The fourth week of the H-43B Huskie I was able to finish detailing the interior in the crew area and assemble the fuselage halves. I went to check the fit to see how the rotor assembly aligns to the fuselage and found out I have a huge problem. The gear assembly is huge! Since I added a roof there is no room for the rotor assembly to mount to the fuselage. The kit has the gears sit way down into the crew area! At this point I do not think there is enough room in the rotor assembly to re-design the gears and fit them inside. I will look it over this week but if all else fails the rotors will not spin.
This upcoming week I will look at the rotor assembly and then I need to scratch build the overhead console for the cockpit. I am hoping to have the tail assembly installed by the end of the week.
You can see all the photos and details from the start in the build log at: 1/32 Kaman H-43B Huskie Helicopter