OLd School 1/72 Mavis

Tacked on the engine cowlings with white glue and painted the main wing including the lower wing Hinomarus.  

Masked and painted the yellow id bands on the wings.  

Painted the wing Hinomarus.Not perfect but I will get as close as I can.    

Peeled off the canoopy masks.I like it!  

Epoxied the main wing to the pylons.  

You are doing some remarkable work on that Mavis. I'm really enjoying you build and your skill.

Thanks!it is one sharp air craft!

Building up really nice !

Makes me think about the old 1960s era AIRFIX PBY Catalina kit I built long ago, but much, much , much bigger.

Very cool!

Put  the main wing braces on .The inboard struts supplied in the kit were too short,so I had to make new ones.    

I used 2 lb test fishing line for the rigging.In scale but hard to work with!      

Looks much better with the wing on it. Boy, That's a rather sizable kit for being 1.72. Very nice work on the rigging. Your Mavis is turning out awesome. Mainly due to all the excellent skill you have.

Thanks! it is a nice kit.

Installed  additional bracing on the horizontal stabilizers.       

Mounted up the wing floats.  

Man, you're surely doing justice o this fine ol kit. great job.

Thanks!It sure does capture the graceful lines of this aircraft.

I used a high E guitar string to rig the wing floats.Tacked them in place with CA then put a drop of expoxy at each attachment point.  

That is just simply awesome!! I am bowing in your general direction in homage to your excellent talents. You certainly have the touch for taking lemons and making lemonade. I'm really happy you have taken the time to share this build with us. It is encouraging to see that if one puts forth the effort that older kits, that may lack the standards of quality and detail of current molds, can be turned into really stunning builds.

Yes it is coming out much better than I expected!

I've looked at this kit on eBay a few times, and after reading some reviews decided that I just don't have what it takes to do it justice. Obviously, you do - very impressive!

Mike

Oh that is beautiful!!! Great work!

Thanks guys!

Just about done.Came out well.