1/48 Hobbygawa Fw293A-2 / U1

Looking good, I really like your mods.
Thanks !
I just lean parts against jars of paint or random pieces of plastic. HAHA
Hey , whatever works .
I go that route when possible .


Yesterday I got the stabs exactly where they need to be ,
then I fitted a slice of 1.5mm styrene atop the tenons to seal off that tail volume and anchor the stabs into position .
I had the jig inverted in the vise and with the slice wedged in there I slathered it with spru-goo .
it is now monolithic .

After that fully cures I'll mix up some less viscous epoxy and add that across the joint to strengthen and finalize the assembly

I switched to more powerful magnets .
It was immediately apparent that no tool could be ferromagnetic .
I had to make a 10mm wrench out of 2mm scrap styrene , ;)


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Here's the ugly insides ,
the underside of that joint coated with epoxy .

Ain't pretty , but it's a minimal of material and it would definitely survive an impact with the floor , repeatedly .

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Presenting the Mirror Master 1000 .

Wherever one pointer is , the other is always in the exact reciprocal position from centerline .
This will make it easy to build to 1/10th mm tolerance , which translates to 1/2 cm tolerance in 1: 1 -- ugly , but ..

Stepless dimming LEDs .
+ / - 5 mm fine tune height adjustment .

No build pics , any questions just ask .

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I think it's more of a device than a jig .
an auto-triangulator .

This will make the build far more enjoyable .
Eyeballing this stuff ends up driving me crazy , and it's a pain trying to measure off reference points repeatedly attempting to verify accuracy .

It's super accurate .
It was the most direct method I could think of .
The bed and bridge was going to be longer but I didn't want to chop any long lengths of aluminum I have here , not for this -- and I have a fat stack of those short sticks of angle .
 
Yeah , that's why the wing pegs are mounted to those removable blocks and the rivet nuts are flush .
Clear field for the next one .
if and when it is ever needed again :D
maybe never , haha
I built it months back in my head . The only thing I added during construction was the spring loaded height adjustment .
I waxed all the sliding surfaces with Sno Seal . Love that stuff .
The angle is sliding on teflon tape .
Cadillac !
 

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