Okay Rhino-Plasty addicts, here's my weekend's worth:
Hairline cracks, and MEK only propagated them:
![](http://www.cyberspaceage.com/images/549_IMG_6501.JPG)
Sorry, the Macro focus is fuzzier than my memory:
![](http://www.cyberspaceage.com/images/549_IMG_6500.JPG)
Here's the wing assembly, same area, from inside:
![](http://www.cyberspaceage.com/images/549_IMG_6502.JPG)
Those saw marks were to relieve compression which in a beam relieves tension on the opposite side, theoretically. Here's more of the wing assembly:
![](http://www.cyberspaceage.com/images/549_IMG_6503.JPG)
See that big 1/8" thick reinforcement, that was a couple hours cutting and fitting:
![](http://www.cyberspaceage.com/images/549_IMG_6508.JPG)
Here are a couple of views of the spars, I coated the inside with a plastic spray to reinforce the thin plastic, and painted the inside silver to make it opaque, it was almost see-through in some spots!:
![](http://www.cyberspaceage.com/images/549_IMG_6505.JPG)
See those little wedges in the left-side bulkhead? That is so this Revel kit approximates the Whitman area ruling that gave the F-4 its 'hips. Mind you, it's no-where near scale, or as accurate as Tamiya's version.
I got the 'split n wedge' idea from a ship-wright at Newport News - he was building an aircraft carrier on an episode from the Military Channel program, but it also works for styrene.
![](http://www.cyberspaceage.com/images/549_IMG_6506.JPG)
Hmmm...enough room for afterburners....
![](http://www.cyberspaceage.com/images/549_IMG_6507.JPG)
Here's the lumber I 'sawed' for re-lining. I use strips to get better conformity to the curves, but also a 24hr evolution per strip to allow drying and prevent softening the plastic:
![](http://www.cyberspaceage.com/images/549_IMG_6504.JPG)
Oh well; at least this kit will help hide some of the builder's shortcomings! The cockpit is out, and the nose looks pretty good given it's been cut off!
I'll sand, prime, and re-scribe the wings now that they are back-to-flat, so in a way finding those cracks may have helped over all.