GrandpaPhil

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.

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.

One gun turret.

I’ll paint the interior tomorrow, after all glue cures.

One assembled interior 

That would have been cool to meet the family of one of the engineers.

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.

Well done!

That is incredible!

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.

Yamato, hands down!

Awesome!

A little bit of paint will take right care of it. 👍

They look like back stays to me.  There should be a set on each side.  The halyards would be on the running rigging diagram.

The prototype 

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.

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. 😀

Coming along nicely!

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.

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. 😀

I have 72 squared off and 26 more rough assembled.

This is a very cool model and I have enjoyed watching it get built.

The spur might have been an extension of the keel.  That would have ensured structural integrity and distributed the force of the collision throughout the frame of the hull.  There might have been diagonal support beams that would further absorb the blow to prevent the shock from inflicting damage to the ship.  Furthermore, those diagonal supports would also soak up the shear and torsional forces involved.

My gunport lid assembly line:

Very nice!

Congratulations!  Awesome job!