencil to make it stand out a bit...
And rubbed off the excess lead...
Then made the cuts and smoothed them again with the FlexiFile
Stuck the brass screen to a piece of tape, glued to the backing, trimmed and then glued on the fronts...
Added my other bulkheads and filler panels for the gear bays...
Then it was back to work on the front edges of the radiator openings. Got them shaped up a bit and glued on...
Then puttied, sanded and shaped...
Cleaned up and reshaped the rear openings a bit...
Then painted the radiators a light grey and used a green and brown wash on the grilles...
Then it was time to start gluing everything in...
I cut some small pieces of foam to put in place to block the openings from sanding dust and future paint. Figured it would be easy to stick them in before I sealed it up and still be easy to pluck out later...
Then it was on to gluing the booms together. Didn't turn out too bad but I should have trimmed my radiator bulkheads back a little further because I wasn't able to get any *ooze* out of the joints in that area. Would have made seam clean up a little easier. Oh well...
Then I tinkered with cleaning up the canopy and windscreen while the glue dried. Found out they're a little short but I can fix it. I hope. Then I stuck in the landing gear and cowlings and set the booms in the wing and got her on her feet for the first time...
None of that's glued in or on, just a mock up. Still have some gaps to deal with...
Well, that's all for tonight. Again, sorry for the pic overload. Keep getting behind.
Tony