Handley Page Halifax - 1/72 Matchbox
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Made some more progress.
Wings now attached although, as can be seen, filler will be required at the wing roots -
Matchbox made an error when tooling the perspex window that sits above the Navigator's position. They added two diagonal "frames" to the window. In reality, there were no such frames. On the real aircraft, there were two bracing bars mounted in the fuselage under the clear panel and they could be seen through the window. The window itself was pretty clear apart from some framing around the edges.
You can see what they did in the pictures below.
I have sanded out and polished the piece to remove the incorrect frame lines. I'll add two bracing pieces to the inside of the hatch to better replicate what is really there.
Here's a picture of the amended hatch placed into its aperture on the fuselage. I won't glue it in until the main painting is finished.
Wings now attached although, as can be seen, filler will be required at the wing roots -
Matchbox made an error when tooling the perspex window that sits above the Navigator's position. They added two diagonal "frames" to the window. In reality, there were no such frames. On the real aircraft, there were two bracing bars mounted in the fuselage under the clear panel and they could be seen through the window. The window itself was pretty clear apart from some framing around the edges.
You can see what they did in the pictures below.
I have sanded out and polished the piece to remove the incorrect frame lines. I'll add two bracing pieces to the inside of the hatch to better replicate what is really there.
Here's a picture of the amended hatch placed into its aperture on the fuselage. I won't glue it in until the main painting is finished.
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