Inboard gun blister hatch

Wrapping up the last of the fuselage detailing, I began be extending the inboard gun blister hatch up onto the wing fairing as per the full scale 190. After mounting the wing to mark the edges of the hatch on the wing, I removed the wing and masked the blister hatch area on the fairing.

I then applied several coats of filler primer to build up the hatch area. Once the primer had dried, I removed the top strip of masking and glued a piece of "half round" styrene along the top edge of the hatch. Using AcrylGreen spot putty, I was able to blend the styrene into the hatch to create the heavy lip that appears along the top of this hatch on the full scale 190. I'm not sure, but there may be some sort of hinge behind this lip.

Once this was all completed, masking was replaced and primer was applied again. Lastly, the latch details were made from styrene and glued into position.

Fuse vent louvers

I made the three vent louvers on each side of the fuselage from some 1/32" aircraft ply. After cutting them to shape, I glued some thin balsa wedges to each end of the louvers to make the trailing edges raise up slightly from the fuse (appearing slightly opened).

Next I glassed the louvers using 3/4oz cloth and some epoxy with a little microballoons mixed in. Once the epoxy had cured, I cut the louvers apart from each other, sanded and primered.

With the primer dried, all that was left to do was to go ahead and glue the louvers into position using Medium CA glue.