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.  

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. 

Maybe someday

13 hours ago, Old Collingwood said:

that glazing looks great.

Thanks. A lot of careful, patient picking with a tooth pick😁

Thanks, John 

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 🙁  

I’ve cleaned up the canopy and added the tail assembly.   So far I am pleased with this kit. 

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. 

36 minutes ago, Canute said:

You need a 10/0 brush

I could also use new eyes and a steadier hand. 😁

Looking good

Your comment is right on;  yesterday I spent some time cleaning up the paint with a toothpick.  The canopy is looking much better. 

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. 

Very unusual nose on this beast. 

9 hours ago, John Ruy said:

Model Railroading fixtures is a great idea for the doors

I used HO windows and doors on my City of Pekin 

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 

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. 

Amazing work John. Your attention to detail amazes me. 

“Their camouflage schemes are so interesting. Will you try the boxtop scheme?”

I think I might. The squiggling lines look freehand 

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. 

1 minute ago, Canute said:

RA, I suspect that could be the gunner/radio operator, checking for Mossie  or Beaufighter night-fighters sneaking up on them. The navigator would be riding sideways, staring at his maps, or looking out the front. I don't know if the Germans used a co-pilot. The entire 4 man crew was up there in the nose of the bomber.

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. 

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.

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. 

It is starting to come together nicely. 

Rigging the helm.  This was tricky to assemble. 

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.