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The Fuselage
The first job is to secure the cockpit in. This is actually a lot easier to do than its first seems, just follow the instructions – not an easy thing for many of us modellers to do, I know !
As also suggested in the instructions, use a spare piece of plastic as a cross member under the cockpit assembly to secure it in-place and make sure it doesn`t come loose after the wings are attached.
The tail planes are next, these are handed so you can’t get them the wrong way round. That said, I had a small problem with mine in that I had two left handed units! Fortunately, this was nothing that a sanding stick and some filller couldn’t sort out. Both the rudder and elevators are separate so they can be positioned off centre if required.
Back to the wings…
The next decision was whether to fold these or not. The kit has been designed so that you can cut the wings along the fold line and stub ribs are proved for the exposed ends. I have always found that an aircraft looks out of its enviroment whilst sitting on the ground and looks even more so if its wings are folded. Therefore, I elected to keep them down, also the thought of razor sawing apart a £130 model was not that appealing!
Now its time to join the wings to the fuselage. The instructions warn that there is likely to be a gap between the front fuselage and wing due to resin shrinkage. Once again the art to getting a good as fit as possible is dry fitting and adjusting until you are happy. With the best will in the world, there will still be a gap but this can easily be filled and sanded so it is not visible.
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