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

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

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.

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.

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.... 

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.

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

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. 

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...

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

Bish

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

Thanks Bish

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?

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

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.

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

I've become a vallejo junkie over the past couple of years. I didn't know Testors made acrylic washes, but the Vallejo black and/or sepia washes are great for quick work. Indeed, you can weather a model very well using all water based acrylic products. Check the You Tube flick by Mig Jimenez called " AFV acrylic techniques" - that's about an hour's worth and I learned more from that DVD than any of the others that were put out by Vallejo and AK.

I am getting used to the techniques pushed by Mike Rinaldi and can see the big difference between the way water based paints interact with each other as opposed to solvent based brews like Gunze or Tamiya. He also uses oils more like real paints than as filters. That's nice so I don't have to chuck a bucket of Tamiya bottles and artist oils collected over time. But I'm living with a lot fewer solvent based materials and don't miss them. (I might sing a different tune if I had a place for a spray booth with fan - as it is, I'll be one unfortunate who never uses Alclad no matter how good they are because I can't stand the fumes of lacquers and my wife hates them more.) I certainly admit that you can't beat Tamiya for very thin low PSI air brushing, but ounce you get to them Vallejo, Lifecolor (or even Golden Fluids) are splendid paints. Com.Art has taken over panel lines and most filters. More stuff to buy. I'm sure I've spent more money on supplies than on models. Doing my bit to aid recovery.

Eric

Nice progress, stik.  Great detail you're putting into it.  

Interesting about the blue protective coating.  It's something I've not heard of before.  I wonder if it was something only Martin did?

Yes, it seems to be peculiar to Matin and especially the B-26 on teh blue protective coating. I have yet to come across it on any other US made WWII aircraft.

Here is some in Flak Bait's radio room behind where one of the radio mounts

and some in the wing

Very cool, SP. I too had no idea about this.

Thanks for the photos, stik.  I've not seen anything like it before.

Likewise... otherwise this would have been an interior green build...

stik - where are you taking all these pictures from? Are they reference pics or pics from a museum? Curious...

Can I have your B-26 when it's done? ROFL! Seriuosly, I'm really liking what you're doing to it. You put in so much effort into your builds as far as details goes I couldn't do it. Awesome work stik!

stik - any idea why they were painted a blue protective coating in the wheel wells?

No you may not have my Marauder!!!! But I am flattered that you would ask. I found the photos on few different websites when I did image searches for "Flak Bait interior" or some similar words in there. But they are on several sites and are of Flak Bait as she sits today in storage awaiting reassembly in the Smithsonian. I can't  say for certain that the inner face of the upper wing skin visible thru the wheel well has that blue coating, but I figured that other area was close enough where it could be reasonably inferred to be thre as well. And I just loved the look of it. It is so unique for a US aircraft.

That's G2 stuff, mister.  Disregard everything stik just told you. 

LOL @ stik.

I'm guessing maybe some sort of protective coating right off the assembly lines? Who knows. It is a unique look for a WW2 aircraft though.

Yes, definitely some sort of protective coating. Peculiar to one aircraft manufacturer as far as I know... I am not familiar with any other Martin aircraft of the era. Perhaps it was used on those as well?

Pay no mind to the helmeted hamster... I think that he found Easy Company's hidden supply of Calvados.

Mmmmm, apple brandy. 

I told ya... Dang rodents...

ACHTUNG JADGHAMSTER!!!!