alway a have to fix wings in my aircraft i had nightmares!!! the most whit filling and sanding, does anyone can help me whit a clean method to do this??
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Alot of it has to do with dry fitting and testing before appling any glue.
Normally, I will lightly sand the wing halves and tape them together and inspect that joint and correct any problem areas. Oncwe that is done, I’ll tape the fuselage halves together and tape the wings to them so I can see where I am going to have to deal with problem areas. Only after I am satisfied that everything lines up will I apply any glue (unless of course I am in a hurry and just want to build [:D] )
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Funny you should mention this just now. I just spent the last hour with the outer wing halves on an Airfix 1/48 Buccaneer. As discussed (again) recently, this kit is known far and wide for a) looking beautiful if you can build it and b) being warped in every which way on every major mating surface. So both halves of both outer wings (the folding part – I still haven’t decided if I’m going to fold them. I do have a nice set of Eduard parts for the folding mechanism) are warped. It’s almost as though Airfix had to actually work at it to make both halves, on separate sprues, both be warped the same amount.
What I did was sand along the edges of all four pieces to remove any odd bumps or burrs, then, as an experiment, I glued the first set of wing halves together with super glue. Then I clamped the trailing edge with four small, tight clamps, and clamped the leading edge down along the edge of a large ceramic tile, using four more, larger, tighter clamps to grip the bottom wing between the top wing and the very hard, flat tile. I’m going to see if that removes the warp.
For the other outer wing, I used the Microsol/Set line’s liquid cement (I wanted to test the newer formula, in the plastic bottle. It really works well on that soft Airfix plastic.). This time, after sanding the mating edges as cleanly as possible, I joined the halves with a healthy sloshing of liquid cement, then clamped the wing with four clamps on either side. So, In the next hour or so I’ll know if either of these methods helped remove the warp from the wing sections. If not, I’ll try the old-fashioned ways: running hot water on them, maybe risk ironing them under a folded towel (that’s for when you’re really desperate). And if all else fails, I can always hide the whole mess using folded wings.
Boy, I just can’t wait ot tackle the top and bottom fuselage halves, in which the whole rear fuselage is molded wider on the bottom half than the top. That will test my micro-engineering skills to the very limits.