I managed to get a little more work done here on the Tamiya Emils.
I did some more research and realized I made a big mistake. I glued the ETC fuel tank rack under the fuselage of Major Wick's aircraft. In the pictures I have of his plane, it is not present.
Rather than attempt to remove it, things were much easier to simply start building another kit, since I have a few more left in the stash. Now I have 4 Tamiya Emil's started, in a "kindergarten" building fashion that was pioneered by our friend Erik.
This new build is almost caught up to the point where the others are now.
Going back to the others, I installed the clear parts on the Spanish Civil War E-3.
I wanted to build one of these E4 kits as a "Jabo" fighter. The problem is that a correct style ETC rack is not included in the Tamiya kit. So I did a little digging in my stash, and found exactly what I needed hidden in an Eduard 109E-1 box. It consisted of 5 parts in total.
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1. drilled two holes here
Once it was assembled, I glued the completed rack in position. Here's what it looks like now. I present to you the "Jabo" Emil. Sharp eyed viewers will notice two small holes drilled out on the front of the rack.
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