The Romsey Modeller - Romsey Modellers
The Romsey Modeller - Romsey Modellers
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Tail sitting blunder No 1 : After forgeting to add nose weight I had to add lead shot to the nose cone<br />
Tail sitting blunder No 2 : With the radome fully<br />
extended it would hit the ground<br />
Also in this photo the engine exhaust location holes<br />
that allowed me to fill the fuselarge with additional<br />
weight.<br />
In experimenting by balancing the airframe on cocktail stick it was apparent there was still not enough weight<br />
in the nose so I resorted to inserting lead via the currently open fuselage holes destined for the engine<br />
exhausts. It was surprising how much weight was required ( and how much the weights rattled) . In doing this I<br />
also discovered another issue not covered by the instructions , namely that with the radome fully extended it<br />
hits the ground! I did manage to push it in a bit at the cost of cracking its frame but it would be close.<br />
<strong>The</strong> canopy had a prominent seam line that needed to<br />
be sanded off and then the clarity of the clear plastic<br />
restored through successive polishing with micro<br />
mesh and finally a coat of Klear.<br />
<strong>The</strong> fit of the clear parts was very poor and required<br />
considerable fettling to get them to fit.<br />
Once in place adhesive foil was used to mask the<br />
canopies.<br />
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