1/48 Hasegawa Arado 234 Blitz-Now In Completed Section

[Stuart]

Great to see you picking up an aircraft again Joe - I'm sure you'll do an awesome Job. I still have fond memories of your Dora.

Cheers Dude!

[Paul]

It is good to see you getting back to this, Joe. Since I picked up the 32 Fly models one I can hardly wait to see how you do on this one.

Thanks Paul. Really good to see you back in the saddle again pal. Is this the one you picked up? If so what are the reviews on this bad boy?

Nope. I got the other one

[mustang1989]

Thanks for all the replies and encouragement on this one guys. Looking forward to your take on that kit Paul.

Well......after a couple and a half years here we are where I left off. I had installed the engine mount bosses and had test fitted the engine only to find that the engine was not centered in the engine nacelle. WOW!!

It was at that point that I had totally lost heart in the build. However …………..today I picked it back up and it came so easily to me. I cut off the locating pins that protruded out of the wing for the engine (getting those in there in the first place AFTER I had assembled the wing was a true nightmare BTW as they were supposed to be mounted in place from the back side before the wing halves were assembled. It took great pains to install those locating pins after the wings were assembled. Hindsight is a true beeeeyatch) . Cutting them off 2+ years after installing them wasn't near as painful as it would've been back then. I simply drilled new holes and made new locating pins out of cut off bobby pins to move the engine to the right a smidgen. Here we are now with the engine test fitted with it centered in the nacelle. Somebody break out tha friggin BEER!! There's gonna be a dang party!!!!

[Medicman71]

Nice fix!!

[speedgraflex]

I totally get the lesson there, Joe. Let me write this first though—that engine is absolutely beautiful beautiful beautiful. Okay. Whew. Calming down, I know what you mean about being so close to a project on deepcore level that the smallest, tiniest move is the hardest. Frankly you took the time needed to move forward building beautiful beautiful (I’ll stop) cars and trucks. This is no small step. This is the long haul and you did it. I think it is utterly amazing that two Bobby pins later you’re going flat out again, I mean, WISDOM right there, bud. This is just the best story I have read all week. Congratulations, Joe!

[LyleW]

You da man. YOU DA MAN!

[Stikpusher]

Sometimes while the kit is sitting on the sidelines, those flashes of inspiration to overcome the speed bump pop into your head. Nice fix on this!
I’m glad to see this project back in progress!

[BlackSheep214]

Nice save! Now let’s see this baby finished!

[mustang1989]

Thanks fellas. Feels different switching back to aircraft. I had adapted the pinning method to autos when attaching the side rear view mirrors. Rule #1 in auto modeling--NEVER mount side rearview mirrors directly onto the car body without pinning. You're just begging for a blemished paint job and the mirrors falling off later.

Just drill a hole just large enough for the pin, test fit.....



Then cut the excess off....



drill a same sized hole in the mirror body and mount it with super glue...



Same goes for here. Just look at how far off it was. I swear I wanted to initially throw the whole build in the trash.

But...…………..here we are.

[Stikpusher]

Yup, those reinforcement pins make a big difference strengthwise compared to a butt join. ( )