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overall coat of Alclad Grey Primer

followed by that manufacturer’s

Polished Aluminium. Over this I

airbrushed Colourcoats enamel

ACLW16 (RLM66), and before it

had dried thoroughly, selective

areas were ”washed” to reveal the

aluminium beneath the enamel

and so replicate wear on the floor,

seat, and panel edges and levers.

Lighter mixes of the original

colour were then applied as

highlights before it was all sealed

with a coat of satin enamel varnish

from the Humbrol range.

ASSEMBLING THE FEAST

One would expect construction

of such perfectly proportioned

plastic parts to proceed without

difficulty, and such was indeed the

case with Eduard’s new Würger.

With the resin interior snuggly

sandwiched between the fuselage

halves, the wings slotted into

place without difficulty (despite

my having slightly altered the

insertion process of the wing root

gun bays, as described above).

A resin firewall section – part

of the fuselage gun set (648354)

• fitted comfortably within the
  exposed nose, and to that were
  affixed a pair of magazines for the
  cowling-mounted machine guns.
  It should be noted that if you are
  fitting the two resin ammunition
  magazines, which are included
  in the fuselage gun set (648354),
  then you need not cement Part
  A22 to the upper part of the wheel
  bay during wing assembly.
  The magazines were modified
  slightly by using the brass ejector
  chutes, supplied as part of the
  etched exterior detail set (48937).
  Once folded, these provide hollow
  chutes as opposed to the solid resin
  items, or the plastic items in the
  ProfiPak. The latter etched set also
  includes some small additions to
  the internal walls of the wheel
  bays, and these brass components
  too were glued in place to add a
  little more detail to the already
  well-furnished, multi-part bays.
  It was only towards the end
  of the build, when adding the
  undercarriage, that I discovered
  that the small lengths of brass
  ”wiring” I had affixed to the
  front edge of the wheel bays (as
  per the instructions provided
  in the detail set), hampered the
  fitting of the brass legs. I had to
  remove them and then repaint
  the forward edge of the bays.
  Airframe assembly then
  proceeded with the addition of the
  tailplanes and separately-moulded
  ailerons and elevators. The rudder
  is also separately moulded, but this
  was left off to facilitate painting.
  Once everything had set, an
  elaborate mask was created from
  tape, cardboard, and masking fluid,
  to protect the pre-painted nose
  interior and firewall and to provide a
  purchase point to hold the airframe
  during the subsequent painting.
  The forward part of the canopy
  was also added at this stage and

“THE ENGINE WAS

FULLY ASSEMBLED

BEFORE PAINTING”

18 • MAY 2018 • SCALE AVIATION MODELLER INTERNATIONAL

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