Eduard 1/48 F6F-5 (early) Minsi III

[Stefan Buysse]

15 hours ago, djktrumpet said:

Yes, that was my experience too. I re-made the hooks with fuse wire, making the bits that go into the wing a bit longer, and drilled the location holes deeper to give  a more positive location. They're fine as long as you don't look too closely!

The little lights on the spine were a pain - I managed to get them in place by very slightly enlarging the holes so that they dropped in easily, and picking them up on the end of a small blu-tack sausage, with a toothpick in the other hand to dislodge the light into the hole. It was still very nerve-wracking though, and I was terrified of losing those bits!

Thanks,

 

Good ideas.👍

I will do the catapult hooks like that on my next Hellcat and the blu-tack sausage technique for those lights starting with this one.

 

Cheers, Stefan.