What about scoring the wing with a razor saw? Making several passes where you cracked the upper wing to straighten it out Louis? Or scoring it with an Exacto knife making several passes and then gently bending the wing. A little more control and you'd have a better idea where the bend would start and end. Rather than having the plastic choose.

Erik, @airbum

It was a complete accident, and when I heard the crack, I thought I had ruined something... In hindsight, I should have done something more civilized, and used a tool instead of cave man style brute force. But sometimes brute force is just what is needed. Thanks my friend.

Stephen,
You are spot on with the comment about using a cutting tool. That would have been much better and I would have had more control over the outcome. I rolled the dice, and thankfully, this time I won. If I were to do this again, I would definitely break out the saw or snips. Use some sort of cutting device...

Once this area is relieved of the stresses, it behaves accordingly and the wing will be straight. Please stay tuned as I have another update coming up next...

Thanks gentlemen. 🙂

Wow, this looks spectacular, my friend Louis @lgardner!

I loved your cracking technique: I have used it before too, with the crack sometimes appearing on the visible surface...well, LqS to the rescue!

I like very much the clean looks of the V7. Honestly, I do not like the looks of those German radars in front of the airplanes noses...so I might seek any opportunity not to attach them...ditto the V7!

I also like a lot our friend's @airbum technique implementation of thinning the air intake walls: they look distinctively better!

About the aircraft tail-down posture when unloaded, it's so tempting, isn't it?

Looking foward to your progress, my friend, as well as for the Bucker!

Spiros, @fiveten
I do like the clean look of V7 much better. I'm not quite sure what I will do with the landing gear and the stance it has. I posted a picture of the Bucker to keep you updated on that one It's a neat little plane. I do like how the air intakes look on the Ta-154 once they were thinned out, This way they look much more realistic. This is something I will do from now on when it is possible to all of my builds. As far as the wing cracking event, I was very lucky. I knew that I could use the LQS if needed. Thankfully it worked out and wasn't necessary.

Pedro, @holzhamer
I am not a big fan of PE parts where they're supposed to be a round or three dimensional part. They do look very good for certain items, such as MG air cooling jackets, (like on a Spandau), seats, or various other flat panels. You need to take care when bending them. I have read where it is much easier to work with once it has been heated. This allows you to bend the parts more easily. As far as the radar dipoles, I picked up several sets of them in various scales from the Master line. They do look more realistic since they mimic the real thing more accurately. These radar sets will be for future Luftwaffe projects that are in the works. I'm gearing up for the upcoming Luftwaffe group build. As far as the Tamiya Mossie, you will have to wait just a little bit longer... It is coming up here soon.
Last night I sprayed on some flat black. It covered the sides of the fuselage and the lower surfaces of the wings.

As always, comments are encouraged.

Nice masks Louis! No doubt they will do excellent service to your Tank Mosquito.
I notice that your TE +FK has a stripe of white or yellow in the rudder, and not in a standard type of shape. Any clue on the why it’s there?

Pedro, @holzhamer
Thank for the compliments on the masking. Building the Revell Bucker Bu-131D is an absolute joy. I have enjoyed it so much that I recently pulled the trigger on another one. This time I got the ICM version of the Bu-131A/B. It has the exact same plastic inside the box, but it also comes with an additional tree for the different engine and exhaust that was used on the early planes. So look for a future build journal to pop up on here soon. Now that I have learned the tricks on this one, I think the next one will go together much easier.

As far as the odd appearance of the rudder on TE+FK... I am 90 percent sure this is an optical illusion caused by the way the sunlight is casting a shadow, because the rudder is not centered and is offset to the "Port" side. If you look very close, you can see how the counterbalance on top of the rudder is in the shadows of the fin. This allows you to see the camouflage pattern clearly in the shadowed areas, and the shadow takes the form of the fin. The very upper most section of the rudder, where it is farthest away from us, is also back in the sunlight. Notice how this section of the rudder looks to be white in color too, and matches the rear portion very well.

If you look even closer, it has the RLM 75 spots still visible, they're just washed out by the bright sunlight. This becomes a little bit more visible just below the trim tab towards the lower section of the rudder.

The same thing is happening on the nose of the plane, and along the nacelles. I'm posting this next photo up for you...

I have seen one artist illustration where they have this marked as a white stripe on the tail. I don't think it is very accurate however.

I am always open to suggestions though, because I could very well be wrong.

Please stay tuned, as I have another installment coming up next.

Erik, @eb801
Thank you very much for this information. I sincerely appreciate this.

That's a nice progress on both the Moskito and the Bücker, Louis @lgardner!

Resisting in starting my Moskito AND buying the last Bücker my friendly Hobby Shop in Athens has, at an offer price, is getting more and more difficult 🙂

I like a lot what you did with the decals.

Also liked all the color discussion with our friends @eb801 and @holzhamer.

Looking forward to your progress, my friend!