With the halves joined i've needed to add some zapagap to fill one side of the glass section. This whole front section is going to require some clean up work further down the line.
Trial fit of the wings
The BK5 cannon assembly, once fitted all that will be seen is a section of the barrel. This is the forward fuselage piece that will sit directly under the cockpit. I did the fuselage mounted guns at the same time.
Engines. Depending on how these end up i may leave one of the engine cowlings opened to add some interest.I went with an engine grey, dry brushed with a lighter grey and german grey then a really light wash over with a mix of rust darkened with some black and finally some tamiya soot compound.
The props and spinners, ugh, they are terrible. The shape is off by a mile and those pointed tips. The spinners look like they are the early Me210 version, too short and rounded. Quickboost does an aftermarket set which costs, with postage, half the price of the kit... but i feel like i am going to have to shell out for them.
Engine mounts and coolers
Test fit of the engine. There is no real positive mounting points besides the top rear of the engine mounts, and even that is fairly open, it just sort of sits in there. I won't be able to properly locate and glue it until i get the props sorted and see how it all lines up.
You get two options for the rads, open or closed. I'll do the wing with the open engine covers as an open type.
The instructions have the wheel in before the rear lower cowling, then glue the cowling on. I prefer the other way, cowling on, paint, then glue the wheel struts on. To make it easier on myself i glued a 'locator' that will help me guide the rear section of the wheel strut into place. It will also help support that part of the wheel strut which is fairly thin.