popeye the sailor

today was a good example of how bright it is in the spare room. it snowed last night and I got in from snow blow'in....kinda nice since we haven't really gotten too much snow this year. after a while....and a cup of coffee.....the sun came out and I got to work. first thing was to dry brush some aluminum on the engines.......little heavy on the dry brush, but with the cowls on, they don't look too bad. the cheek guns were next to go on..... when the cowls dried a bit, the wings were added to the plane. good shot of the nose guns...... stepped out for a bit from here......it was getting dark when I got back to her. I decided to do a few decals. the rest of the evening will be devoted to glass frames.

I thought the same when I painted it.......just another variant of olive drab. I was going to order the Dolittle decal set.......all 16 planes, but with the model build up from Christmas, I thought I'd chill for a while and let the credit cards cool down. the set is a bit pricy and I'd likely have trouble with the budget director. this is a full bottle of paint......good that it hasn't gone bad. I did mention that I had no decals for the SAC, so that angle was moot.....so basically, your telling me that they labeled this bottle of paint wrong? if this model was 1:48 scale, I could have decaled her as the "for the Gipper", from the 42BG.......not having any decals for B 25's in this scale is a bit of a detriment.

it's how we all think.......but your spot on the A team...always have a plan! very detailed model......coming along really good

really coming along nicely!

very nice progress!

great looking models.........luv the Fokker!

nice progress

look'in good.........nice choice of kits!

superb job Ed......I hope you give us a peek after you've added the personnel and decals

looks good Kevin.......quite a change

thanks gents working on the wings today....hope to have them in place

the Atlantis kit can wait..........the kit is a reissue of the old Revell kit anyway......like 1960 I think....... this build fell short for a couple of days, while I concentrated on the PBJ. looking at the three planes that can be built from this kit, I wasn't feeling it. that was when I happened on this bottle of paint that was in the bunch I got from Lou.........SAC Bomber Green........Hmmmmmmm the gears started turning......Strategic Air Command.......interesting. I was gonna go with the Ghost gray underbelly, but changed my mind just as fast. the shift went to accent markings instead. this morning, I painted the rudders, the last of the accents. going through the decals I have, I will use some I can get away with, but there are none to designate the SAC....so it will be in color only this is how she looks so far........ the cowls are stuck on there......I can't get them off to accent the engines. I'll see what I can do, but if not, I'm sure it won't affect the overall look. the interior is a chromate green....I bought another bottle when I went to H.L. last week. I was going to stripe the rudders, but that is mostly seen on British planes. heavy American bombers, like the B 17, would paint the majority of the rudder red....I simply compromised some detailing in the cockpit, but kept it simple since the canopy glass will be framed enough to hide it. further detailing would be to alter the color of the stabilizer and wing ailerons........I may do that......perhaps dry brushing. the first of the canopy glass is done. the method I use worked quite well.......I haven't done any touching up on it there is next to nothing as far as transparency goes....you know.......you paint the frames, and still see a faint translucency to it. I just let it dry a bit, and went over them again. still more to go on her......four other pieces of glass to do, armament and such.........I'll do some generic markings to finish her off. walking away from the table, I took this last picture. the light was turned off.......macro on with no flash......just normal light. I wasn't pleased how the nose gear is positioned, but that is how it located and so I guess I need to live with it. the gear door is strange too......it is split in two sections that don't make sense in the open position. I'll fudge it more soon.

thanks OC.........a bit of a process, but the results have been good

the props and side windows are about all that's left to paint now.......time to start assembling the plane. the nose section is finished, complete with the guns...I wish I had a better shot. later pictures are a bit better. I was going to add the control sticks next, but somehow I got side tracked. I should have added the hatches in the opened position, but I decided to have them closed....and they were terrible to fit. I closed up the fuselage.............forgot to add the control sticks! perhaps I can still do it......... I also cemented the bombs on the racks. after I joined the fuselage........I began to hear a rattle. the inner bomb had broke loose and is runn'in amok in there. I might try and fix it.......I mean, it's like I'm not going to be shaking it like a maraca. to think it over, the landing gears were added to the wings. here's a better shot of the nose......I added it to the plane I could still add the control sticks.......happy times the tires are painted now.......and the tail gunner glass is finished too. the stabilizer / rudder ensemble is added to the plane......the glass will be added when dry the cockpit glass is done too.......came out pretty good. more assembly to follow

the farm looks really good

a very cool thing to do

well...it looks great although I think your inboard props want to jump ship!

very detailed engine

could be......the revision date on mine was 2009. I did a log on the model....feel free to use it if you see anything useful

he must have an older kit, if he doesn't have any of this info.......the kit has been reissued a couple of times. heck......I likely have some other info on the ship.......I'll look through my stuff.

she is look'in super with a coat of paint Mike........quite a bit of PE, that's for sure very well done! I have a 1:350 I have yet to finish........I wouldn't go smaller than that

here are steps 42 and 43 in case you need them......... really not a difficult kit, if you have knowledge of how these ships are rigged. as I recall, there were a couple of problems with this kit........the decks have a problem lining up and the absence of hawse holes for the anchor. I just drilled a couple of holes at the bow and called it good. what I ended up with was this........ now, I didn't use those silly rings.......I used blocks that I had saved from a 1:96 ship kit I though I had a picture of the complete ship.......the one in the background is the Flying Dutchman