Well, after months I've finally finished it, first model in 27 years--its the Tamiya kit, 1/48 with EagleCal decals, Aires cockpit, Eagle Editions resin prop, gun cover, cowling, wheels, Eduard PE landing flaps, Cutting Edge control surfaces, Model Design Construction resin wheelbay/engine set (with solder wire for hoses and plumbing), Moskit exhausts, brass tubing for the gun barrels on the wings and fuselage, painted with Color of Eagles RLM acrylic colors, weathered with Tamiya Smoke acrylic, Van Gogh oil paints, and Tamiya weathering powders.....antenna wire is fishing line, threaded through tiny .0078" drilled holes and CA glued. I also used thin brass wire for brake lines, wrapped with strips of thin styrene. The original Red 1 shows some substantial fire damage of the windscreen (essentially blackened), as well as the starboard fuselage, just forward of the cockpit, in all known photographs of this portion of the aircraft--this I have attempted to recreate, as well as the splinter damage to the propeller blade and the overpainted white spiral on black on the propeller hub. Apparently, the fire may have been deliberately set in an attempt to destroy the craft to keep it out of Allied hands. What do you think? Any critique is welcome...
Yes, I know the base isn't painted yet--but it looked cool anyway.
