Well it was a bosy day for me on and off at the bench... do some work, gluing or painting, let it dry, take photos, take a break, then do some more. So here we go.
first up, the last bit of work that I did yesterday but did not photogrpah because it was time to go to work. A wash of Testors FX acrylic on the engines. This time I did not let it dry before I started cleaning it off, so it worked better. I am slowly getting a handle on this stuff.
Today I started off with adding the Quick Boost barrels to the tail guns, waist guns, and top turret.
a close up of the top turret
and later I added the clear cover to the turret
and I glued the fixed nose gun in place onto the bombardiers floorboard
next I added some PE ammo belts into the tail gun ammo troughs and glued the waist guns in place
then I added the flex ammo chutes for the waist guns, painted them and bent them into proper shape
and all ready for closing up
cockpit glued in place
top turret, tail gunners floorboard & seat, and armor plate put in place
all the fuselage ready for joining
all closed up and glue drying
some close up views of the waist guns looking up inside. There is a LOT more visible thru those open hatches than the camera can pick up
and a few views of the tail gunners compartment... the last best view of it before the other stuff goes in there...
seam clean up starts tomorrow...
The Heer Hamsters better take cover... bombers inbound soon...