F4F-3 WIP
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36 6 June, 22:22
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I started working on the cockpit and wheel bay. I'm not sure if I'll end up using the resin cockpit, it depends on how painting it goes since I'm worried about the fit due to the parts being warped.
7 June, 11:00
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I purchased some UV curing clear resin for fixing n repairing clear parts, it's a resin 100% clear glue, sets it seconds once you shine UV light on it. Usually purchase bottle n UV torch as kit.... quite cheap of eBay, AliExpress, Amazon ect.
Good luck with it post updates 👍
8 June, 22:01
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Thanks for the comments. I do have some UV resin I use, but I decided to ask Eduard for replacements for these, they sent them. I find the UV resin very hard to sand, so I thought it wouldn't be the easiest thing to fix on the canopy.
8 June, 22:04
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I'm mostly finished with detail painting the cockpit for now. All that's left is to add the decals and weather it.
10 June, 20:19
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You know that you can remove the carrier film off the Eduard decals after applying them?
11 June, 01:23
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Yes, but I had bad luck with it tearing decals and here the problem I have is mostly that the carrier film would interfere with placing some of the decals, especially decal 10 since it goes around a raised part. I had to trim the carrier film before on another Eduard decal set for an ejection seat because of the same issue.
11 June, 08:34
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After finishing doing decals I realized that my cockpit set doesn't have a throttle lever, looking at past photos I think it broke off during shipping or was misprinted. I have another 3d printed set from Eduard that is fully missing one lever similar to this one.
12 June, 16:45
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I was watching a YouTube video, a guy was using the wire out of those twists ties for fine wires, the ones that come with food n sandwich bags ect.
Seemed to work ok.
Probably be good for break lines??
Great cockpit this one
12 June, 18:45
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That's a good idea, but I already have some fine lead wire for wiring stuff. I probably won't be adding any extra wiring on this model. I probably would if I was using a resin engine or something like that, or the Eduard resin wheel bay.
12 June, 19:15
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I glued the fuselage halves together. I think most of my fit issues came from my own doing, mostly by messing up the resin cockpit by warping it massively at the start. Overall the detail and fit outside of the fuselage fit was quite good, especially the wheel bay which looks great even in plastic.
15 June, 15:13
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I attached the wings and filled gaps on the fuselage and wings. I'm almost ready to prime the plane, I just need to finish up some sanding and filling esepcially at the rear. Outside of tricky fit at the rear, there hasn't been any major issues after gluing the fuselage.
18 June, 19:39