Hasegawa 1/48 AV8-B NA

[Medicman71]

Looking great! Those wheelbays look awesome. Nice work!

[aeroteto]

Thanks Medicman71

[aeroteto]

To glue the main wheel bay in place, you need to shave the aft locating tabs.
I didn´t take a photo, but mark in a circle the front tabs, so you get the idea.
Shave the rear tabs, they will interfere in the fit.
I glue the resin bay with thin CA, by capillarity it seals the piece and fix it in place.

[aeroteto]

To glue the front fuselage piece to the rear one, I need to temporally tape the upper aft piece of the cockpit.
It needs to be align in the rear so the wings can fit in place without any trouble.
Carefully align the bottom where the fron t fuselage meets with the rear and glue it.





When the glue is still soft, chack the aling of the front piece.
When you´re happy with it, put more glue in the upper side and where the front piece meets with the fan face.



Now, I have a question:
I have the Monogram tires and obviously the Hasegawa ones.
I like the Monogram tires the most, but I don´t know if the Dunlop brand lettering is correct.
I can´t find a good picture to check this out.
So, I can use the Monogram tires or should I use the Hasegawa ones?

[aeroteto]

It´s very warm and sunny here in Mexico, so I didn´t made any building in some time.
After glueing the fuselage together, check the wing asembly, it needs a little persuation by light sanding here and there.
Finally it falls together and everything looks good.



The intake have many seams and big holes so it looks a daunting task to fill all of them and get the whole intake area smooth, not impossible but too much work, and I want this model done ASAP.
So put some low tack tape on the intake area, mix some Krazy-Glue brand epoxy putty and press the lips of the intake to get the general forms.
I let cure the epoxy overnight and carefully remove them.
they looks very good, and need only a light fill and sanding for the intake covers I want.





I read somewhere that if you glue the lower wing halves first, you´ll get a tight joint avoiding a nasty seam in along the lower wing root.
so I did it that way and looks very good, but still have a seam in the flaps where they meets with the fuselage.
Also I glue a spacer in the fron LEX, I really don´t know why, it look the same to me, but I´m taking all the advice I can get.





So any advice its highly appreciated!!

[titan8251]

looks good man...I am about 5 hours away from starting on a Monogram Harrier with the BB pit.

Andy

[Rio]

Originally Posted by hornet78

Ya know, anymore with the poor fit of Aires parts, this may be the cure. Cut the details off and apply them to the kit parts that fit.

Jim

Excellent idea!

[aeroteto]

To correct the *Hasegawa kink* I will use the technique of Craig Sargent.
I will cut lower wing halves and folding the top.
But enough persuation need to achieve the fold.
So I put liquid cement in the scribe, to soften the plastic, and a piece of streched sprue, the tape the wing to keep the angle till the cement dries.

[hornet78]

Thanks for posting pic's of the kink correction!

Jim

[aeroteto]

Originally Posted by hornet78

Thanks for posting pic's of the kink correction!

Jim

Thanks to Craig for share his technique.
I didn´t notice the kink in first place