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Cockpit-continued
Thanks again guys for tuning in. Here's some progress to report.
The aft bulkhead is fitted with radio/navigation equipment and ammo boxes for the machine guns. The folding and edge gluing of small parts, filled the greater part of a rainy Sunday afternoon.
The boxes are in fact glued on a separate plate (part no. 3) which I reinforced with 1mm thick cardboard on the rear side. Also on the bulkhead itself I glued a similar piece of board, which helped in accurately positioning the plate. Although the ammo boxes are part no. 11/subs, I decided to place them already, as well as box no. 31, which is on the same panel.
Although the pictures do not show the fully dressed up bulkhead yet, the result is quite amazing, so much fine details on just a few square centimeters.
At this point I dry fitted the cockpit to the center fuselage section and all went together very well. No issues expected here.
One picture included of attaching the skin to the cockpit section, which I forgot last time. The best is to properly dryfit and align the part, then apply glue to the bottom first and subsequently glue it bit by bit upwards to the rest of the formers and ribs, thereby continuously checking for correct alignment.
Cheers,
Erik
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