BLACK VIKING

Hi OC I used to live about 15 miles from West Malling when I was a kid and my uncle worked there during the war as a parachute packer . Small world. 
 Martyn 

That kit looks brilliant and such a great fit . I will be watching this with great interest.
Martyn

Cheers for looking in Popeye .
Had a bit of time this afternoon to have a go at the name on the side . I think it looks ok , just one more thing the paintwork looks to new and is there a way of whethering without a airbrush. Any help would be most appreciated.
Stay safe all 
Martyn

May I say a big thank you for all the information Egilman and everyone who has looked in   .
Hears a few pictures. The fuselage and wings where painted with Tamiya USAF olive drab and the underside USAF mid grey . I have built up the cockpit which is very basic. It needed a bit of filing to get it to fit . Next job painting the logo on the side before I start putting it together.
cheers for following 
Martyn

I think this self isolation has cocked my brain up . I forgot to add the pictures  
Martyn

Hi all and a big thanks for the likes.
A little more work on the old girl. I have painted the square G on the tail and I think it looks ok the biggest problem I had was with the numbers as I tried painting them but they looked rubbish so I came up with a cunning plan and modified the ones that came with the kit and some I had leftover from another kit I think they look ok and much better than I could paint.
Cheers for following 
Martyn

I think this self isolation has cocked my brain up . I forgot to add the pictures  
Martyn

That kit looks brilliant and such a great fit . I will be watching this with great interest.
Martyn

That kit looks brilliant and such a great fit . I will be watching this with great interest.
Martyn

Hi OC I used to live about 15 miles from West Malling when I was a kid and my uncle worked there during the war as a parachute packer . Small world. 
 Martyn 

I think this self isolation has cocked my brain up . I forgot to add the pictures  
Martyn

Hi all and a big thanks for the likes.
A little more work on the old girl. I have painted the square G on the tail and I think it looks ok the biggest problem I had was with the numbers as I tried painting them but they looked rubbish so I came up with a cunning plan and modified the ones that came with the kit and some I had leftover from another kit I think they look ok and much better than I could paint.
Cheers for following 
Martyn

I think this self isolation has cocked my brain up . I forgot to add the pictures  
Martyn

A bit more done  -  I brush painted the cockpit green  and flat alum  also the  fuselage  sides.
 
OC.

That kit looks brilliant and such a great fit . I will be watching this with great interest.
Martyn

Same as Denis  said  - looks really good.
 
OC.

I think this self isolation has cocked my brain up . I forgot to add the pictures  
Martyn

That kit looks brilliant and such a great fit . I will be watching this with great interest.
Martyn

That kit looks brilliant and such a great fit . I will be watching this with great interest.
Martyn

I think this self isolation has cocked my brain up . I forgot to add the pictures  
Martyn

How do you like this shot?
(No models, real stuff! It is the B-17 from La Ferté! Photo shot in 2009 at Hahnweide)
Léon did show a gun attack on an approaching B-17. 
 
 

 
 
R.I.P. Leon
 
 

looks like a Focke Wulf........interesting shot.   if it was an attack,  the belly turret is pointed the wrong way.

looks awesome     you did a good job!

here's a couple pictures from last night.......
  

this morning,  I got more done.  I decided to go back to the first page of the instructions.....to the bomb bay racks.  I kinda had to feel my way through it,  because I took the parts off the sprues.   the outer rack girders are shaped in such a way,  to fit in the wing roots.   sliding one in place,  the assembly was slid into place to check the fit.  it fits perfectly.

the racks need to be glued to the girders.......only one side { the inner side} has the bomb release holders........I got scared 'cuz I couldn't find the ones for the outer racks {silly rabbit}.

the racks were glued to the outer girders,  once I knew the direction of the shaping.  the bomb bay doors need to be installed when the rack assembly is cemented in place.....I need to split them.  I tried to put the in behind the outer girders,  but I saw this was wrong,  due to the 1/4 inch gap in the fuselage halves.  looking at the instructions,  they are to be set in the open or closed position.

slid in place at the moment,  the assembly went back in the fuselage half..........

I also glued the tail landing gear tub in place too........again impeccable fit!   closed up,  the fit is very good.

looking down......I felt I was being watched........

I know that look.........you want to go out.......huh?!?!   a bit blurry from all the action going on........yea bud,  lets go out    it's really nice outside.

 
 

thanks.....the color is a cromate on the green side.......perhaps I can add some green to it to attain the color.  according to the instructions it can be either green or aluminum.   these planes were painted during the early part of the war,  but by the time that the G variant came into service,  the direction of painting faded along with the paint....they started using them in bare aluminum.   I do have several different shades of drab.......I will make do.