The Romsey Modeller - Romsey Modellers

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