jgeratic

Ken, I'd say it looks better in the sense that it is now correct - aren't you glad you changed it?  Again, it's an individual thing in terms of accuracy, in the end it still will be a P-47. 

Looking forward to the completed photos.

regards,

Jack

Yes, I am glad I changed it. Ever since I got back into modeling, I've always tried to do it accurately.

 I haven't been able to do anything for the past couple of days, but I have all day today to myself. I won't say it will be finished today, but it should be very close to it by tonight.

Thanks Everyone

Ken

Well yesterday was a very busy day in taskings for me, so I did not get a whole lot done. At least not that was worth taking photos of. But I did get the fuselage side windows glued in placed, the barrels cut off of all the machine guns, and the receivers drilled out a bit to help hold the Quick Boost barrels that I will be using in their place. I am just about ready to get the fuselage put together in the next few days.

Ken, I'd say it looks better in the sense that it is now correct - aren't you glad you changed it?  Again, it's an individual thing in terms of accuracy, in the end it still will be a P-47. 

Looking forward to the completed photos.

regards,

Jack

jgeratic

Ken - great looking jug there.

I might be wrong, but the main port landing gear door seems to be facing backwards?

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Stik - very impressive scratch building.  It's looking really  busy in there now.

regards,

Jack

Jack - Is this better?

Bish

Looking good there Ken, will be happy to add that to the front page,

Thanks Bish

Both.  Last night was Cristal, tonight Macallan. Nice work there.  Stay thirsty my friend. 

You could not resist the jab at wording or the drink by your smilie face??? 

Well today has been an off and on session. First off I went back and touched up the fuselage exterior base colors and moved teh demarcation line between the OD and Neutral Gray based off of reference photos of B-26s. Then I put that aside to dry. After that, based on research shwing that some of the interior wing surfaces had a clear blue protective coating, I decided to paint the inner portion of the upper wing skin visible thru the wheel well in that color.

I also did that to the firewall portions of the engine- it's hard to tell from period photos, could be right, may not be. I also painted the main engine body in Engine Gray.

Then using a pilot manual excerpt as reference, I went and applied instrument decals to the IP. it's not exact, but pretty close using what I had available

Afterwards I painted the back wiring black and glued it in place onto the cockpit deck.

finally while all that was drying, I went and painted the fuselage invasion stripes. I figure it would be easier to do it now and touch it up later, rather than masking it off at a later point in the build... there is a method to my madness

and thats all for tonite...

Gamera

stikpusher

bitbite

Gamera

I use a 50-50 water/Future mix with a drop or two of retarder I keep in a small squeeze bottle.

That is soooo politically incorrect.  I'm surprised it got by the censors.

Ok Bitbite- paint drying slower! 

But the R- word is what's on the bottle!!! 

I noticed on the Halloween costume I wore back in the late '70s was listed not being as flame retardant - but as flame retarded... 

Um, yeah.... 

Sorry.  I just couldn't resist that one. 

stik - I love what you've done to the cockpit seats. Nice!

Looking good there Ken, will be happy to add that to the front page, and well spotted stik.

Nice work there SO. That yellow looks a bit like Zinc Chromite yellow. Now I know what to use it for.

stikpusher

bitbite

Gamera

I use a 50-50 water/Future mix with a drop or two of retarder I keep in a small squeeze bottle.

That is soooo politically incorrect.  I'm surprised it got by the censors.

Ok Bitbite- paint drying slower! 

But the R- word is what's on the bottle!!! 

I noticed on the Halloween costume I wore back in the late '70s was listed not being as flame retardant - but as flame retarded... 

Um, yeah.... 

bitbite

Gamera

I use a 50-50 water/Future mix with a drop or two of retarder I keep in a small squeeze bottle.

That is soooo politically incorrect.  I'm surprised it got by the censors.

Gamera

I use a 50-50 water/Future mix with a drop or two of retarder I keep in a small squeeze bottle.

That is soooo politically incorrect.  I'm surprised it got by the censors.

jgeratic

Ken - great looking jug there.

I might be wrong, but the main port landing gear door seems to be facing backwards?

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Jack

Thanks Jack,

You are not wrong. The problem is I bought landing gear doors from quick boost because I lost 1 piece ( still haven't found it) That made it so I had almost a complete extra set. Luckily, the piece I put on the port side is meant for the starboard. and I do have the right piece for it.

If you hadn't said anything, I probably wouldn't have really looked at it again. So, again Thank you

Ken

Thank you Jack & cmk.The front has turned out as intended. At least up to this pont.

Ken - great looking jug there.

I might be wrong, but the main port landing gear door seems to be facing backwards?

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Stik - very impressive scratch building.  It's looking really  busy in there now.

regards,

Jack

Exceptional results, stik.  It looks really good.

Ken: Very nice- yeap almost there!

SP: Again nice work, the wired IP looks esp good. Not sure what happened with your Vallejo though. I love the stuff, it hand brushes like a dream. Did you thin it at all? I find often it is too thick, thinning it by about 10-30% helps it to go down evenly. I use a 50-50 water/Future mix with a drop or two of retarder I keep in a small squeeze bottle. I just squeeze out a little Vallejo, then add a drop of thinner, and mix it up with a toothpick.  

Ken, you are so close now! Nice!

