If you're really feeling masochistic on painting and finishing the prop-rotors, the V-22 has a light in the tip of each blade to help folk see them and keep from walking or driving into them at night.
The kit has been giving me a few minor headaches already and I`m just not feeling masochistic enough to go there.....
Been a little busy trying to work out this winglet issue, so that the reason for lack of updates.
I needed the wing and fuselage to meet and be level. Unfortunately the wire was not as helpful as it should have been, which led to a number of strange frames, (of which one is seen below), being thrown away. It seems that the more you bend the wire, the less easy it is to reshape it.
So I stepped back and had a rethink. If I couldn`t easily bend the wire to the way I wanted it, then I needed to reposition where the wire went through the fuselage. A quick look and I made the gaps I needed which raised the height of where the wire went though.
A few dry fits later and the wire was put through and held in place with some tac. This will be removed at a later date until something more solid can be put in place.
And then on to the `money shot`. Wings were glued on level and then the whole airframe was turned upside down so that everything remained level.
A little time later I took this shot of how it looks now.........
.............. but it will continue to dry for at least 24 hours before I even go near it with filler.
Tonight, providing I have time, I`ll start on the engines.
That is all.