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❏ 2. Add any other additional scale details you
prefer. Then, glue the tail-gunner canopy to the tail-
gunner cockpit.
❏ 3. Mount the tail-gunner cabin to the fuselage
with both of the two machine gun barrels that
have the 4-40 threaded inserts. Drill 1/16" [1.6mm]
holes through the front of the tail-gunner cabin into
the plywood mounting blocks on each side of the
fuselage. Enlarge only the holes in the cabin with a
3/32" [2.4mm] drill. Mount the tail-gunner cabin using
two #2 x 3/8" [9.5mm] button-head screws and the
threaded machine guns.
MOUNT THE SIDE GUN PACKS AND
THE WAIST GUN WINDOWS
Note: When mounting the side gun packs, make
certain you don’t inadvertently position the fi rst side
so the second side ends up interfering with the air
fi ll valve or the on/off switch or charge jack. If you’ve
mounted the switches and air fi ll valve on the left side,
mount the left gun pack fi rst.
❏ 1. Use medium CA to glue two 6-1/8" [155mm]
machine gun barrels into the left side gun pack. The
front of the bottom gun should protrude from the front
of the blister 3-1/2" [88mm] and the front of the top
guns should be even with the bottom one.
The following steps will be easier to do with the
wings removed and the fuselage laying on its side.
❏ 2. Position the left gun pack where it fi ts the fuselage
and so the gray and green paint line on the guns
matches the fuselage. Once positioned, hold down
the bottom gun pack and use a fi ne-point ballpoint
pen to mark its outline directly onto the fuselage.
❏ 3. Carefully cut the covering from the fuselage 1/16"
[1.5mm] inside the line and peel off the covering.
❏ 4. Hold the bottom gun pack back onto the fuselage
where it was before so it covers the exposed balsa.
Now hold the top gun pack down and mark its outline
onto the fuselage.
❏ 5. Cut the covering from the fuselage for the top
gun pack. Set the left gun pack aside.
❏ 6. Glue the gun barrels into the right gun pack and
prepare the right side of the fuselage for the right gun
pack the same way.
❏ 7. Use a covering iron and a covering sock to
reseal any loose edges of covering back down to the
fuselage. Wipe off any ink with a paper towel square
and denatured alcohol.
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