Airfix 1/72 Britten-Norman BN-2A/B Islander
I started this at home, worked on it on vacation, again at home, and then took it with me for Airliners International, 2010
Updated 21 October, 2010: The main gear repair worked, both axles on the port side had been sheared off the landing gear leg, so I drilled the remains out of the wheels with a hobby knife and glued a robust piece of round plastic rod between them. Of couse I cut it slightly oversize, and sanded it down to get the same wheel spacing as the intact, original, one. Then I had to remove what was left of the bottom of the leg so that the new axle could fit straight across. VERY gentle sanding stick work, holding the gear leg to keep from knocking it off. I scraped some of the axle flatter than it started, and filed a modest curve into the mounting point.
After a couple days drying, it stands nice and looks good.
I took the opportunity to use strip styrene to fill the seam above the cockpit and out between the port starboard wing and its wingtip.
Now I’m feeding 20 AWG wire into the hole for the nose-wheel to serve as wieght… there’s not much space for weight. I’m crimping it but not cutting through with a pair of diagonal cutters. After a push a segment in, I bend the wire at the edge of the model skin to break off little pieces what will pack well.
Original posting from late July.
I got almost all the pieces attached and had it neatly painted in time for the Saturday contest judging time.
One main gear leg and its two wheels & tires got knocked off on the trip home, so (I’m taking advantage and fixing some filling issues before putting the leg back on, Then the nose weight get added, final painting and decals…