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I'm slowly getting my mojo back after the marathon B-17 build. This fun kit went a long way to helping that. Revell did a great job with the molding and there was virtually no flash and very little fit problems. I was however missing a half of the lower Gondola.
Half of a left over drop tank from a P-61 was a good starting point for scratching a replacement. Next up was Sure seal plastic repair epoxy to blend in the repair
2 part epoxy that works a lot like milliput but stays flexible. You can wet your finger and smooth it out nicely before it sets completely. Work time is about 5 minutes.
Next few pics are a work in progress adding back in details after the epoxy set
The rest of the build was really straight forward. As this is a gear up 'in flight' build I did'nt fool about with super detailing the interior it wo'nt be seen again.
Basic preshade of black then I applied the rlm 76 followed by some free hand A/B rlm 83 ,did my best to replicate the randomly applied field application. From pics I found it looks very hastily done with a Paint gun in full fan mode. I find it almost impossible to replicate accurately the varying witdth of paint applied in this manner with a A/B that can only spray narrow circle versus the flat fan spray pattern of a full size gun.
On goes the standard splinter with rlm 74/75
The rest of the build was just adding exterior details ,decals and the usual weathering so I wo'nt bore you all with that . On to the finish ! Adding some A/B work on some cotton balls and stringing it up I came up with this ,hope you all enjoy! cheers Trey
Half of a left over drop tank from a P-61 was a good starting point for scratching a replacement. Next up was Sure seal plastic repair epoxy to blend in the repair
2 part epoxy that works a lot like milliput but stays flexible. You can wet your finger and smooth it out nicely before it sets completely. Work time is about 5 minutes.
Next few pics are a work in progress adding back in details after the epoxy set
The rest of the build was really straight forward. As this is a gear up 'in flight' build I did'nt fool about with super detailing the interior it wo'nt be seen again.
Basic preshade of black then I applied the rlm 76 followed by some free hand A/B rlm 83 ,did my best to replicate the randomly applied field application. From pics I found it looks very hastily done with a Paint gun in full fan mode. I find it almost impossible to replicate accurately the varying witdth of paint applied in this manner with a A/B that can only spray narrow circle versus the flat fan spray pattern of a full size gun.
On goes the standard splinter with rlm 74/75
The rest of the build was just adding exterior details ,decals and the usual weathering so I wo'nt bore you all with that . On to the finish ! Adding some A/B work on some cotton balls and stringing it up I came up with this ,hope you all enjoy! cheers Trey
