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The main problem, shown by dry-fitting the parts, is that the fuselage behind the cockpit is by far too narrow, creating a terrible step; we have to insert a thickness of at least 1 mm behind the cockpit and about 0.2 mm wide in front of the cockpit.
In addition, the fuselage behind the cockpit must be curved by hand, and a new rear wall (the part under the rear cockpit and radio table) must be scratchbult with 1mm thick plasticard and put in place to strengthen the part.
I thought that, with some other small touch, the canopy can fit well.
Unfortunately, I noticed too late that the rear shape of the kit canopy
is a bit too straight and wide, and makes the fitting too angular. Besides,
in the real aircraft there should be a slight narrow trace on the rear fuselage.
The first photo shows the real model. |
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The second photo shows the corrected model involving some work on the rear canopy, at least on the rear frame, and the bending or scraping the rear fuselage on a longitudinal line. | |
This photo of the real aircraft is a good reference. |
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