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  1. Papa
    Finally got the hurricane house under roof. Wife and I were in the woods (roughing it in an AC cabin, with full kitchen, 2 bed rooms, and a bath, on beautiful Smith Mountain Lake in Virginia, but alas No Modleing😬) so not much got done on CWM for a bit. But I am am finally back at it. we did manage to finish several bottles of wine 😇
  2. Papa
    Love the weathered gray stain.
  3. Papa
    Pose it on your driveway with the right perspective and it will look real.
  4. Papa
    I seem to have opened a can of worms. I am taking a break from modeling for a couple weeks (14 days in the Virginia Mountains) so plenty of time to think about the roof of the hurricane house. I probably will go for a “smooth” top.
  5. Papa
    The Model Shipways plans for the CWM say that the roof of the hurricane house was covered in canvas. I’ve been puzzling how to duplicate that. I see you just stayed with same material as the sides.
  6. Papa
    Maybe someday
  7. Papa
    Thanks. A lot of careful, patient picking with a tooth pick😁
  8. Papa
    Thanks, John
  9. Papa
    Looks wonderful . you are a fantastic craftsman. For the first 20 odd years of my life I lived not 10 miles from the Constitution and never visited it. I’ve always kind of regretted that. Now I live about 500 miles from her 🙁
  10. Papa
    I’ve cleaned up the canopy and added the tail assembly. So far I am pleased with this kit.
  11. 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.
  12. Papa
    I could also use new eyes and a steadier hand. 😁
  13. Papa
    Looking good
  14. Papa
    Your comment is right on; yesterday I spent some time cleaning up the paint with a toothpick. The canopy is looking much better.
  15. 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.
  16. Papa
    Very unusual nose on this beast.
  17. Papa
    I used HO windows and doors on my City of Pekin
  18. 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
  19. 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.
  20. Papa
    Amazing work John. Your attention to detail amazes me.
  21. Papa
    “Their camouflage schemes are so interesting. Will you try the boxtop scheme?” I think I might. The squiggling lines look freehand
  22. 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.
  23. 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.
  24. 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.
  25. 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.

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