P-61Black Widow 1/48 Revell

[Ian M]

Looking mighty fine Trey. And green! :-)

Ian M

[Guest]

Thanks Ian! First dry fit of the sub assemblies on ship 1

Nose gear doors in place

I've put off the dreaded Canopy fit issues long enough so here goes. Strips of styrene added and more will be needed.

The very front port side also has a very nasty gap and to make it even more fun its not even across the join.

Cut and filed to shape

The rest can now be fixed with a small bead of Green putty

[stona]

Nice job Trey. That canopy fit really is horrible.

Cheers

Steve

[Guest]

Looking very nice!! Fantastic Job Trey!

Polux

[Guest]

Steve thanks , I ca'nt remember it being this horrible when I built it as a kid. Amazing how we block out such things! Polux thank you for the kind words.I continue to battle the ill fitting canopy. I've made it worse by having one in flight as the pilots upper section has a gap all around. The part literally just falls through the opening,not even close to being a fit!

I've used foam safe ca to glue some styrene strips around the edges

The front strip wound up not being needed

The crew is now in place

Some serious tedious cleaning up is going to be needed,I need a break for a pint(or 2)

Ship 2 canopy is up next and as it will have the hatches in the open position it should go quicker(I hope)

[Ian M]

I think if ever I build a widow, I will be getting the one from Great Wall....

You are really using a lot of fettling tricks on this one.

Ian M

[papa 695]

Some truely outstanding work going on Trey

[Vaughan]

Trey you've got one big task on your hands but your making a real good job of it.

Vaughan

[colin m]

Storming along with this one. Looking very good. I don't envy all the canopy masking...

[Guest]

Thanks Fellas, I wish I would have shelled out the extra coin for the great wall kit for sure Ian. Then again as I was gifted the one kit I really had no choice .The canopy masking will be a chore no doubt Colin but hopefully not as bad as the FW189 or the 188 was. Then again there are 2 sets to do grrrrrrrrrr.

I've gotten the canopy in place and filled the gap at the front with green putty

Next I masked off the canopy and added more green putty to cure the step on the starboard side

after sanding,then masked again and applied some testors flat black enamel to the area

this filled in the minor defects and its on its way to being ready for some added sub assemblies now

[Vaughan]

Trey this a labour of love. Keep the good work up.

Vaughan

[Guest]

Thanks Vaughan appreciate the support! I'm on to tackling the engines ,first the gear up booms. I ordered some a/m resin nacelles and thought they came with the end adjustable cooling cowls as pictured in the ad(not!) be forwarned ordering stuff ask questions!

they also need lots of sanding and trimming,even had to remove a blob of resin that dribbled down each side,hey at least it was the same on both parts!

Next I had to do some surgery as the kit supplies an open and closed cooling cowl on each boom,WHY!?

Card stock added over the lower cowl area,later I'll add some mesh back in

Closed cowl from the gear down boom needs a plug to get the correct length back and a strong glueing point

The cowl ring side needs the same

Trimmed and sanded

Glued in place with the better looking side turned out.the blems will be sanded out later. I left the nasty ones inboard so they wo'nt stick out as bad.

I'm starting to get a grip on ship 1,now I need to research the engine mounting detail and figure out how much ship 2 cowls will be opened up, if at all! I really want to have an engine in mid removal for the finished build but wondering how authentic i can make it look. Any pics of an engine removal would be great not having much luck finding any on line.

[Guest]

Just read through this Trey...

You've certainly took on a bit of work here, but it's all coming together bit by bit, i got a bit lost with all the cowling adjustments and stuff but hey, i'm an aircraft thicko

looking forward to seeing it all finshed, i take it they'll be in a diorama from what you say about having an engine half out one of them?

[mossiepilot]

The work thats going into these Widows is the biz. Can't wait of more.

Tony.

[papa 695]

A true labour of love Trey, or is it just labour? but some great work, keep the updates a comeing