Nice! Good ingenuity with the prop blades. Resin kits can be quite challenging and you're showing your skills wonderfully.

I'm looking forward to seeing what's next.  :)

So I did something that I probably should NOT have done. 

I have in the past as my post-Future dull coat used some Tamiya Flat Base thinned with Future Floor Wax. I know what some of you must be thinking. You did what?! Yes (*bows head in shame), I have so far had good success with this approach. Until today. The image below is my props pre-dull coat. I had a funny feeling this time, and I really should have tested it on one of my paint pigs.

This is what happened to the prop that I sprayed. 

It is almost funny, now in hindsight, to spray something and watch it slowly devolve to go from that to this. I guess it makes sense. Flat Base is not really meant to be sprayed, probably also not meant to be thinned with Future and sprayed. I think I have learned my lesson-I will NEVER make that mistake again. I guess my previous goes at my models with that concoction have just been a fluke that they didn't turn out like this.

Well, if the above problem wouldn't have happened, then I wouldn't have gone seeking an alternative dull coat. I am glad, then, that the whole chain of events happened in that way, because I think I have discovered in my vast collection of modelling supplies the MOST AWESOME flat clear paint EVER! I inherited amongst a couple of bottles of art material some Pebeo Matt Varnish. It is a water-based clear coat that is the MOST DEAD FLAT EVER!! It is my new favorite find. 

So decals are on (little jump for joy!), wheels are attached with little effort, and cockpit is in. This image is post-Future decal-sealing coat, and also post-flat coat. I think I will let this dry and do another coat of matt varnish.

Ouch that sucks about the props! Have you tried spraying them with more Future? Sometimes I've had it kill the frosting and turn back to clear and glossy again. Or worst comes to worse ammonia will take the Future right back off. 

The Moonbat herself looks great! 

And Pebeo matt varnish? I assume I can find this at the art supplies store? Sounds like good stuff, I've been using Alclad matte varnish but I have to mail order it which is a pain if I find myself out and have to wait for it to arrive.

At least your prop blades are useable!  If we go with Sherman and Mr. Peabody in the Way-Back Machine, your only option for years was the Rareplanes vac kit:

https://flic.kr/p/PUauH5][/url]XP-67-01 by N.T. Izumi, on Flickr

https://flic.kr/p/PUauc5][/url]XP-67-02 by N.T. Izumi, on Flickr

I pulled mine out the Stash of Doom, and boy the metal parts suck!

Now will someone please make an injected kit of this most beautiful plane!

I did manage to salvage my two props. I had to hunker down, get the mask out, and tediously clean off the frosting with some ammonia. Like I said, that mistake won't happen again.

So I am just getting to the end of this build. Whew! It's been a ride!

I have gone and attached the props to my main body with no problems. 

I'm just wondering, am I the only one who balances my kit on any available tall, strong object?

*sigh

Now I just have to wait for this to dry overnight, then I get to flip this baby on it's gears and stand back to admire. 

Hey RealG,  at least your RarePlane XP-67 has metal parts!  I got one that has injected spinners, and that's all besides the vac parts!  

Nice to see paint on this Moonbat!

I've built about 10 to 12 resin kits over time, mostly ships. Soap and water are a necessity for most kits. The cheap pink stuff from the supermarket that has nothing in it to make the plates shine after you wash them is my favorite. It gets the ejector fluid off the kit. In a few cases I've encountered a few kits from a manufacturer I won't buy again that after I cleaned them off they were nice and clean and I left them on my work bench. A few days later they were oily again, I suspect the resin was pourous and somthing was bleeding out. I ended up wipeing them down with denatured alchohol.  

Another item is that Gunze/Sanyo makes a nice resin model primer. Its in a red spray can.

Hey guys !

Recently, while working on a P6M (vacuform), I added unscented talc to the auto primer to make it thicker.  Worked out nice filling some larger holes and gaps.  Locations too large for just primer but too small or shallow for auto putty.  After sanding I recoated with thinner primer and wet-sanded.  Nice thing is you can "dab" a spot and build it up with consecutive applications.  As others have said, super glue works nice with "pinholes".  I also noticed some issues with misalignment and different sized part halves.  Sometime you might find that you need to align as best as you can,  add filler and recontour.  Sometimes I glue thin plastic stock in layers to approximate the shape and then finish off with auto putty and auto primer.  YThose "splitter plates" may have to be made from scratch ato replace those in the molding.  Another thing....use car when working with thin resin parts.  They distort easily.  I find resin kits easier to build than vacuform.  But thats just an opinion.

Have fun......

Modelsheek, it's coming along very nicely!  The XP-67, in my opinion, is one of the prettiest airplanes from back in that era.  It doesn't receive nearly as much attention in kit form as it should.

On a side note, I was wondering if you were going to add the dark green scallops around the edges of the wings and tail.

Eric

I have already gone and put my decals on and flat varnish over the gloss on top of the decals, and (oops?) did not do the scalloping. I guess it's my own spin on it!

Something different and an interesting model. I've never heard of a Moonbat.

So this project is now done. Here is a pic of my new baby at one of our local competitions.

I love this plane, and I love how my hard work has paid off!

Ohhhhh great work there!!!

Always love seeing a silk purse made out of a sow's ear!

Now that is a blast fom the past. Exceptional build. I sure would not have attempted one my self but I am pleased that yours came out so beautiful. Cheers

Wow, that did come out extra nice! I hadn't looked at it lately. Not only was it a good build but the aircraft was one of those planes that looked good just sitting still. Nice job for sure!

Max