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| Roring40 | Guillows Series 800 - Mosquito | Build | 29-Sep-12 22:27 |  |
| Views : 823 |
| The delicate art of paint masking. A tip, if using masking paper, always trim one edge with a razor blade as normal edge on the paper can be "fuzzy" in the scale we work in. |
| Roring40 | Guillows Series 800 - Mosquito | Build | 01-Sep-12 18:14 |  |
| Views : 959 |
| I think I blew up my wifes cacuum cleaner during the forming process but such is the price of science and development ! |
| Roring40 | Guillows Series 800 - Mosquito | Build | 01-Sep-12 18:13 |  |
| Views : 922 |
| If anyone wants a FB Mosquito canopy for a future build, let me know and I'll send you one. |
| Roring40 | Guillows Series 800 - Mosquito | Build | 01-Sep-12 18:11 |  |
| Views : 968 |
| Trial fitting. The Guillows setup was annoying me because I could not get the canopy fitting to blend with the fuselage without leaving obvious joining lines. Solution - bin it and make my own. |
| Roring40 | Guillows Series 800 - Mosquito | Build | 01-Sep-12 18:09 |  |
| Views : 927 |
| It was certainly a learning process but each one gets a little more refined. |
| Roring40 | Guillows Series 800 - Mosquito | Build | 01-Sep-12 18:08 |  |
| Views : 963 |
| After a long, long, diversion of attention to other things, it's time to be back to back to modelling. Guillows canopy didn't really suit a FB Mosquito so through a process of evolution, I designed and built my own. Evolution from right to left. |
