The two ends were easy. The issue I am running into now is with the sides, I have them bent to approximately a 45 degree angle but the ends are now running to the photo etch bending tool. How would you complete this side bends on this piece? I thought about maybe using a steel ruler clamped to the bench now that I have the bends started but I’ll run into the same issue with this.
You should be able to loosen off the retaining handle and spin the top plate around 90 degrees so that you can use the shorter “fingers” (circled yellow).
Tried it out and worked like a charm. Pretty much at 90 now, will take a bit of fiddling, and might have to anneal to get it to stay at 90 as right now it wants to spring back to about an 80 degree angle but much closer than I was. Thanks!
I was worried the short finger would cause a nasty uneven bend but it worked really well
Good day Mead, I am also building one. The Tamiya version and using Eduardo photo etch.
I folded the box frame and it is ready to put on the upper hull. My question for you is what was put in this box.
I have researched a lot of sites but can find out what it would have contained. Do you have any ideas?
Cheers Dennis
I am fairly certain it was a wooden block for the jack, a lot of photos I find of them have this box empty. Bronco provides this rectangular piece to go inside
Got it soldered, I have a lot to learn about soldering, I made a bit of a mess with too much solder, was able to clean it up with some sanding and filing. But lost a tiny bit of detail. The inside solder joints are a bit messy but the box that goes in covers them up, thankfully on a lot of archer photos I look at this box is a bit sloppy looking and bent anyway.
Glad you tackled it. Once you get the hang of it life is much easier. Best tip: let the part heat up and touch the solder to the part. The flux will draw it right in nice and thin.
