Stage 41 - Contains metal & wood hanger parts, and an A6M Zero aircraft kit.
I chose to divert from the steps for the addition of these parts to the hangar made previously.
I started by adding the end panel to the hangar, then added its top and opposite end panel. I then made up the end panel block as shown in the steps, I found it to be slightly too wide to accommodate the thickness of the metal hangar panel, and therefore re-sized to the correct width to include the thickness of the metal front panel before gluing the block into place.
Remove any burrs from the metal parts, then fit the shaped hangar casting into place within the hangar assembly, ensure that it is correctly oriented.
I test-fitted the smallest of two metal hangar panels, and I found that the profile shape of the metal did not quite correspond to that of the ply panel, and that once glued in place there would be a need for filling, filing and sanding to level the surfaces. Also the steps show that the panel is set so that a slight overhang gap is created at the right-hand end, at this stage I'm unsure as to the reason.
The longer metal hangar panel was then test-fitted, and very much the same slight misalignment of metal against ply profile was found, which can be rectified as before after it has been fitted.
Also, at the right-hand end there is a gap to be filled where it should meet with the previous metal panel, this is resolved by cutting a ply panel from that supplied to create the infill, which is a simple process and is dealt with in the steps.
With the infill fitted, the longer metal hangar panel was then glued into place.
I then filled and sanded the frontage where need be, but did not prime the assembly as suggested in the steps, as there may be further work yet to do.
Assemble and store the Zero aircraft kit as before and carefully store the remaining wood panel.
That's it for this week
Future stages: Stage 42 - Contains elevator parts, hangar parts, stern frames and a lifeboat kit.
Stage 43 - Contains, hangar parts, wood strips, and a lifeboat kit.
Stage 44 - Contains hangar parts, and a Nakajima B5N aircraft kit.
Stage 45 - Contains hangar parts.
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