The spine was a
particularly nasty casting with plenty of pits and
gouges to go along with the flash. Talcum powder
and cyano glue was used to fill the craters in the
metal parts, which worked really well.
The landing gear pods were drilled
out to accept brass tubing which replaced the fragile
resin supports.
The brass tubing extended right
through the front & rear cages for strength.
Parts were sprayed with Mr. Surfacer as a primer
and then Tamiya white before final assembly. Epoxy
was used for all load bearing structures, with only
the small detail parts put on with cyano. No way
was I having this puppy fall apart under its own
weight!
Grooves had to be filed in the
small round tanks to get them to fit properly over
the diagonal frame members in the rear.
Where ever possible, brass rod
was epoxied into holes drilled in parts to ensure
a strong bond. A round file was used to shape the
ends of struts where they joined to other round
frame members for a gap-free join.
Starting to look like an Eagle.
The passenger pods on the studio
models were held on with screws and brackets on
top to enable them to be removed. I wanted mine
firmly attached, so I epoxied it in place using
brass rod fitted into holes drilled in the spine
& pod.
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