Post by Ernie on Apr 22, 2024 21:09:35 GMT -6
So this is up next. I was planning of perhaps finishing another Shelf queen of a couple of other new kits, but this happened. My modeling buddy Bill it seems preordered this kit for me last fall expecting it would arrive around the time of my birthday. That didn't happen, but his preordered kits arrived Saturday before last and he promptly delivered one to me! Over the past week Bill has been hinting at starting his kit and asking if I had started mine. I hadn't planned to as I wanted to do a bit of research and see what aftermarket would be released for the kit. Well, anyway, Bill seemed so anxious to see me start, Saturday evening I took the plunge and dove into the kit.
Since most of the interior is going to be in natural aluminum finish, I figured I would start at the beginning of the instructions and work my way through them assembling as many parts and subassemblies as I could that would need to sprayed aluminum. This includes most to the fuselage interior, landing gear bays, engine nacelles and the engines. It is my hope that while working on these will buy me enough time for Eduard et.al. to release some details for the cockpit and bombardiers' station in the nose and I can detail those areas before permanently closing up the fuselage halves. So, between Saturday evening and yesterday I have managed to create a small pile of assemblies as I work through the instructions.
I will be building the model as "Flak Bait", and with the bomb bay closed up to preserve the sleek lines of the aircraft. More as it happens!
Since most of the interior is going to be in natural aluminum finish, I figured I would start at the beginning of the instructions and work my way through them assembling as many parts and subassemblies as I could that would need to sprayed aluminum. This includes most to the fuselage interior, landing gear bays, engine nacelles and the engines. It is my hope that while working on these will buy me enough time for Eduard et.al. to release some details for the cockpit and bombardiers' station in the nose and I can detail those areas before permanently closing up the fuselage halves. So, between Saturday evening and yesterday I have managed to create a small pile of assemblies as I work through the instructions.
I will be building the model as "Flak Bait", and with the bomb bay closed up to preserve the sleek lines of the aircraft. More as it happens!
