(a)
Use the templates enclosed to make the components of the
nose landing gear bay from the 2 mm plastic sheet supplied.
(b)
Glue the five components together with each side at 90
degrees to the adjacent side (see Figure A below).
(3)
Attach the nose leg (marked 100) to the upper face of the nose
landing gear bay structure, with the pins in the holes in the side panels.
Do not attach the detail parts yet.
4
(Two handed sub-assemblies)
Make the components of the two main landing-gear bays from the 2 mm
plastic sheet supplied.
(4) Put half the depth of the keel into one fuselage half and cement it in place
with liquid polystyrene cement.
(5) File the visible part of the keel to match the curvature of the second
fuselage half.
(6) Cement the nose landing-gear bay structure to the fuselage half and
keel.
(7) Put the tailplane in place in the two fuselage halves.
(8) Clip the second fuselage half on to the keel. Flood the joint with liquid
polystyrene cement, hold the two halves together with adhesive tape,
and leave the assembly until is thoroughly dry.
NOTE - We recommend that you put a wooden spar (not provided) into each
wing to prevent them drooping with age. This is very important with this
model because of the weight of the four resin engines.
A Sand the wing parts to their correct shape and make sure they fit t o g e t h e r
correctly.
B Prepare a wooden spar for each wing. Assemble the top and bottom of the
wings with the spars in place, WITHOUT ANY CEMENT to make sure that
they fit correctly.
C Cut the main landing gear doors out from the wing lower surface (see Figure
C), and keep them.
D Make the main landing-gear bays
(1)
WING SUB-ASSEMBLY
Nose Landing Gear Bay Structure
A
Fo
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Nose gear leg
in place
= glue here
N3
N1
N4
N3
N1
N5
N2
N3
