But I mean that in the best possible way...
OK, here's the deal. Watching Wolfman's recent builds (Harrier, AH-1Z, et al.) has been tempting (and inspiring) me to pull the same kits out of my stash and give them a go myself. However, I've always had too much on my bench to stack another kit onto the pile. But his beautiful Invader finally pushed me over the edge.
At the moment, I only have a pair of Apaches in the works. I figured I'd pull my Invader out and see if I can do it justice. I like to have more than one project going at the time, so that while paint and glue dry on one, I can work on the other. You know what they say about idle hands...
Anyway, unlike Wolfman's WW2 airframe, mine will be a Korean War era subject. I don't have the guts to tackle this project in NMF, so mine will be black. Mine will also be OOB. I don't think I can pull off all that PE. I've only used PE a limited number of times, and when I did, it was never in the volume that Wofman used.
So, I started with the wings, namely the engines. Here's some preliminary paint and wash splashed on.
I decided to leave them dirty and undetailed (Is that a word?) since very little would be seen under the cowlings and behind the props.
Also, taking a cue from Wolfman, I decided to stuff the nacelle with weight. I used a bunch of BBs CAed behind the firewall.
I also got the MLG wells painted up and the wings assembled. You can see I started to clean up some seams. I'm thinking I'll replace some of the missing detail with raised resin.
OK, that's all I got for now. This one will be built alongside my Apaches. Progress will be slow, but after seeing what Wolfman did with his, I'm excited to get this one going. Hopefully, I can turn out something comparable.
Thanks for lookin'! Feel free to drop your two cents into the bucket on your way out. Comments, questions, and criticisms welcome.
Cheers!
-O