Ok, today I finally had time to take and upload photos once I got my energy back.... so here we go. In the past few days I have been doing bits and pieces of detail painting and today I did my washes using teh Testors stuff. I bought their acrylic stuff and tried it today, but I am not overly impressed with it. It needs to be removed ASAP once applied while still damp or it stains the paint beneath it. Oh well, live and learn... and for some reason I got another wild idea to add the IP wiring to the back of the panel using some very fine wire and super glue... anyways here goes...
the front of the IP- I still need to decide if I am gonna use decals or drybrush the instruments themselves... decision and carrying that out tomorrow...

and the rear of the IP wired up. I still need to paint my work. It will be just slightly visible thru the nose glass so why not?

and now to the cockpit sidewalls after the wash. During the removal of the Testors Acrylic wash, some of the Vallejo acrylics that I had used on the detail work was removed as well. I am not overly impressed by those paints either. Tomorrow I will do paint touch up work to fix that stuff

And now for the cockpit work. Before I get any WTF/WTH feedback about the seat colors take a look at this photo of Flak Bait in the Smithsonian- the seat cushions really are a gawdawful yellow color...

so after getting the detail work and washes done on the flight deck and readio compartment I glued those portions to the bulkhead

and placed into the fuselage halves

thanks for looking...

A couple of "Almost Finished" Pics of the Jug Bubble Top. It's getting there

checkmateking02

Gamera

CMK02: Very nice! Seems almost a shame to peel the mask off and throw it away considering the time and effort spent on it. I used the Eduard pre-cut ones on mine, but I still had to trim and adjust them to get a good fit.

 

I suppose I could leave the mask on?

I was thinking you could carefully peel the mask off when done and then mount and frame it on the wall of your hobby room. I've seen worse modern 'art'... 

greentracker98

Bish

greentracker98

Gamera

Ken: Very nice work on the NM and the invasion stripes!

CMK02: Good looking work there too! I don't remember having many issues with my Liberator, but then again it was sorta a rush build.

Gamera: Thank you.

I'm planing a diorama for the Jug and the P 38. I plan on taking it to display at a few shows and things.

Here is a pic of the installed guns

Looking good Ken. And that wallet is rather bulky isn't it, theres some definite additions to the stash in there.

OH yea right!  (Heavy sarcasm) There isn't anything green in there

MMM, plastic, even better.

Bish

greentracker98

Gamera

Ken: Very nice work on the NM and the invasion stripes!

CMK02: Good looking work there too! I don't remember having many issues with my Liberator, but then again it was sorta a rush build.

Gamera: Thank you.

I'm planing a diorama for the Jug and the P 38. I plan on taking it to display at a few shows and things.

Here is a pic of the installed guns

Looking good Ken. And that wallet is rather bulky isn't it, theres some definite additions to the stash in there.

OH yea right!  (Heavy sarcasm) There isn't anything green in there

Gamera

CMK02: Very nice! Seems almost a shame to peel the mask off and throw it away considering the time and effort spent on it. I used the Eduard pre-cut ones on mine, but I still had to trim and adjust them to get a good fit.

I suppose I could leave the mask on?

greentracker98

Gamera

Ken: Very nice work on the NM and the invasion stripes!

CMK02: Good looking work there too! I don't remember having many issues with my Liberator, but then again it was sorta a rush build.

Gamera: Thank you.

I'm planing a diorama for the Jug and the P 38. I plan on taking it to display at a few shows and things.

Here is a pic of the installed guns

Looking good Ken. And that wallet is rather bulky isn't it, theres some definite additions to the stash in there.

CMK02: Very nice! Seems almost a shame to peel the mask off and throw it away considering the time and effort spent on it. I used the Eduard pre-cut ones on mine, but I still had to trim and adjust them to get a good fit.

greentracker98

Wow, that's an offaly large wallet!

Jug looks great also!

CMK, I know exactly what you mean about the lack of serendipity on your Liberator. Not so much on my B-26, but on other projects. For every two steps forward, there is one step back on some builds.

Thanks, stik.  This seems to be one of those builds for me.

Nice work CMK. In regards to the ball turret, I have not seen images of the real thing, but on the Hase kit they are holes rather than just troughs, so the turret can retract right in.

Thanks, Bish, from pictures I've looked at, Hase's engineering seems to be the better of the two.  Wished Academy had done it that way.  When I painted the ball turret, I noticed some sanding scratches, so I have to work on that.  It's the "one step back."

CMK02: Good looking work there too! I don't remember having many issues with my Liberator, but then again it was sorta a rush build.

Thanks, Gamera.  It's probably the result of some ham-handedness on my part more than anything else.

And back to some progress.  I installed the cockpit canopy.  I use white glue for this, but that also means a lot of checking and refilling, where the glue shrinks as it dries.  That leaves gaps that have to be filled in and everything smoothed out with a damp q-tip/cotton bud.  The process takes a couple of days to reach an acceptable point.

The canopy is in three pieces:  top and the two sides.  It didn't seem to fit together too well, but the glue will fill in some of it, then after painting I can try a thin wash to camouflage the imperfections--I hope.

Gamera - SShhhhh Not so loud, LOL the guns are glued in. Thanks

Ken: Lookin' good! Did you cement the guns in place yet? I normally put them on last thing if possible since if I put them on at this step of construction I'd have knocked off and lost each and every one of them by the finish!