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Flying Officer Kyte
06-14-2013, 03:52
Clean up the casting.


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Glue on the bottom wing checking for squareness.


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Glue the cabine struts to the top wing.


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Drill out the wings for struts.
Place the supplied jigs on the wings along with two temporary struts to align the setup.


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Glue the cabine struts to the fuselage.


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Strut the wings and glue into place.


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Fill and sand any blemishes left by the struts.
Drill the peg hole.

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Glue on the Scarf ring.
Position and glue on the undercart, but not the wheels.


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Glue the tailskid into place.


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Glue on the engine block exhaust horn.


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Add water pipe and gravity tank. (Optional)
Undercoat spray all parts white.
Paint the Body of the aircraft.


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Produce and print decals.


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Add painted Gunner, Pilot, and wheels.

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Micro set where needed and Decal the aircraft.


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After ten minutes, set into the body with Micro sol.


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Allow to dry overnight.
Glue on the prop.
Varnish to taste.

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Rob.
somaliavet
06-17-2013, 10:52
Once again, excellent how to. Thanks for sharing with us!
john snelling
06-17-2013, 18:50
Thank you for sharing.
7eat51
06-17-2013, 19:25
Beautiful plane, Rob. :thumbsup:

For the decals, are you placing brownish decals over brownish paint? I will be trying my hand at decals for the first time, so any advice is appreciated.
Flying Officer Kyte
06-19-2013, 02:21
Beautiful plane, Rob. :thumbsup:

For the decals, are you placing brownish decals over brownish paint? I will be trying my hand at decals for the first time, so any advice is appreciated.

In a word Eric yes.
What I do is paint the aircraft, and then just match up the brown colour on the decal to the brown on the aircraft.
Sounds simple but you need to take into account that the printout may not be the same as the screen shot. Also go a tad lighter because the decal may pick up the brown from underneath and you don't want it darker than the rest of the aircraft.
Also, if i were applying to anything darker than this colour, I would white undercoat any key parts such as where the snake was going first.
Rob.