For my next post, please dont think Ive done a lot, or been rushing it. Whats actually been happening is that while Ive been waiting for glue or paint to dry Ive been pre painting, or glueing somethng else. As a result it would appear lots have been done at once.
Also, things have actually slowed a bit for three reasons.
a) As you may know from another post I working on other models too. I plan to work on no more than three at once, one "Themed" i.e. US Naval Aircraft, one "Other" of which this is one, and one "Quick/Experimental" i.e. something cheap, or something that enables me to try something different.
b) I managed to drop and break my completed cockpit resulting in a break. Whats amazing is that choose to break along the plastic, not along the glue line. Anyway, all fixed now.
c) For about a week I got semi bored of it. Painting the entire inside of the fuselage a pale yellow, 1st coat and upper coat, with a brush mind, then dry brushing along with picking up the cockpit do paint 1 blob then waiting for it to dry before doing another, kinda makes you sit there thinking why you bother.
Anyway, onwards and upwards.
Im afraid the pictures are not too good today. Im using some freeware program that enables you to take pictures with a webcam.
Step 3 - Upper Gun Turret
I was quite scared of this as its officially the first clear part that I stick on that shows (Excluding the cockpit panel that comes with a decal anyway.
Its your basic zinc chromide and then pick out the details
The shell collection bags and seat are painted any brown cloth colour. I choose Leather and money is tight and I already own that colour but Im wondering if it may have been better with a darker brown, say chocolate? Anyway they were dry brushed with light grey and assembled. Assembly was pretty much without problem. Just be careful of the Outer rim (J213) as there is no definate slot so there is a risk of it sliding off while the glue drys (Unless you have super quick drying glue)
Step 4 - Lower Gun Turret
Since the Doolittle bombers ommitted this turret there is only one part to include. Dont know why I included it really
Step 5 - Right Fuselage + Step 6 - Left Fuselage
Basically its as before. A few bits to paint and glue. Mask off windows and glue.
However, this step has, IMO, one of the best touches I have ever seen on any model.
Below is a picture of the toilet, and what do you do when you are on the throne? You read. Yes, this comes with a 1/48 scale life magazine accurte to the current issue available at the time of the raid.
Do you remember the seatbelts? I didnt apply the
decals in the normal way, instead I cut them out and glued them in backing paper and all. Well I did the same with the magazine. However, since last time I discovered that
Revell Contacta (The blue one with the long thin silver nozzle) wasnt too good at sticking plastic and card, this time I decided that as this would be inside the aircraft I would stick it with a tiny (About flea sized) piece of blu-tac. I literally just chucked it in to make it look like its been thrown on the floor. Gen. Doolittle, if you and your crew were tidy freaks I apologise now.
Well thats it for now.
Next stage may be a while, its the Nose assembly. Ive also been working on future parts, as I said earlier its a case of finding something to do while paint dries.
, too old?
