Reparing the Khai-3.00 (finished page 2)

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I had my models on shelves but my wife needed room for cloths so the shelves with books should be emptied, the books going under the models. Doing that was not without breaking. The biggest problem concerned the Unicraft Models Khai-3.00 (whif version of KhAI-3) which was in 2 separate halves. I will have to repair and maybe take this opportunity to change more of it depending of what is available in my spare box.
Here is the archive aspect before breaking:

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[Tophe]

Thanks!

Ahem, so: the model is broken, but cleanly broken and I could repair with 3 drops of superglue, but I prefer the opportunity to invent one more model.  

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And here is my spare box content, to invent from...

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.........but I prefer the opportunity to invent one more model.  

Now why doesn't this surprise me? 

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Why? I think the answer is that many what-ifers enjoy doing a first creative model then, like Lego brick players, they enjoy (a little) having it destroyed to create a second one. This is like double pleasure, double invention. Maybe. Not sure.  

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I cannot build the repaired model completely now because I have no more cyanoacrylide glue (for resin) and my wife forgot to buy some last time she went to the supermarket (I cannot go myself, disabled sorry). Maybe next week.  
In the meantime, I can glue together plastic parts in preparation, for instance the 2 half central wings of the DC-10 (reducing its span), that will be the internal wing here:

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[Tophe]

Thanks   my wife bought Superglue (a new kind of, not easy to use with wrong written instructions) and we made two works at home that required it, then the rest may be for my building going on::

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[Tophe]

I have added 4 jets exhausts from Revell 1/144 F-16C:

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And I add P-38 1/144 (Mini Hobby Models) propelers on false engines which are drop tanks from P-51D 1/72 (Heller).
The total will be 10 engines simply (instead of 2 before repair):

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[Scotaidh]

Nice!  From no engines to more than anyone else, ever!    You do keep us on our toes, keeping up with you!     

[NARSES2]

This is looking very interesting Tophe 

[Tophe]

Thanks to both of you!
There will be a single boom, lateral, asymmetric.
The boom itself is a part of sprue, while the fin and tail-plane come from somewhere I do not remember. Sorry.

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The model is well advanced in its new form, with 6 jets now. I plan to install the engines with propellers as tractors on upper side of external wings.

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Completing the model is postponed: I have no more paint. There was still a little paint but it dried for an unknown reason despite the closed screw top.
I have ordered this morning another little bottle of Tamiya Acrylic Light Blue.