The assembly took a few hours.\u00a0 \u00a0The Horizontal Stabilizer went in easy.\u00a0 Getting the tail fin in and aligned was not so easy.\u00a0 On an American engine the tail fin is offset from the body to compensate for the torque.\u00a0 Because I am using an engine with 100 horsepower more than needed for a homebuilt, I will need to put in the torque offset also.\u00a0 \u00a0However, the MP14 spins the opposite direction, so the offset has to be in the opposite direction.<\/p>\n
Also notice the bottom has no more flat spots.\u00a0 However when I roll the model, you can see an anomaly starting at the Instrument panel bulkhead.\u00a0 \u00a0To fix this means I will have rip apart the body model yet again.\u00a0 Oh well, that is what rule 1 is all about.\u00a0 However, enough of this area\u00a0 may get removed when the wings are added.\u00a0 \u00a0However, I do not want to take that chance this is a problem and it costs me thousand in a mold re-make when it would only cost me an hour or two now, so I will for-sure<\/em> invoke rule 1.<\/p>\n Rule 1:<\/strong><\/span> Never be afraid to start over no matter how small the issue is.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t The assembly took a few hours.\u00a0 \u00a0The Horizontal Stabilizer went in easy.\u00a0 Getting the tail fin in and aligned was not so easy.\u00a0 On an American engine the tail fin…![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/warbirdreplicas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/F4U3-Fuse_Assembly-002.png?fit=1024%2C631&ssl=1\")
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