Gern's Hobby Boss 1/48 P-61B

[Gern]

Looking good Dave. What green did you use for the interior?

Tamiya XF71

[Gern]

Going well Dave :thumb2::thumb2:

Thanks Bob. Got it all together now. Pics later.

[Gern]

Pics as promised.



Not looking too shabby so far. One really annoying problem though which is nothing to do with the quality of the kit. I used some 560 canopy glue for the main canopy. It fit perfectly. Unfortunately the elastic band I used to hold it while the glue set has shifted the canopy slightly. Now I've got to take it off and re-do it. My fault - should have made sure the elastic wasn't dragging anywhere.

Knowing how difficult it is to cover black, I did something slightly different for the red inspection panels on the wing tops. I stuck some masking tape to some scrap plastic sheet and used a hole punch to cut some discs - using the plastic card gives a better edge rather than just trying to cut the tape. I sprayed red (Tamiya XF7) on the light grey plastic the kit is moulded in and had no problems with coverage. Then I used the discs of tape I'd cut to cover the inspection panels and sprayed everything black. Worked a treat!

I don't know about you guys, but I've used Stynylrez primer for the black and I reckon it looks fine. I'll add some gloss varnish for decalling but I'm not going to try and cover the black primer with black paint.

I've not used Montex masks before, but they fit the framing very nicely. Like everyone else does, I'm sort of holding my breath and hoping the canopy won't have any bleed through when the masks come off.

PS I did remember the guns!

[yak face]

Looking really nice dave , i do like the widow. The paint looks fine , ive done the same thing lots of times before , using a primer as a finished coat . Its just a colour at the end of the day and if its right then why cover it up with another one thats exactly the same? I used black aerosol primer on my F117 a while back , and Halfords grey acrylic aerosol is a perfect match for US neutral grey so thats been used numerous times too , cheers tony

[Jim R]

Hi Dave
Looks to have gone together well. Good plan for the red discs. I agree that covering black with black is pointless. I have used the Stynylrez grey primer as a base colour a couple of times.
Jim

[papa 695]

Looking good Dave

[Ian M]

Looking good Dave, A curious thing and quite large if memory serves me correctly.