JohnB

Thanks Mike! I too was concerned about the NMF but it seems to have done okay. Now I'm hoping I can get the tricky vac canopies done satisfactorily. Vac clear parts have always been a PITA for me! 🙂

Decaling done and most everything attached. I still have the canopies to do. I put them in place for the moment to take these photos.

I'm just happy to get it as far as it is since it was such a job to get it this far.

Yep. Getting there. I just hope the vac canopies fit okay. 🙄

Three coats of primer, one coat of Alclad Aluminum, and one coat of Alclad Dull Aluminum.

Making some progress.

Thanks Hubert. I'm glad I decided to follow your tip as it seems to have worked out okay. Now to do some seam cleanup, etc.🙂

Going to need a lot of cleaning up.

Hubert had the right answer. I removed the molded on attachment areas and CA'd the wings on at what looked "right". Now to putty in the cracks and smooth everything out.

I can use that one remaining locating "post" to swivel and adjust the angle.

Hubert After your post I decided to see about adjusting the wing/fuselage attachment areas. It appears that just might do the trick. I attached the nacelles to the wings after carefully aligning them to the wing to try to get the right angle. Now I'll dry fit the wing to fuselage areas and CA them in what looks like the right angle. Takes 3 hands!!! I'll post some pics if it looks like it does the job. Lots of trial and error. John

You might be right Hubert. Fixing that would really be difficult. At any rate, I'm putting it on the SOD.

I hate to do it but this one is going on the SOD. No matter how many approaches I tried to properly align the nacelle's on the wings I just wasn't able to come up with a workable "fix". Not worth the aggravation unfortunately. No wonder I've never seen one of these built. 🫤

I have attached the wings and did some test fitting of the wing/cowling attachment and it looks like there's a big problem. When the nacelles are snugged up to the underside of the wings the front ends, instead of being parallel with the fuselage , they have a distinct downward angle on both sides. Doesn't look like a easy fix. 🙄