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Old 24th Jul 2008, 09:13
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Been watching this work in progress. When the contractors added the front section of the fuselage to the centre section, the already-applied decals (such as the window line and the first E in Emirates) didn't line up. They subsequently twisted the nose section around to match up the decals. However, as the fuselage cross section isn't a perfect circle, but rather an oval, they have caused it to distort, such that there's now an obvious step between skin panels on the top of the fuselage. Not a good look.

In my day, we used to put kit parts under a hot tap to twist them back into shape! Maybe Emirates should ask Airfix for their money back.
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