After a dip in Future and an overnight dry, the bubble was attached with Aileen’s Tacky Glue. This is very much like the old Micro Scale Crystal Clear, a water soluble white glue. My bottle is several years old and needed some thinning with warm water to get it into a nice workable consistency. I also took the precaution of having a bowl of warm water & a very soft bit of foam rubber on hand to clean up the inevitable flubs.
As it happened, the top joint that is highly visible needed no clean up at all and the bottom just a couple of quick rubs. This was set aside to dry overnight.
The rotating beacon lens was made out of a bit of toothpick after the kit part sprung away from the tweezers never to be seen again. I made it as I remembered the kit part and it didn’t look right to my eyes. Checking references showed that it was indeed too long and so it was shortened to look like the pictures.
The rotor gearbox was a sloppy enough fit to the top of the engine that I was able to align it correctly despite the earlier misalignment of the engine to the frame. It all came good in the end.
Paul