20 days after what I called Waterloo (http://imodeler.com/2015/02/waterloo/) the base coat is on the airframe and the wings again.

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Are you adding the ignition harness?

@Rob, ... hmmmmmmm, not too late you think?

I strongly recommend the brass antenna posts and Pitot tube from G-Factor models. You probably know already that the kit antenna post is kind of flimsy. Just a thought.

david

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Getting there ...

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Unfortunately, no. I too have pondered that. My thought would be to start by carefully drilling a hole in the location of the rudder post with a .080 drill bit and very carefully open this out. Next, take a very small diameter piece of aluminium rod (brass might work but i'm not sure) and make sure it will plug into the hole you drilled in the rudder. Next, whack part of it with a hammer to flatten it out, and cut it to proper length. Then, file it to final taper and shape and cross section with sanding sticks and flexi files.

Added bonus to this approach is you can leave the mast off until the very end of construction. Rodney Williams used this technique on a 32nd scale Hellcat and i was pretty impressed.

What do you think?

david

I think the metal replacement would be a good idea. I would go for brass as it's easier to shape/manipulate. I took my 1/32 Tamiya Zero to a show last week and found I'd managed to break off the flimsy pitot. I used a small diameter tube and fitted a pin tip within it, snipping off the point and filing the tip 'round'. It not only is more robust it actually looks it too.

Nice work so far with the paint wear.

Thanks, Bernd. This time for sure ...