Small pieces of lead wire are used to extend the brake lines up into the fuselage instead of unrealistically ending at the edge of the wheel well.
It's a small modification but I like that it adds one more layer of credibility to the undersides.
Now I'm working towards attachment of the wings to the fuselage so I need to get the brass flaps situated correctly. The flap interior is glued into the upper wings.
The actual flaps are folded per instructions.
The flaps won't be glued until the end of the build but you can see the cool complexity that this set adds to the Dora.
Here is my first stab at the painting of the tires. There is some subtlety here that the photo doesn't show as I used a lot of different shades of browns, greys and khaki to get this effect. The main idea was to try and break the monolithic tube of the tire. I'll probably see what it looks like with the wheel painted and hopefully, I can take better photos. Jury is still out on whether or not I go with this approach.
Will be taking a break from modeling as I am driving up to Berkeley this weekend to fetch our daughter from college. See you guys in a few days!
