Completed GWH 1:48 P-61A Black Widow

To my fellow forum members,

The photos below are not in any order, I appolagize for that.  It's just some random pieces I shot from last nights build.  I'll be back on the bench this evening to see what else I can accomplish in regards to PE.  Thank you in advance.

Toshi

templar1099

Congratulations on your daughters graduation, grandpa.But I see distressing signs in someone admitting to liking to work with PE. Watching and learning.

 

Toshi

Geezer

Very nice. I have 2 maybe more (who knows - came off ebay) of the Revell kits. One day...This is superb work.

 

Toshi

Congratulations on your daughters graduation, grandpa.But I see distressing signs in someone admitting to liking to work with PE. Watching and learning.

Very nice. I have 2 maybe more (who knows - came off ebay) of the Revell kits. One day...This is superb work.

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lawdog114

I refused to pay full price for this one too.  I grabbed mine off ebay as well for about half MSRP.  It looks like you got the "corrected" one to boot.  Here's mine should you want to check it out for reference.  

http://cs.finescale.com/fsm/modeling_subjects/f/2/t/168128.aspx
 

 

Toshi

philo426

The instrument panel looks great!

 

Toshi

I refused to pay full price for this one too.  I grabbed mine off ebay as well for about half MSRP.  It looks like you got the "corrected" one to boot.  Here's mine should you want to check it out for reference.  

http://cs.finescale.com/fsm/modeling_subjects/f/2/t/168128.aspx
 

The instrument panel looks great!

Here is the Black Widows front interior.  There are very small styrene pieces, it resembles PE.  Please view the photo below.  

goldhammer

 

 

Toshi

 

1943Mike

Looking forward to this build Toshi. It's an aircraft that has some "sex appeal" in its dark, widow dressing.

On a personal note, congratulations on becoming a grandfather!

As far as your daughter graduating from Kent State is concerned, I'm probably giving away too much of my political bent when I say that I was, as a 27 year old, more than mildly distressed to have seen what happened (on the evening news) at Kent State in 1970. I wish your daughter a full, prosperous, and contented life.

Mike

 

 

 

 

Thank you sir!  Becoming a grandfather will be interesting at best.  Also thank you for the support for my daughter as well as the read and reply.  You are too kind.

 

Toshi

 

 

 

 

 

The best thing about being a grandparent is you and Mrs. T. can spoil the daylights out of the little grocery destroyers and then send them back with the parents.....LOL.  Congrats in order for both the son and daughter.

Will keep an eye on the build.

 

Toshi

GMorrison

Cool, Toshi.

Great Wall is from the same parent company as Dragon and Hobby Boss.

A couple of things. I haven't bothered to get down a book, but if you use the decals you have there, it's possible if not probable that they are for B models.

EDIT: 25502 is an A, 25525 probably (need the book)

239525, 239532 and 25554 are all Bs.

The B is a much different airplane.

Second, there's no such thing as a glass nose, and I have no idea where GWH got the idea. There was a fiberglass nose, but thats a different animal. It was painted, either o/d or black. Some of the photos of the prototypes with the sun behind them make it look translucent, but it wasn't. I'm pretty sure the 25502 had a black nose, on an o/d aircraft, but that could easily change.

 

Toshi

Toshi

 

1943Mike

Looking forward to this build Toshi. It's an aircraft that has some "sex appeal" in its dark, widow dressing.

On a personal note, congratulations on becoming a grandfather!

As far as your daughter graduating from Kent State is concerned, I'm probably giving away too much of my political bent when I say that I was, as a 27 year old, more than mildly distressed to have seen what happened (on the evening news) at Kent State in 1970. I wish your daughter a full, prosperous, and contented life.

Mike

 

 

 

 

Thank you sir!  Becoming a grandfather will be interesting at best.  Also thank you for the support for my daughter as well as the read and reply.  You are too kind.

 

Toshi

 

The best thing about being a grandparent is you and Mrs. T. can spoil the daylights out of the little grocery destroyers and then send them back with the parents.....LOL.  Congrats in order for both the son and daughter.

