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    Yes, although I use an old paintbrush handle. Same result. Gondor
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    Looks good from here Heather! Gondor
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    Sorted the cockpit problem with a clamp and a hairdryer. Details in my build thread. Gondor
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    Gee, what do we have going on here? It's a clamp that's holding the fuselage at the width I desire and has been doing so since yesterday evening. At least it's not a yellow triangle fitted to one wheel of my car! After a bit of heat was applied with a hairdryer we get this... Looks good so far, I will check later without the clamp in place. And the result. Quite pleased with this. The real result shall be seen when everything is inside the fuselage and the canopy goes on. Gondor
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    It's all personal choice as you said. I would add to what dogsbody said by adding an old sewing needle in the front end of an old or cheap paint brush instead of the bristles, then cut the eye of the needle in half so you end up with two small prongs. Very useful when wanting to apply a small amount of superglue in a specific spot. Gondor
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    No need to be sorry @amos brierley, it's not exactly an eye-catching title. Gondor
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    Had a good look at the canopy fit and found out that the problem is with the cockpit, it has a middle-aged spread. I currently have the sides clamped into the correct width and will treat with a hair dryer tomorrow. Gondor
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    I have found out that the fuselage around the cockpit is suffering from middle-aged spread. I now have it clamped to the correct width and will gently heat it with a hairdryer tomorrow. Gondor
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    No problem, I have yet to determine if I actually have a problem, will check Friday. Gondor
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    Going by the pictures of Alistairs built kit, mine might have a rouge canopy that is a bit pinched in along the sides. Gondor
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    Yes it does look that way. I plan to flair it in with the top of the fuselage sides but am worried about the side window. Not fully decided about this yet. Anyway, I have repainted the cockpit! I am much happier with the colour now which is good. Here is what it looked like yesterday Ignore the number on the back, that was the first colour I was going to paint it. Halfway house New paint on the left which is still wet at this stage And now Not doing any more tonight. I will be starting to do detailed painting of the cockpit tomorrow. Gondor
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    Second coat of Colourcoats M23 this evening, tomorrow I will re-paint the cockpit and a few others that I need to do while I have the tin open. Gondor
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    I made a slight change to the colours I am going to use. The bomb bay is going to stay white. This is mostly because the painting I have done to it looks reasonable at the moment so it would be a shame to change it. The undercarriage legs and bays have been painted in Colourcoats M23, the cockpit will get redone in Colourcoats M16 tomorrow. The photo is a little out of focus because the phone decided that the cat scratching mat that I bought today is far better to focus on. You get to see the colour, if not the detail in the picture. The parts will need a second coat later though so maybe just as well you can't see any detail. I am thinking of adding brake lines to the undercarriage legs. This is not something that I have done before so advice would be appreciated before I get too far with them. Gondor
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    It's only been on sale since the middle of last month. and I started it about a day or so after I received it. Quite enjoying it so far. Gondor
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    Only been painting so far today. Gloss White Hate the stuff. As this will be a camouflaged aircraft, thankfully the fuselage will not need to be painted in the stuff. Unfortunately, the undercarriage and bomb bays will. I tarted up the Humbrol 53 that I have used for the rear of the engines and the exhaust nozzles by brushing some Xtracolor X500 Duralumin dry brushed onto the engine rear parts, I also used it for the engine fronts. Among the things that I painted white were the intake shock cones, only to find out later when looking at the instructions that both the all-over white and the camouflaged machines have black shock cones I also forgot to paint the outrigger wheel bays under the engines, I can do that later when I get around to painting the undercarriage legs, all four of them. Later: Just been doing some prep work for later. Basically just drilling holes into things, so tomorrow I am going to buy a small cat scratching pad which looks like corrugated cardboard on its side this will be just the thing to place cocktail sticks into when the other end of them is in the holes I have just drilled. Also decided on what size of plastic strip I will attempt to build a scissor link for the main undercarriage from, 0.03 x 0.1" is what I am going to use. First time doing something like this but I know what I want to do, it's a matter of can I do it? Gondor
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    The initial coat of paint has been applied to the cockpit. Xtracolor X3 Medium Sea Grey. Tomorrow morning the engine faces will be painted and the exhaust parts detailed, I will probably get all the doors cleaned up and primed along with the undercarriage legs. We will see though. Gondor
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    Initial priming is completed for some of the parts. Undercarriage and bomb bays, engine intakes, exhausts, and other parts, and the cockpit area and interior. So it's time to think about paint colours. I am thinking white for engine intakes and shock cones. White for the undercarriage bays, legs, and wheels, and the bomb bay too. Not sure what colour to paint the cockpit interior though 😕 As usual for me, painting the primer with Halford's rattle cans is a mixed bag. I always seem to get too much paint on some parts and not enough in others, the rest is rather inconsistent too. The coverage of the parts I have primed today is not fantastic, but it is close enough for me at the moment so now the primer has dried and the excess sanded off the exteriors with a 2800 flex-i-file stick I am good to paint engine parts and intake/exhaust parts as well. Gondor
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    So where did you get your coach interior and passengers from? I may follow your example in using them if not for my Rotordyne then for something else. Gondor
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    Wot! No wing fold? Gondor
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    I have a very fine pair of Small Sprung Scissors that I bought and that I use for this purpose, at least where the supports that meet the part are very thin. For larger support to part joints, I use fine cutters. Gondor
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    Should have tried Young Frankenstein rather than Airplane Gondor
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    Aerocraft are making modifications based on what I have found so far, the bomb bay and main undercarriage problems which are slight, will be incorporated in any future production so you would have less work to do than I have so far. Saying that I still have to make the scissor link for the main undercarriage leg. The main thing is that I am enjoying this build. Few parts, well designed, and they go together better than some mainstream kits too. Gondor
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    I have kept myself busy with this build, or rather, I have kept myself busy taking parts off their supports. The latest parts to be released from their scaffolding are the ejector seats, printed as single pieces Yes, the pull handles are part of the seat and weren't additional items, gob-smacking detail in what can be 3D printed Only a couple of spare joysticks and the tail bumper are left on the supports now. I still have to make sure the tyres fit onto the hubs of the outrigger wheels and tidy up the seats for all the preparation work to be completed, this is fast for me! Gondor
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    On that support, it looks as if it's on one of the old catapult launchers from a cruiser or battleship. Gondor
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    A short domestic interlude... These are the first parts that will be getting primer on them. They have just had a dip in warm water and had a good scrubbing down with an old toothbrush. I have also glued the first parts together. On the right side of the teatowel, in line with the eggcup, there are the engine intake parts. The kit supplies a couple of double conical shapes that act as the intake shock cones, these have been glued to the parts that represent the engine fronts. I thought it might be better for me to glue these together now, rather than trying to remove paint from the hole that the shock cones go into later. So priming tomorrow, and only a week since I got the kit too! Gondor
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