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Building an Upgraded Kingfisher
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Fusalage Assembly |
The cockpit wash has dried and now painting of interior
parts is done. There are radios, instrument panels, a life raft, oxygen
cylinders and other such details to be painted. Radios were painted black
then given a white drybrush to pick out the dials and meters. Different
knobs were painted black or white and some were painted yellow-consult your
references. I also like to paint some of the indicator lights on the
instrument or side panels yellow or red to add color. The assembly of the
cockpit tubs was simple due to the fact that there were really no more parts
than you’d find in any of today's new kit cockpits. Control columns, rudder
pedals, throttle and a couple of radio decks. Once done you’re ready to
assemble the fuselage.
The resin components were cemented into the port fuselage half with slow
setting super glue and the starboard side was taped in place to help
alignment. Once that had set up I took my good old Testors tube glue and
joined the fuselage halves. Tape helped the two sides meet in some places
and I even played with inserting the wings into position-cool it works! Once
that had set up I sanded the front of the fuselage smooth and popped the new
resin firewall in place-taking care that it was set in place correctly. The
cast on engine mounts would come in handy for a diorama using Engines and
Things Wasp Junior, This Kingfisher would have the cowl in place.
Once the fuselage had set I cemented the wings in place and began work on
the floats. Here again Cutting Edges casting is excellent. The position of
the main float supports is well marked so there was no problem in
positioning them. I drilled holes in the end to accept brass rod stock to
enable the main float to be secured to the fuselage. Consulting some side
views I lined the float up with the fuselage bottom and marked, then
drilled, the holes to insert the brass rods from the float. The wing floats
are a bit trickier as the location for the supports is not as clear. With a
little care though, I had no problem lining the supports up. The secondary
supports will be positioned after the wing floats are attached and the
insignia decals on the lower wings are in place. Copyright ©2002 - Text and
Photos by Mike Taylor (modelguy2) . All Rights Reserved. |
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