Travel Air Mystery Ship R614K - completed

Reworked trailing edges (1,3 mm thick in the kit, see upper wing for comparison.  

Ailerons separated. 0,3 mm plastic added. Recesed panel lines as margin between black and red filled with CA. 

Ailerons separated and finished to shape.  

Attachment points for the wiring. Ailerons (covered with fabric) incl. structure & attachment points/hinges completed.  

Streamlined wheels corrected in shape (too long in the kit). New struts from flattened 1mm brass tubing.  

 

Elevators reworked, overdone fabric structure corrected.  

Recessed panel lines as margin between red and black filled with Mrcolor 1500 Surfacer.  

 

 

 

 

 

The quality of the engine is astonishing for a kit that is more than 50 years old!! 

Only the outer wing sections have dihedral (4,5'). 

Corrected wing. 

 

Sheet covers for the gaps between the wing sections. Cooler from half round rod.  

Corrected (added) "fin” on the wing trailing edge.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Semigloss varnish in place.  

Rigging minus spread bars on the lower side completed.  

 

 

"Self designed" etched flat rigging in place.  

Minor imperfections on the vacuum formed windshield fixed (with a fine brush).