Might just as well leave it Ian, if (when) it does break off it'll save me having to cut it!
Brush-painted the internals of the u/c bays:
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Also fitted the wing cannons, which have to go in before the upper wings are fitted.
Then fitted the upper part of the IP, with some difficulty, because:
a) the locating slots in the fuselage are wide enough for the plastic panel, but not when it has two layers of PE on it, and
b) I'd stupidly assumed that I could drop it into place from above after the fuselage was assembled, but it need to go in from below, so I had to lower it into the cockpit then lift it into place with a fine pair of tweezers.
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It's in now though. Letting that set before fitting the coaming over it. You might notice that you can't see those tiny little PE 'handles' that were on the lower part of the IP. There are 3 reasons for that:
1. They're too small to see,
2. The upper IP is in the way,
3. They've disappeared. Possibly abducted by aliens, although there is a remote possibility that I'd knocked them off while fitting the upper part. However, see 1) and 2).
I'm going to fit a spare closed canopy (Eduard give you 2 designs of canopy, each one either open or closed), gluing it in with Maskol. That seemed to work well on my Spitfire, and I don't want to risk damaging the cockpit detail with foam, tissue, or whatever. A canopy will also protect that rather vulnerable gunsight.
Thanks for looking.
Pete
