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MOUNT THE T
OP TURRET
AND
MA
CHINE GUNS
❏
1.
Glue tw
o 6-1/8" [155mm] machine gun barrels
into each of the tw
o top turret machine guns
.
❏
2.
Place the top turret machine guns on top of the
fuselage so the aft v
e
rtical br
ac
k
e
t is 5" [127mm]
from the opening f
o
r the coc
kpit and so the guns
are centered from side-to-side
. Push do
wn on the
machine guns hard enough to mar
k the balsa under
the co
v
e
ri
ng.
❏
3.
Using the mar
ks in the top of the fuselage as
a guide
, use a str
a
ightedge to cut the co
v
e
ri
ng from
the top of the fuselage so that the guns will be glued
directly to balsa.
❏
4.
Sand the paint from the bottom of the top turret
machine gun mounting br
ac
k
e
ts
. Securely glue the
machine guns to the top of the fuselage
.
❏
5.
P
o
sition the top turret canop
y on the fuselage
o
v
er the guns
. Center the openings in the turret canop
y
on the guns
. Then, use a fi
ne-point f
e
lt-tip pen to mar
k
the outline of the canop
y directly onto the fuselage
.
❏
6.
Cut the co
v
e
ri
ng 1/16" [1-2mm] inside the line
y
o
u mar
k
ed all the w
a
y around.
Cut another line 1/16"
[1-2mm] inside the fi
rst.
Remo
v
e
the str
ip of co
v
e
ri
ng
so the turret will be glued directly to balsa.
❏
7.
P
o
sition the turret canop
y on the fuselage so
the gun barrels will be centered in the openings
and the canop
y will be centered o
v
er the cutout in
the co
v
e
ri
ng.
Carefully use thin CA to glue the turret
canop
y to the fuselage
.
FINISH THE T
A
IL-GUNNER
CABIN
❏
1.
T
e
st-fi
t, tr
im if necessar
y,
and then glue the
molded plastic
tail gunner b
u
lkhead
,
armor shield
and
brac
ket mount
into position.
Use f
oam-saf
e CA or
epo
xy to glue the tail-gunner pilot fi
gure into position.
