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Today I; attached the lower radome, blended it and the main wing to the fuselage, cleaned up the tail surfaces and glued them on, and attached the upper radome all in that order. Attaching the lower radome covered up the whole lower back wing seam so saved me a lot of filling. The fit was very good and only required a little filling. After I glued the tail surfaces together I realized that using the alignment pins on the 2 stabilizers introduce a slight but noticeable warp to them. So I had to break them apart cut off the pins and re-glue them and clamped them so they would be straight. Once that was done assembling them to the fuselage was easy. Each side has a tab that fits into a slot in the fuselage, The right side's tab filled the upper half of the slot and reached all the way to the left slot. The left side's tab filled the lower half of the slot and reached all the way to the right side. This makes for a very strong connection and gives perfect alignment. A very nice system. For the upper radome I took the suggestion in the Fisher instructions and wrapper the upper fuselage with sand paper and slide the resin radome back and forth over it to generate perfect matching surfaces. I used 5 minute epoxy to attach it so I would have so working time to get it aligned. Now it really looks like a Connie/WarningStar. You can see a small part of my stash in the first picture. That is my stack for next years builds. Tomorrow I will blend in the tail and upper radome and start work on the landing gear.

I like the simplicity of the all grey. It is easier to paint too. 😉

I don't know. I use Google chrome and it automatically translates it

There are several problems; the roof is too small, the windows are too small, it is pinched just in front of the cabin, the radome is round while it should be oval. I don't think it can be modified to be correct. Check out this sight for a side by side comparison http://nabe3saviation.web.fc2.com/modelc121.html

Today I worked on assembling the other 3 engines, filling the seams, attaching them to the wing and filling the new seams. I then taped the radomes, tail and wing on the fuselage to make sure it balanced correctly (it did) and then glued on the wings. That was a lot of work . Ignore the tail I just left them stuck on without glue to give it more of a Connie look. Tomorrow I will fill the wing to fuselage seams and the permanently attach the tail. I may or may not add the radar domes also.

I have actually done that in the past. I had a resin kit that I found was missing some decals when I contacted the manufacturer to get another set he replied that the master for this kit had been destroyed in a flood and if I was willing to send him mine back he would use it to remaster it and send me one of the new castings. It took a few months but I got back a freshly cast kit with 2 sets of decals. In the US major wild fires are named after the closest feature, or town to the starting point, so I think in this case the was a Camp river or stream. This is the most recent article I could find https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/28/us/pge-camp-fire-responsibility/index.html Your might doing a search for the town of Paradise, CA which was virtually destroyed in the fire.

Second tip. The control surfaces are not as straight forward as I thought. I thought that I could just cut out the kit control surface and then butt glued them in the space, but in fact they are larger then the kit ones The instructions show that once you cut out the old surface you then have to bevel out a pocket for the new ones to fit into. I tried this on the central rudder and am less then happy with the results It might be easier to do before the kit surfaces are glued together, but I am not sure. The central rudder is the least well defined of the kit surfaces so I am glad I did it, but the other surfaces don't look too bad so I am going to skip them. There are 2 Caracal sheets; parts 1 and 2. It looks like part 1 is out of production and is almost impossible to find. Part 2, which I have, is still available. Happy to have you along

If you have the Plus Models wheel well remember to install the front well before you close up the fuselage 😉. I have the Fisher engines which I am not going to use. Once this build is complete I'll probably put them up on Ebay

No problem.

The Fisher tanks are larger And it looks like there is some subtle different in shape. Note that the Fisher tanks are only correct for the Navy version. As you can see in this picture the Air Force tanks had prominent ribs that would need to be added. So I did not get as much done as I had hoped to today. I got the wing assembled, rough sanded, and the kit tanks removed; and I managed to get the new tanks installed These were kind of tricky since the instructions were kind of silent on exact placement so I took my best guess based on drawings I found. I also managed to build on of the engines. So tomorrow I will work on the other 3 and get them installed on the wing. Then if I am lucky I will get the wing installed. 'Til then.

@PLC1966 not being in the US you are probably not familiar with the Camp Fire, but in addition to us losing a supplier he lost his home and livelihood, the town of Paradise was destroyed and 83 people where killed, so I would call that a tragedy

A tragic loss all around, but we can hope

Well for better or worse I started one.

My current project is the venerable Heller 1/72 EC-121 AKA WV-2 kit. In another thread it was suggested that I do a WIP for it because of all the after market sets I am using and after some thought I have decided to inflict one on you . This kit has been on my pile for a few years, but early last year a fellow member of my modeling club brought in this magnificent build. At the meeting he went through the a litany of errors with the kit and the after market parts that he had gotten for it. After the meeting I sort of went on a buying spree and bought a boat load of them, spending far more then the original cost of the kit. So in addition to the original kit I also have, in no particular order: The Fisher wheel set The Plus Models Wheel well interior set. note that it also comes with wheels The Plus Models tail surfaces Fisher tip tanks Fisher nose Fisher radar set Plus Models engine nacelles and to support all of this the Scale Aircraft Conversions' metal landing gear In addition I got the Caracal decal sheet(s) with which I will be going for this scheme Finally I have the Ginter book as reference Needless to say my work table is covered with parts and and instruction sheet. So, I started by cutting off the Heller nose from the fuselage, painting and installing the Heller interior, joining the fuselage halves and attaching the Fisher nose. When I did that I saw that this band Was much lower then both the fuselage end and the transparency rear edge. I am guessing that mine was slightly warped. I used some sculpting epoxy to fill the depresion in and blended the nose into the fuselage I was at this point that I realized that the Plus Models from wheel well was not just an insert but a resin replacement for the kit part also that the front gear should be installed before closing up the fuselage. , There is not much I can do about the wheel well, but I will have to deal with the front gear later. Build in haste repent at leisure, sigh. The instruction show to add weight to the nose, but are silent about how much. With all the resin their suggestion probably would be off anyway. Using the #6 shot from 2 1/2 disassembled 12 gauge shot gun shells, relics from my unsuccessful attempt to take up trap shooting, I think I have it balanced to sit on its nose . Today I plan on working on the wings, engines, and tip tanks.

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I am a little intimidated to do a WIP I don't think my work matches up to yours or aquatarkus10's. I'll have to think about it.

I am doing an EC-121. So far I have the Fisher nose and the fuselage halves glued up. The Fisher nose took a bit more work then I expected to get it to match the fuselage, but that is all blended in. I am now working on the wings. I have the Fisher engines and the Plus model engines. I think I am going to go with the Plus Models engines since the fit better with the wing nacelles. I also have the Fisher tanks. I think I have enough weight in the nose, a whole 12 gauge shotgun sell worth og #6 shot, but I will do the taping of the parts on, just to make sure.

No not yet. What worries me more are the 2 radar housings, they are heavy resin and the top one is a little aft of the landing gear.

I have all the aftermarket part and I have added a bunch of #6 shot. I have the fuselage closed up but without the wings on yet and it is nose heavy. I'll probably add some more before I add the wings just to make sure before I attach the wings. Thanks

You would need a big soaking tub 🛀

I think my Hasegawa version came out nice

The decals were fine; very thin with very little easily corrected silvering. Thanks

It is very buildable, but it is big Thanks

I just don't understand why it hasn't gotten any love from the aftermarket companies. Thanks