Lost,
I think a bigger model might be necessary!
Well, here is strike two for this group build. I started the Global Hawk on 12/6/18. I thought, it's a relatively simple kit, 36 pieces, what on earth could go wrong? Never ask a question you don't really want the answer to. Here's the pics.
Proof of unstartedness:
Basic mockup. This thing is yuge!!!
The bottom of the fuselage. The square piece is important as it helps align the wings and allows them to snap in place. If you are planning to build this for a contest, the wing to wingroot gap might be a little large for you (you might want to live with it to make the model easier to transport). But, if you're building it to sit on the shelf, it's just fine.
The port side of the fuselage ready to be assembled. The instructions call for 10g of weight in the nose. Where you're going to put it, I have no idea as it's really cramped in there.
The fuselage is together. The reviews I read said that the fit for this kit was pretty good. I think they're idea of good and mine are very different. There is a very nasty seam on top of the engine pod. Normally I would backstop it with superglue on the underside, but I didn't find my superglue until after I'd closed it up and applied a second helping of putty. There is also some serious gappage where the beavertail meets the rear fuselage and it's kind of a pain to get to if you've already installed the V-tail.
All mocked up and no place to go. If you look closely, you can see the unfilled seam on top of the engine pod.
Just to show how yuge this bird is. That is a Platz 1/72 Predator (built successfully for an earlier Weekend GB). The Predator is about the size of a P-51, so it's not a small aircraft.
I would have posted these pictures earlier, but there was that whole not being able to log in for a week thing happening. Since these pictures were taken, I've sanded and primered the fuselage, and painted the bottom of the wings gunship gray. The fuselage will be overall gunship gray, with the radome being painted a different shade of gray to simulate the discoloration of it by the sun. There are a couple of teardrop shaped fairings on each side of the fuselage that will be painted a very dark gray. I've seen them on other airframes, but not sure if this bird had them painted at one time. We'll call it artistic licesense. I'll probably try for something starting tomorrow as it's one of my overnight shifts. I'm off Monday and don't have to be at work until 2100 Tuesday. Don't know what it will be yet. Still waiting on that Panzer with the full interior SD. Ya thought I forgot about that didn't ya?