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Aero-space / Re: Douglas A-20 What-If WIP
« Last post by Jeffry Fontaine on Today at 10:34:00 AM »Looking very nicely executed so farThanks for that compliment. Truth be told, the in-person view is not as nice with a lot of cement scars and scratches that the mobile phone thankfully can not capture.
It has been interesting working on two kits at the same time. Double your pleasure, double your frustrations/fun? I have yet to make any progress on assembly of the wings so that I can do the dreaded cut across the span and attempt the wing-folding again. It is fortunate that the Monogram Douglas TBD-1 Devastator and the A-20 Havoc share a very similar airfoil shape so that made the fill the hole in the wing problem an easy fix but getting the wing cut is where I am dreading to go until I feel more confident in my idea. There is one seam line across the chord of the wing right near the landing light feature that looks like it will be the cut line. This works out until you get to the landing flaps which jut out at an angle thanks to the tapered trailing edge. I have to cut across the landing flap along that angle to get what I want and I really need a steady hand for that to work. So until that fateful moment, I will stay busy with the other details on this and other projects that are all within arms reach of my little work space.