I have been working on several models at once, lately, trying to clear up a backlog of slow projects. This one was started maybe 3 years ago and was a challenge. I was not happy with the kit's nose glass so I adapted the nose glass from a Monogram B-25H kit and that was an adventure. Everything is very scale and rather fiddly. Fits were generally good but not always and some alignments could be better defined. I added ignition wires to the engines and did not use the kit harness, it looked way too heavy to me. The cowlings were another quest that I do not feel that I really met with complete success. I bought some resin replacements and they were a bit of an improvement I thought, but not that much. I was able to get close by increasing the openings on the kit cowls, but after I had them installed it became apparent to me that part of the cowling issue is that there should be a radius on the inside that could only be achieved by filling the inside nose of the cowls and sanding in that curve, Next time I will do better.
I weathered the model with SNJ aluminum powder and oil paints via the dot filter method, Paynes Grey used for the most part but also some yellows and whites. I also used Tamiya Smoke for oil and exhaust staining. I made the decals with an ALPS printer and Corel Draw.
Now on to that Williams Brothers C-46 that has been almost done for more years than I can remember.
