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  1. Papa
    The paneled doors are not the same style as the plans, but were the only thing I could get as an S-scale model railroad item. They will be almost impossible to see once the roof goes on anyway.
  2. Papa
    I could also use new eyes and a steadier hand. 😁
  3. Papa
    Looking good
  4. Papa
    Your comment is right on; yesterday I spent some time cleaning up the paint with a toothpick. The canopy is looking much better.
  5. Papa
    I have also used toothpicks for some small details, but I didn’t try them for the canopy. Maybe I should try them here. I need to clean the limes up a bit. I’ve never been able to mask a cockpit canopy successfully.
  6. Papa
    Very unusual nose on this beast.
  7. Papa
    I used HO windows and doors on my City of Pekin
  8. Papa
    Turns out that the rear facing crew member has his head in a gun turret. He is in place along with the pilot and the minimal cockpit details
  9. Papa
    Test fitting the port side aft structures. I ordered some S-scale doors from a model RR source hoping they would look better than my several failed attempts at scratch building the needed panel doors.
  10. Papa
    Amazing work John. Your attention to detail amazes me.
  11. Papa
    “Their camouflage schemes are so interesting. Will you try the boxtop scheme?” I think I might. The squiggling lines look freehand
  12. Papa
    Many old kits do not have the quality tooling as we have today and they are probably better left to collectors to keep in shrink wrap, or for better qualified builders than I.
  13. Papa
    I guess it will become clearer as I proceed. I noticed there are only 2 crew figures. Perhaps the rest of the crew had too many steins of beer the night before.
  14. Papa
    I purchased this kit a few years back on sale due to a damaged box. No damage to the parts, just the box. I don’t remember how much it was discounted but since I still have my frugal New England ways, I assume it was substantial. I hope this kit goes together better than the now defunct ME 109. The kit looks to be nicely molded, with 2 colored sprues and one clear. The instructions have a history of the Dornier that I have not read yet. I was anxious to get started and so I assembled and painted one of the crew. He sits facing backwards so I guess he may be a navigator or something like that. It was step 1, parts 1,2,3,4.
  15. Papa
    As I began to assemble the fuselage I found that the fit was so poor that it wasn’t worth the effort to continue. The nicely detailed engine wouldn’t fit it the engine compartment for example without removing a number of details. Since the engine is covered anyway, I figured what the heck. But the pieces of the fuselage that were to fit over the nose guns left a 1/8” gap. At this point, I decided no further effort was warranted. Into the circular file she went. Since I was in a Luftwaffe mood, I started an other kit from my stash. A Dornier DO 217K-1.
  16. Papa
    It is starting to come together nicely.
  17. Papa
    Rigging the helm. This was tricky to assemble.
  18. Papa
    The instrument panel came pretty well. Though I need to touch up a few spots. The danger of close-up photos is that you can see all the oopsies.
  19. Papa
    Thanks. I will check these out. My rigging storage is a plastic box of tangled thread.
  20. Papa
    She is looking real nice, John. I feel like I am a year away from starting rigging right now; progress has been slow. Some observations. I like your rigging thread storage unit. Is it custom made? also, it looks like you have one of Model Expo’s shroud/ratline jigs but don’t seem to be using it. Is that because it is useless? Ron
  21. Papa
    Well, back in 1965 I couldn’t afford any car at all. I had a 1952 Plymouth with plywood covering the holes in the floor. I think my parents bought it from a relative for $25. So, if I was going to fantasize about sports cars it was Porsche Speedster. If you are going to dream, dream big😇
  22. Papa
    Very nice work and great painting. at the risk of starting a war, I never understood the appeal of the Mustang. When they came on the market my first thought was: why buy this when there are so many great European sports cars. The early Mustangs were built on Falcon chassis, that is no sports car
  23. Papa
    I have a copy of Chapelle’s American Fishing Schooners. I would swap this for Bill Ottinger’s "Napoleonic Plastic Figure Modeling" PM if you are interested changed my mind ignore
  24. Papa
    I will look into that. Thanks
  25. Papa
    Another use for the dental brushes is to transfer tiny amounts of CA glue to parts being joined.

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