Thanks, Julien!
Continuing to work on the build and a few part IDs. I decided to rework the back just a bit, stripped some of the detail and put back correct parts from the Midway, M42, and Scharnhorst. This area doesn't really show once the radiator fins are installed, but I had the time and the kit parts, so there ya go... That part on the face just under the Leopold bit, that sits next to the piston for the lower flaps...that's from the Entex. Of course.
Primed the canopy, then sanded, primed, sanded, etc. It cuts a dashing profile. I used the electronic calipers on the sample MR Speeder I have and measured the thickness of the canopy, then scaled that up. I'm glad I saved my fingers and wrist and had this laser cut. It's .08 styrene, just over 2.0 mm. Once I welded it all together out came the disc sander I got years ago from Micromark (that had never been used) to flatten all the corners and smooth the joins. In the process, I lost some thickness, and I think it matches up to the photo-ref of the canopy pretty well, now.
Unfortunately, I should have used alloy spars installed perpendicular to the canopy to reinforce the upper wing on the port side. TBH, it looked perfectly straight when I welded the hulls together. Alas, I discovered a 3 - 4.0mm concavity on that side to contend with. Which means the forward gun box won't sit flush. I've built up the area with some Apoxie sculpt, and will be cheating the boxes themselves. I started stripping off the detail bits, and placing the kit parts. The front is where this will show the most, so that has to be tidied up, as well. Won't be able to use the fascia that came with the kit. But, I've ID's most of the parts on the front, might have that close enough to show tomorrow.
