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Thanks AW.

And everyone else looking in , I hope you guys are learning something! lol!

 Engine pod and area received some attention last night , just casual fitting and figuring and the rigging points applied:

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Yes I know the front struts need to be in place , no glue here , just lookin'!

 

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Thanks Michael!

 Figuring out of the engine area detail has been intense the last few days. There are a lot of parts at play and all of them work together.

This is the most difficult and detailed part of the kit.

Today I figured it was time to cut the front and rear panels of the exposed engine.

One easy:

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One not so easy:

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 Cleaned up , holes cleared out and thinning out begins , starting to look a lot better:

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Thank you Michael.

 Oil tank repositioning based on the pic in Gotha! page 16 , # 36. The mount is of my own design and will have 2 inverted 'V' struts added:

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 Final config:

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Thanks Mass & Michael.

It is a good feeling to be back at it. I worry about losing momentum , parts and forgetting stuff I already figured out. Minimal this time , but I did lose a genny somewhere... that's why I determine stopping points that are easy to pick up from. This kit is best approached as a series of medium sized kits , as  I have done ie:fuse , then the middle wing , etc and approaching by colors helped a lot.

 Smallish detail added in the form of a  generator , taken from the WNW accy sprue , a bracket and a pulley  made and hung in the pod off an engine bearer:

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Genny position swapped:

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Front lower framework begins with a rod inserted into the rigging points of the uncut cowl:

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You can also see the cleanup needed in the uncut cowl as well.

This gives me the position of the crossbar that holds the rigging points:

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WNW decals on HGW p/e for the engine placards:

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  Engine placarded:

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More detailing with the clamps and exhaust mounted:

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 Moving quickly into final configurations and as I get there I'll post pics of the finished components for the exposed engine. That way peeps will be able to see the preparation and fabrication of the parts needed to -do this.

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Thanks for lookin' Hdawg.

 No the lower  cowls will be on.

The cutting is so that the lower cowls can stay on the model and the top cowls off.

As in a few pics of Gotha's being serviced.

Not much on details for the lower cowl areas , and what there is for ref pics maddeningly don't show enough of the detail to recreate.

 

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Thanks for your interest.

 

 Here is what the parts look like at this point.

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I think this is the bulk of the fab work , all additional work is in white plastic.

Some assy has to be done after the paint , no way around it.

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