 | XB-70 valkyrie Italeri 1:72 kit no: 1282 build start: June 30 2016 |
And we move on. You remember those two wingtip parts that didn't fit very well and left no room for the wing-bending-mechanism? That's usually the kind of thing you
end up with when you get the starboard topside en de portside bottom side and dryfit that upside down. When you get the right parts together, it looks like this:
That's a lot better. And while we're at it, the wingtip-beinding mechanism is also 2 parts:
Another shining example of Phil's jusual "if it doesn't fit you're doing it wrong":
Anyways.....
Back to work on the cockpit section. On both sides you find these two, which appear to be some kind of exhaust system? There should be an opening....
We have some PE replacements though
So after a lot of sanding and carefully bending the PE part to conform better to the fuselage we end up with it looking like this
And then we have this
The kit has a part for that, and I opted to go for the kit part here instead of the PE. I just couldn't get it to look decent. And this doesn't look half bad imho
And back again to the wingtips. First off, dryfitting the correct parts
Which also means the bending mechanisme fits like a glove
And then we glue together the bottom halves of the wings, and add a little Evergreen strip to reinforce the join.
Which means it now looks like this:
Fortunately, you won't have to get rid of those canyons between the parts, other parts are going to cover them.
Last for now is gluing in the canards
And to give you a sense of how huge this thing is: here's the nose section next to a F-104 Starfighter in the same scale....
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