I remembered once I sat down on Sat that I used trusty ol' Humbrol
for the interior rather than the quick-dry acrylics. Slowed things down
a little waiting for the stuff to properly dry (but I love it for
hand-brushing), but I'll show a couple more pics. Slower progress than I was planning on... so while I had the RLM gray out I popped open a little Hasegawa '109 to work on too. Nice to see something throw together so quick while I'm creeping along on the Storch!
upper
cowling now in place (sniff sniff, kills me to cover up the details!),
but I think I may be displaying with the entire lower cowling detached.
Tail feathers in place, rudder offset a little bit. Even with all kinds
of dry-fitting, there seems to be a natural gap between the elevators
and fuselage. I'll do some research before the paint hits it, just in
case. Elevators... I was going to drop them, then realized that I'd
have to do a bit of a zig-zag cut with the exacto blade (no razor saw,
I'll have to invest soon) and got a case of "I don't wanna hack it
up-itis".
Note
to self - hit that prop with a shot of dullcoat. Skis are just
dry-fitted, I'd rather paint them seperately. Lots of detail on the
engine still visible if I go this route.
Pilot's
seat in place... I chickened out on the harnesses, the rear one would
be completely covered by the folded-down gunners perch anyway... but I
could still add to the pilot's seat. Thinking about it today -
thoughts!?
And one of the cats, looking thoroughly unimpressed by the whole thing. The good news is that she looks but never touches!