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Sheet plastic was again used to modify the shape of the flap wells. The Hellcat had panels which were parallel to the wing's lower surface with the flaps up and sealed the area to prevent high pressure air from flowing up over the flaps when retracted, but were hinged and rotated down into the flap well to allow airflow when the
fowler flaps were extended. Hasegawa didn'r replicate this, but made the flap wells square. I took the easy route and trimmed off the excess plastic after gluing the
sheets in. It made them easier to align all at the same angle while fitting them between the flap hinge brackets. The brackets are simplified,
but are hard to see so I left them as molded.