mrvark

This topic seems to have died out so I am going to ask you for your thoughts. I hope you can help.

I am building the Hasegawa FB-111A and am curious about the nose contour from the radome back to the windscreen.

I have glued the fuselage halves (A1 and A20) together and am happy with fit. Yesterday I glued on part K-4 which fits between the windscreen and radome. I noticed that it didn't quite fit unless I put pressure on it. I glued the left side, held until glue set, then glued the right side, again holding until the glue set. There were no real issues, but I found I needed to add some putty to help with the contour on K-4, just above the fuselage halves. I have now done some light sanding and the nose contour seems to flatten a bit on both sides of part K-4 where it joins the fuselage halves.  I have never seen this before and am curious as to your thoughts. 

Below are a couple of pics of my progress. Red area where the contour flattens.

I lived next to Pease for years and watched the 111's take off over my house, afterburners on!

I had many opportunities to see the planes on the flight line, I just don't remember this contour being prominent on actual aircraft. 

Your thoughts??

Thanks.

Mark