The Romsey Modeller - Romsey Modellers

All it all the build looked pretty straightforward so as boxing day dawned it was time to hide from the kids and
crack on…
THE COCKPITS (S)
I decide to build the kit out of the box , the only exception
being the addition of seat belts made from foil from the top of
a bottle of wine ( there is always plenty of this material
available in my house) . No decal is provided for the instrument
panels so they had to be painted. The panel was initially
painted black and then the instrument details picked out by
dry brushing with light grey, the result was not too shoddy .
The foil for the seat belts were sprayed buff before being cut
out and buckles highlighted in silver, not startling but with the
canopy closed they would past muster.
With the cockpit components complete and after suitable photography it was time to close the fuselage.
The technique I have found works best for major joints is to flow Mr Cement the joint with a paint brush and
then apply pressure with clamps to squeeze some molten plastic our onto the surface. When dry this can be
sanded down to a seamless joint.
I attached the wings and nose section to the model and applied as small amount of filler where needed. With
the model clean and about ready for primer I had a niggling doubt – something was wrong – it took a while
before the penny dropped – NOSE WEIGHT!
There is no mention of needing to weigh down the nose in the instructions but it is a no brainier, the
undercarriage is very far forward and the tail is huge so this would definitely be a tail sitter‐ bugger.
In order to try and remedy the situation I prized off the nose and filled it with as much lead shot as possible
and some of the lead wheel weights Sean had given me.
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