Excellent walk through on how to assemble and paint a plane to a high standard.
I know you didn't need to do this here but when you drill through the Wings and push through the struts how do you cut them off flush with the wing, do you test fit, cut to length and then glue or do you fit, glue and then cut to length, if the later how do you get the protruding stub flush?
A fair bit of test fitting and the use of a needle file until they are just below the surface. A dab of different coloured paint on each ensures that they go in the correct hole in the rush of gluing up.
The glue Zap A Gap, is this a super glue style quick set glue with gap filling properties. I've been using super glue to hold struts in place and then building up the joint with a semi quick setting araldite epoxy but I get quite an unsightly joint.
It is a Super glue with gap filling qualities. Comes at three setting speeds. I just squeeze a little onto a cocktail stick and apply very sparingly.
Very much like the cockpit canopy, it's come out really well.
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