A conundrum
As I mentioned the Flightpath engines are designed for the Italeri kit, consequently they are a little narrower, so in this case to modify the fit to the Airfix I would need to cutaway the complete engine underwing nacelles, create replacements and also have to blend in the wing leading edges. This is complicating matters extremely, so I have decided to ditch that idea and just tidy up the ones we have cut off and put them back on.
After some filling on the seams and sanding the profile to a more rounded shape, the intakes can be cleaned up and opened out with a sharp scalpel and a half round fine to smooth them off.
To refit I added some styrene plates on the inside on either side and filled the cut with filler and covered this with a wraparound strip of styrene to simulate the access panel door edges.
As you can see I have already primed all the surfaces.
The Flightpath photo-etch set is pretty comprehensive, half of which is the inner and outer flaps for each wing.
The brass is quite a heavy gauge so be careful removing from the fret and file off any remaining tags.
The flap interior fits to the inner face of the upper wing and a foldable portion hinges up 90deg to form the rear of the flap compartment. Once again, being designed for the Italeri kit, the fit is not exact, so approx. 3mm of the edge adjacent to the inner flap needs to be removed from the outer flap insert. A pair of snips will cut this away sufficiently to file smooth. No work is needed on the inner flap insert, it fits like a glove.
The wing surface can flex having had the solid piece of flap removed, so some spacers are required to support the surface, dry fitting the photo-etch will ensure you get a flush edge.
Alan Griffith says
Beautiful rendition of an old kit!
AlanG