The afterburner consisted basically of five parts: the core which had the flame holder ring glued to it, and the casing which was divided into four quarters. I got the rest of the accessories glued onto the forward casings of the J75, and then built the afterburner section. I'm sort of jumping around since some WIP had to dry. Without that heavy engine in the tail you won't need as much nose weight. Beside, if I'm going nuts on piping, I'm doing the jet engine and displaying it outside of the model. I'm doing this model on commission and I don't believe my client is expecting a 300 hour build time. I don't know how you can do all this piping before the paint is on. I got a lot of images by a fellow on the Large Scale Planes site that did super-detail the wheel wells. This picture also clearly shows the small secondard cylinder that unlocks the leg so it can be folded by the main cylinder. My Corsair is sitting pretty on a display shelf at the hobby shop and no one can see all the piping I put in underneath. Unless the model is situated on a mirror, or if you're going to pick it up and turn in upside down, a lot of this work is not valuable. I also found a ton of photo if I want to go crazy on the piping/wiring nonesense inside the gear wheels. It pulls on the line which, when folding, brings the main gear along with it. That linkage thing faces upwards and is actually the connection point for the gear retraction actuator. Well dear readers, I've found my answers.
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