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Very cool John! I'd like to do some medical type missions but I so rarely have time.

Thank you so much for sharing these photos with us, John. Very heartwarming stuff!

Well worth missing some bench time! Well done, John!

Excellent reason to lose some bench time.

Awesome work John! `Brilliant job!

When my paint dries shut, I turn the bottle over on a metal tray and use a pipette to add lacquer thinner in the threads and let it sit so that the paint gets weakened. Then I turn it over and use a channel locks pliers to open it.

Thank you for the positive comments! Fishing season is still ongoing but I think I want to jump back onto the modeling bench and work on Brown 4 some more.

The painted Revi16B gun sight will not be glued into place until it can be protected by the windscreen but here's what it looks like in place.




The same applies for the painted tail wheel.


The wings are completed. I've chosen to keep the flap bays unpainted until later on in the build.



The fuselage is also finished. A few last bits of wiring have been added to busy up the rear engine as much as possible.


Pre-fitting the wings to the fuselage highlighted a few minor issues. First, there is a slight step at the wing root. I'll shave this area down prior to gluing the wings on.


A gap on the fuselage bottom will be addressed with a shim of thin sheet plastic.


Now it is time to glue the wings onto the fuselage. To ensure a solid glue joint at the wing root, I am going to secure one side at a time using masking tape. After the cement along the port wing root is cured, I'll apply glue and tape to the starboard wing root. The wing spar assembly should ensure the proper dihedral.


A look at the completed wheel well and rear engine area. This will get covered up significantly when the central wing bottom part is attached.

Glue is now applied to the starboard wing root and tape is used to tilt the wing and compress the glue joint until it dries.


One more view of the exposed wheel well. At this time, I've added small pieces of wiring to the open end of the small sections of brass tubing that I previously placed in the wheel well.

Excellent work John!

Superb work John, it's always a joy to see your detail work in action.

Oh man that wheel bay is awesome