22 Attachment(s)
Re building the SRAM Pomilio PE.
I decided that as it stood this aircraft was just too fragile to use in games. I therefore replaced the wings and tail section in Plasticard, the undercart with a spare Reviresco one, and the prop was kindly supplied by Angela at Skytrex. Pilot is also Reviresco and gunner Peter Pig. Thus we have a fully Allied combination of parts.
Clean off the resin flash.
Attachment 55908
Draw up the new wings using the old ones as a template.
Attachment 55910
File the wings to shape.
Attachment 55909
Drill the wings as a pair for the strut holes.
Attachment 55911
Cut the struts to length using the elevation drawing supplied to accertain the length required.
Attachment 55912
Then bend the cabine struts to shape with pliers.
Attachment 55913
Glue on the bottom wing.
Attachment 55914
Glue on the Engine facia,and then Position the cabine struts, drilling holes as needed.
Attachment 55915
Pin and glue the tail plane together.
Attachment 55916
Affix the tail assembly to the rear fuselage.
Attachment 55917
Glue on the Cabine struts, ensuring alignment by placement of the outer main struts.
Attachment 55918
Glue on the top wing. Fit and glue the end struts and Cabines first, before inserting the inner struts.
Clean off the struts to fit and fill the holes.
Attachment 55919
Produce the Flight Peg.
Attachment 55921
Attachment 55922
Drill the hole for the Flight Peg.
Attachment 55920
Glue in the peg.
Spray the parts with white undercoat.
Attachment 55923
Paint all parts.
Attachment 55924
Invert the aircraft and attach the Undercart.
Attachment 55925
Glue on the pilot, rear gunner, and prop.
Attachment 55926
Prepare surfaces to be decaled with Micro set.
Add decals.
Attachment 55929
After ten minutes, very lightly brush on Micro sol.
Allow to dry overnight.
Attachment 55927
Varnish to taste.
Attachment 55928
All went well excepting the decals which were very brittle, and broke up easily. I reverted to Dom’s for the roundels and managed to rescue pieces of most of the others enough to hand paint in the missing pieces.
Rob.