AH-1W

took a false start 

 

 

resin from the engine set and the resin nose that came with the decals 

allready cleaned parts 

dryfit of the main resin parts 

dryfit of the main resin parts 

dryfit of the main resin parts 

dryfit of the main resin parts 

Start of the nosejob, easy part, remove the original part 

then dry-fit the replacement, so far so good 

but when checking with the glass parts it becomes another story... the angle is completely off. Need to think hoh to cope with this... 

al lot of CA to fill the seams. Hope it will work well, because the plastic is terribly soft 

al lot of CA to fill the seams. Hope it will work well, because the plastic is terribly soft 

and scraped and sanded for the first time (I've removed some details with a knife to avoid damaging them, they will be reglued afterwards), ready to check the result with paint... Fingers crossed 

and sanded for the first time, ready to check the result with paint... Fingers crossed 

Bottom hull needed a lot of TLC too