Hello again everyone.
It’s been a while since we had an update on this journal. About a month ago I finally got busy with assembly. I like to glue things together first and then paint them later. It makes a much stronger glue joint but it’s a lot harder to do the painting afterwards.
I deviated from the instructions and fully assembled the wings.
There are a few tricky spots that you need to watch out for. I made the mistake of cutting all of the parts (a total of 4, the main side pieces), for the engine nacelles from the trees at the same time. This removed the part number so I was flying blind.
Here’s where I found out that you can glue the outer halves together. I accidentally glued the outer nacelle from the Starboard side to the outer nacelle from the Port. It can be done.
I didn’t realize it until I attempted to install the nacelle on the wing. This is where I realized my mistake. The nacelle didn’t fit. Hmmm. That’s odd !
Luckily I was able to take it apart because the glue was still wet and had not fully cured.
The next thing look out for is the engine mounts. The instructions are not very clear and there are several places that do not have locating pins. Care must be taken here.
The last thing to watch out for is the engine mounting ring. They are keyed and they determine the orientation of the engine as far as keeping it aligned and they also indicated which side is up.
I’m still not sure if I have the ring installed correctly. Time will tell soon as I try to install the engines.
I have a few more pictures but right now I’m having trouble loading them up. These were the photos of the assembled fuselage. It keeps coming up as "error" using both my cell phone and our home computer. I will try to take the pictures over again, just in case something was corrupted with the files.
As always comments are encouraged.
Thanks for stopping by.