SPA Modeler

Ultimate body work!! Sanding and filling are a way of life for me and I really enjoy watching this kind of work take shape.

Precisely... the results here with John's work are good. Honestly, I feel the sand-polish may have improved what was originally there to a greater degree.

Thanks guys! No work on the Dora yesterday as I went to watch my daughter's last high school orchestra concert.

Creeping along with my Dora! Not much time to do work on it this week. The main components of the engine plug have been painted.


A few of the sub-components have been glued together.


I'm still in the process of figuring out where to add wires to represent the mess of tubing and hoses in this area. You can see the holes in the bulkhead where I'll be adding more wiring after the engine plug has been further assembled.


A view from the other side.

John, your patience and attention to detail are really starting to shine here.

I am really excited to see your progress, John!

That's a very nice bit of detail work

Just outstanding work. Love it.

Comments are appreciated! I did a bit more work on the engine wiring today. Added an array of wiring to the starboard ammo chute bulkhead. You won't be able to see most of this wiring directly but hopefully I'm building up a sort of "density" with this added wiring to make this area look suitably cramped with hoses and tubes.


Figuring out how the wiring fits with the coolant tank in place...


... and then fitting the bulkhead onto the floor to make sure that the wire is not blocking any of the parts and that the wire ends aren't obviously visible.


I've added different gauges of wiring including 0.015", 0.020" and 0.030" lead wire. I also used some electric guitar string. Each length of wire was fitted individually, glued into place and then painted before adding the next wire. At this point, I'm ready to start cobbling together the sub-components of the rear engine plug together.





Like the cockpit, the view into this area through the wheel wells will be limited. This photo is probably representative of the likely angle. As you can see, there are some leftover holes in the forward bulkhead that I can utilize to add some last few pieces of wiring. I'll do this after I see how this piece fits into the fuselage.

That looks suitably busy in there. Quite realistic.