Tiger331 Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 Hi there, I feel sure this may have been asked previously but I have not noted it. I have a Hasegawa FGR.2 with the Aires resin aftermarket cockpit detail set. I'm anticipating trouble fitting it - My previous experiences with Aires cockpit sets "designed for the Hasegawa kit" have not exactly been trouble-free. My F-104 Starfighter and A-4 Skyhawk are proof of that. Can anyone tell me if the same goes for the Phantom combo and, if so, can they provide any useful tips for fitting the Aires set, which looks superb, I have to say. Many thanks Tiger331 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tedfellows Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 Yes there are fit problems, the best way to fit it is to thin the side walls of the fuselage till they are wafer thin! But the key is to sand then test fit, sand and test fit, until you are happy! HTH's Adam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger331 Posted February 21, 2011 Author Share Posted February 21, 2011 Yes there are fit problems, the best way to fit it is to thin the side walls of the fuselage till they are wafer thin!But the key is to sand then test fit, sand and test fit, until you are happy! HTH's Adam Adam, Thanks for this...................Sounds like the same problem that I had with the F-104 and A-4. The former was ridiculous......The fuselage sides AND Aires pit sides were sanded until they were both wafer thin and the fuselage is still 'stretched'.....just as well I had planned this project with an open cockpit or there would have been a definate ledge. The Cutting Edge F-104S cockpit, on the other hand, fits one of my other F-104 projects a treat. As I suspected, it looks like I'll have to treat both the donor kit and the detail set with 'respect' and test fit all the way.............deep joy......but then, that's modelling...it needs the odd challenge here and there............ Tiger331 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calum Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 (edited) Actually I found it relatively simple to ft. Yes I needed to sand the resin and take some material of the top of the nosegear bay and cockpit sidewalls. But it is certainly not “wafer thin”. All in all it only took an hour or so to get it to fit See my WIP here Edited February 22, 2011 by Calum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennings Heilig Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 But the key is to sand then test fit, sand and test fit And then sand some more. And when you're done with that, sand some more. When you can see light through the plastic, sand some more. When you can read a newspaper through the plastic, you're starting to get close enough - sand some more. J Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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