1/72 Italeri Airspeed Horsa Mk. I


  I cleaned up a few sink marks with CA, then joined the left tail to the left main fuselage and the same for the right side. This gave me the opportunity avoid misalignments at the join. I cut off the alignment pins so I could lay the sides on a glass plate to insure good alignment. With the fuselage halves together the two floor sections which were previously joined were set in, and then tack glued to the right fuselage half where I could reach it in front. That insured the floor was level, as there were just some faint lines in the plastic where it might attach. The right front seat was installed, which is the state of the model when this photo was taken.  The halves were then separated and the floor was glued down the right side. The rear bulkhead was next installed in the right fuselage and the fit was checked. In order to get the fuselage to come together in that area a generous amount was removed from the right edge of the bulkhead, there is no penalty there because an adjacent ring bulkhead in the fuselage covers any gap. The seats were then installed.