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Video 8 - (Complete)
Here I am again with my love/hate relationship with PhotoEtch Faccia rossa I knew this was going to be fiddly but those hinges and latches were like teaching a hippopotamus to play a banjo... challenging. Can I suggest if you are new to PE or you struggle with really tiny pieces you may wish to give those hinges a miss.
Anyway just one 'TTT' (Tony's Top Tip) for those who are going to attempt the PE. When folding the tops and bottoms of the door grilles it's best to use a PE folding tool, this will give you a crisp sharp bend. Secondly, you have to be very accurate where you fold, it MUST be right on the area where the bars meet the folded top and bottom. If you are not accurate with the bends then the grill will be to small leaving a gap, if to long then you are in big trouble. As I found out on a couple of grills if they are slightly too big then there is the tendency to force the grill into the hole. Let me tell you, these PE parts are extremely bendy, too much force and they buckle badly.

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My folding tool.

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I placed the parts in place then applied a small amount of CA at the back of each part.

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Thanks for looking.

Hi, you're doing a great job. I'm also building the same kit and I've arrived at the same point of work as you. I wanted to ask you what tools you used to bend the burnished parts that need to be put on the windows of the rooms, I have to do it too and I wouldn't want to make mistakes. Good continuation of work

 

[TonyJ]

Hi, you're doing a great job. I'm also building the same kit and I've arrived at the same point of work as you. I wanted to ask you what tools you used to bend the burnished parts that need to be put on the windows of the rooms, I have to do it too and I wouldn't want to make mistakes. Good continuation of work

Hi
Thanks for the kind words. I've attached photos of the tool. I think I got it online from a hobby store here in Australia.
You basically clamp the part where you intend to fold it then use a blade to fold the part. But remember as I said in my thread you need to be very accurate where you fold those windows. If you make them too long don't try and force them into the hole they will bend out of shape very easily.
Hope this helps.

 

[AlanOES]

Video 10 - (Part 1)
Installing the spars on the deck, then attaching the actual deck. It's been well documented by others that the finger joint approach used by AL is less than ideal. At one point I did consider attaching front right to back right, just to concentrate on getting a good join, but decided in the end that it may not give me enough wiggle room if there are alignment issues. Plus I may break the join bending the whole assemble engaging the small tabs front & rear.
I did employ some rather unusual cantilever techniques to persuade the joints to align flush. The results although not perfect were better than I hoped for.

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I used stain for these parts, intending to use it where AL 42 Dark Red Leather paint was used. However after some experimentation painting two adjacent colours (for example the two colour grates) I found I was getting bleed issues. I really don't want to buy any more paints as I have lots already, so I will mix my own brown colour from my Tamiya supply.

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Loose test fit.

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Everything OK withs masts so far. No doubt the next deck will show any issues.

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Quick peek at some of the rooms in situe.

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After much pushing up and down and wiggling this way and that, I found that if I stood on one leg put my finger in my ear and adopted some less than conventional techniques I could just about manoeuvre the fingers into a decent position.
As you may see from the image above I concentrated on the top 8 or so fingers then flooded the area with diluted wood glue, wiped off the excess and let it dry for a few hours.
Then repeated the process for the remaining fingers. Yes it's a long process but IMHO worth it.

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The deck in place.

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Very happy with the final results.

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The timbers for the inner planking painted white. I used a sample pot of house paint which gives great coverage. Once this is dry and I have a had a beer I will give them a light sand and apply a thin second coat.

Thanks for looking
Tony

Nice job Tony
That’s probably the hardest deck to align and you’ve done a great job doing it
Hope the beer was a Spitfire