Howdy Everybody, I've not been staying with my nose to the grindstone but to the saw. I lost my sanding T so with all the sanding this project is going to require I decided to build one. I got a piece of 1/8 inch aluminum strap metal.
I cut it into 2 pieces 4 inches long and epoxy glued them together into a T.
For major sanding I'm using 220 grit and 320 grit.
I then use my new tool with the sand paper wrapped around it.
I wanted to remove more of the vertical stabilizer from the fuselage so I chucked a drill bit in my dremel tool and used it as a rotary file. I like the drill bit better because when the plastic melts and globs onto the bit I can stop, wait for the plastic to cool, and slide the glob of plastic off the bit. On a rotary bit sometimes the plastic doesn't come off very easy.
And then some sanding to get the edge down to the fuselage.
I've got a small dig into the fuselage that will require attention later. All the defensive turret doors were sanded down to the fuselage's level as well as most of the paint.
I now come to the nose part of things. I measured my YB-60 nose and then measured and marked the diameter on the fuselage.
Then I went to the Miter box for a 90 degree cut. I apologize for the focus problems. I never had that with my 35mm camera but I didn't have the computer flexibility that I have with the digital camera.
And now with the old nose removed I now have a YB-60 stick
I took the YB-60 stick and sanded the fuselage nose smooth making sure to crisscross the sanding pattern to avoid getting a slant or bad taper.
In the end, the nose was an easy operation. Magoo