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Tank
adjustment may be necessary later. Form a
Copper Drain Line
from the
Petcock
forward from
the
Petcock
to the corner of the
Fuselage
and down. See the picture below. Also check the
Build
Patterns and Details Plan Sheet
for drawing of all connection points.
Form the left and right
Cowl Frame Stringers
using 1/16” x 2-3/4” Brass Rod using the pattern on the
Build Patterns Plan Sheet
. Glue them indexing into sockets on the
Cowl Frame
and at an angle glue
to
Fuselage Stringer
just aft of the
Machine Gun Mount
Frame
sockets. See picture below.
Machine Guns:
Drill two (2)
1/32” holes 5/32”on center from the locating
Pins
on the bottom of the
Machine Gun
Receivers
. See pictures above. These holes will be for the cables to the trigger.
Using the
3/16” x 2” Tube
roll form the two (2) photo etched
Cooling Jackets
carefully cut from the
P.E. Sheet
. Once formed paint them Hull Spar Black inside and out without filling the oval holes. When
paint is dry very carefully index the formed
Cooling Jackets
onto the round boss on the end of the
Barrel
and slide down with the overlapping seam at the bottom to seat on the round boss at the end of
the
Receiver
. Adjust the fit as necessary and add a drop of thin CA at the base of the
Receiver
and
Cooling
Jacket
and at the boss at the end of the
Barrel
to hold the
Cooling Jacket
in place. See
picture on the next page. Touch up any paint as necessary on the two machine guns.