Will keep an eye on the build.

Cool, Toshi.

Great Wall is from the same parent company as Dragon and Hobby Boss.

A couple of things. I haven't bothered to get down a book, but if you use the decals you have there, it's possible if not probable that they are for B models.

EDIT: 25502 is an A, 25525 probably (need the book)

239525, 239532 and 25554 are all Bs.

The B is a much different airplane.

Second, there's no such thing as a glass nose, and I have no idea where GWH got the idea. There was a fiberglass nose, but thats a different animal. It was painted, either o/d or black. Some of the photos of the prototypes with the sun behind them make it look translucent, but it wasn't. I'm pretty sure the 25502 had a black nose, on an o/d aircraft, but that could easily change.

philo426

This is going to be a good one!

 

Toshi

This is going to be a good one!

1943Mike

Looking forward to this build Toshi. It's an aircraft that has some "sex appeal" in its dark, widow dressing.

On a personal note, congratulations on becoming a grandfather!

As far as your daughter graduating from Kent State is concerned, I'm probably giving away too much of my political bent when I say that I was, as a 27 year old, more than mildly distressed to have seen what happened (on the evening news) at Kent State in 1970. I wish your daughter a full, prosperous, and contented life.

Mike

 

Toshi

echolmberg

Yep!  I'll be watching this one as well.  I've got it on my pile of "to do" kits as well.  In fact, I was going to start it next but I really wanted to see what the AMT S-3 Viking kit was like.  I'm a fan of the S-3 so I started on that one first but I think the GWH P-61 will be next.  

The only thing that makes me nervous is the use of all the photo etch metal.  I'm not a big fan of that stuff in the least and I hate the fact that some kit manufactureres make you use them.  I'm going to leave off the wiring harnesses from the engines because, at the end of the day, I ain't gonna be peering into the engine cowlings while the model is sitting inside my display cabinet.  If there's any other PE that I can leave out, I will.  I am still looking forward to the build, though, because I heard it goes together nicely.

Eric

 

Toshi

Looking forward to this build Toshi. It's an aircraft that has some "sex appeal" in its dark, widow dressing.

On a personal note, congratulations on becoming a grandfather!

As far as your daughter graduating from Kent State is concerned, I'm probably giving away too much of my political bent when I say that I was, as a 27 year old, more than mildly distressed to have seen what happened (on the evening news) at Kent State in 1970. I wish your daughter a full, prosperous, and contented life.

Mike

Buckeye

I've been looking at this kit myself so I'll be following along. :)

Mike

 

Toshi

Yep!  I'll be watching this one as well.  I've got it on my pile of "to do" kits as well.  In fact, I was going to start it next but I really wanted to see what the AMT S-3 Viking kit was like.  I'm a fan of the S-3 so I started on that one first but I think the GWH P-61 will be next.  

The only thing that makes me nervous is the use of all the photo etch metal.  I'm not a big fan of that stuff in the least and I hate the fact that some kit manufactureres make you use them.  I'm going to leave off the wiring harnesses from the engines because, at the end of the day, I ain't gonna be peering into the engine cowlings while the model is sitting inside my display cabinet.  If there's any other PE that I can leave out, I will.  I am still looking forward to the build, though, because I heard it goes together nicely.

Eric

philo426

This should be an interesting build look forward to it!

 

Toshi

BrandonK

I've heard these are really great kits. I have a few GWH kits in the stash, but not the P-61. I'm looking forward to seeing this come together.

BK

 

I noticed that the PE looks identical to a PE of the Trumpeter kit.  Thanks for the visit.

Toshi

This should be an interesting build look forward to it!

I've been looking at this kit myself so I'll be following along. :)

Mike

I've heard these are really great kits. I have a few GWH kits in the stash, but not the P-61. I'm looking forward to seeing this come together.

BK

seastallion53

What a great score.

 

Toshi

What a great score.

philo426

Cool! I like the Action Attitude that you posed them in.!

 

Toshi