Well bit of progress to report, very little been done since Christmas due to family illness, i left off with the refuelling cover being glued on, this took lots of sanding and priming till i was happy with it, also now got the decals from Ralle in Germany, thankyou Ralle, paint is on order from the States where the colours have been mixed to order (Klass Kote).

One thing i wasn't happy with was the two grills either side of the fuz just above the leading edge of the wing, these were represented by mouldings in the gel coat, so i rubbed those away and using pictures i've taken and other examples draw some up on the computer in Illustrator then feed through the vinyl plotter to make two negative paint masks, before placing on the model and cutting out i glassed on two carbon cloth pieces inside the fus to strengthen up the panel for the grills, have now completed one side, made a slight error with the angle so will rectify (bottom part of the panel) and make sure the angles correct on the N/S.

Also in the picture you can see a wood strip, this is to simulate the slightly rasied panel that the night formation marker strip is placed on (well thats what i was told there for).

MOULDED PANELS














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