GrandpaPhil
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My painting masks
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I just used the markings out of the box.
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I’ve been really busy the last few weeks and thus have only been able to sneak in a few minutes here and there. Yet, I’m almost done. I have the base coating done and most of the decals have been applied. I still have some detail work to do. But, here it is:
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Thank you. Will do.
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I got most of the interior done last night. I still have some minor detail work to do. I also have about 70% of the heavy assembly done. My P-61 now looks like a plane. I spent quite a bit of time filling and blending in the seams. I’m going to try and finish the interior this weekend, so I can close it up, along with finishing the rest of the assembly. Hopefully, I’ll get a coat or two of paint on the model this weekend.
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Thank you for the tips on the weights. I’ll have to be careful on the balancing. I only got a little more done over the weekend. I dry brushed most of the interior an olive drab.
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One assembled interior
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That would have been cool to meet the family of one of the engineers.
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Quick side project. I love the old P-61. It’s one of my favorite planes. I ran across this kit for a price that I couldn’t pass up.
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That is incredible!
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That’s going to be one of my upcoming projects (eventually). I bought the Anatomy of the Ship for the Yamato. I’d like to build in 1:150 or 1:200 scale.
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A little bit of paint will take right care of it. 👍
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They look like back stays to me. There should be a set on each side. The halyards would be on the running rigging diagram.
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The prototype
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I have two prototypes. Next, they will get pounce wheeled to simulate the nail heads on the strapping. Eyebolts will then be installed. I will be using model railroad HO scale eyebolts from Tichy. I have 200 of them. Then I will paint the underside red and the top black prior to installing them. They will be fixed in place with steel pins to prevent breakage.
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Thank you, I hope you do pick back up on your build. I have been enjoying mine. I will admit that the coppering was a bit tedious, but well worth it. 😀
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Coming along nicely!
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I’ve got 98 gunport lids assembled and squared off. I only need 96, but I figured that making a couple extra wouldn’t hurt anything. I also started cutting out the strapping. So far good. I’ve cut 18 out so far.
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I have also printed out the gunport lid strapping on cardstock. I scanned the picture from Wolfram zu Monfeld’s Historic Ship Models. I resized it to scale and then duplicated it 250 times. This gives me a few extras. Cardstock is the right thickness, is easy to work with and is going to get painted anyways. I’ll let y’all know how it turns out. 😀
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