much of the work so far. The wings
were attached with Araldite, and the
struts secured with a combination
of PVA and Araldite. Once aligned
and jigged with whatever
paint pots, tape, and random
modelling items were available,
it was all left to set overnight.
The engine was then attached
to its fuselage spigot with Araldite,
and the cowling pressed home
and aligned radially, before
wicking PVA around the cylinder
heads to secure it in position.
The exhaust/collector ring was
then added, again using PVA.
For some reason, despite
the cowling, engine, and lower
air intake all appearing to be
correctly orientated during sub-
assembly, the intake itself was
noticeably offset once fitted to the
airframe, and had to be carefully
removed and replaced at true “6
o’clock”. The unfortunate effect
of this was that it no longer sat
exactly half way between the
two lower cylinder head bulges.
I never got to the bottom of why
this happened, but at the end of
the day, it’s not too obvious.
I thought the rear canopy
end faces were rather wide and
featureless, so I added some thin
lead wire to form a notional weather
seal. This also partially covered
the joints with the roof section.
Likewise, the vertical edges of
the front cockpit openings were a
bit plain, so I added more lengths
of lead wire to represent tracks
for the sliding side windows.
To add a bit more interest,I made a partially open side
window from scrap acetate and
plastic card strip and attached it
to the starboard cockpit sill. Thin
strips of folded, brown-painted
Tamiya tape and photo-etch rivets
were added to represent lifting
straps for the window glasses.
The landing lights, complete
with their frames, were fitted flush
from the front of the wheel spats,
with dilute PVA then wicked into
the joints from inside the wheel
apertures. The wheels themselves
were then “weighted” by sanding
shallow flats where they contacted
the ground, and cemented intoplace within their fairings.
A few other small details
remained: painting the fuselage
signalling lamp recess chrome
silver, before dotting some PVA
over it to form a clear cover, which
was then painted with Tamiya
X-27 Clear Red; securing the wing
tip lights with PVA; and fitting a
small Little Cars clear lens to the
previously flatted fuselage tail
lamp fairing. The modified and
flatted tail wheel was installed, and
a small whip antenna was made
out of stretched sprue and fitted to
the port side of the rear fuselage.
EZ Line was used for themain antenna, with stretched
sprue forming the trailing lead
to the brass tube previously set
within the fuselage. Buff painted
PVA dots represented antenna
insulators. A pair of cockpit roof
slides was made from plastic rod,
appropriately profiled, painted,
and carefully secured directly to
the glazing with diluted PVA. A
couple of instrument panel switches
were spare, so I fitted these
inside the forward roof section
to represent opening catches.
The finishing touch was to add
a scale folded map (obtained from
http://www.realityinscale.com) to the
rear cockpit, wedged within the
curve of one of the Browning’s
ammunition feed chutes.ACCURACY AND
CONCLUSIONS
I think it’s fair to say that there are
one or two question marks over the
accuracy of some of the options
available with this kit, specifically
the armament and rear cockpit
configuration. Some online research
would be beneficial for those after
ultimate accuracy. One other thing
I noticed after completion was
that the front of the undercarriage
spats appears to be far less
rounded than on the real aircraft.
In conclusion, since I am by
no means a “rivet counter”, these
minor anomalies didn’t detract
from the enjoyment I got from
building this kit. I think the end
result looks every inch a Lysander.
If built straight from the box,
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modellers with some previous
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For more advanced modellers, it
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