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F14A Tomcat - PART THREE

a build story by David W. Aungst

Then, Hasegawa only provides two hinge/actuator points to connect the flap to the wing. There should be six. There are locator points on the flaps and wings for all six hinge/actuator points, but these are some parts that Hasegawa apparently neglected to include in the kit. I nipped off the two provided hinge points, as they are a little too long and incorrectly shaped. Then, I built up all six hinge/actuators using strip styrene.
A friend I met on the Internet (Danny Deters) sent me some great detail pictures of the lowered flaps on a Tomcat. Studying these detail pictures helped considerably with the process to build the hinge/actuators. With Danny's permission, I have included some of his pictures below:
 

Inboard, Underside

Outboard, Underside

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