I wanted to share pictures of my Williams Brothers Gee Bee R1.
The box:
I learned quite a bit building this kit. It's the 2nd or 3rd model I used an airbrush to paint (while building the R1 I built an egg-shaped Hughes 500 for the Silly Group Egg Model GB) so it took me a while to figure out the proper order of painting and masking. I started building in February.
The trickiest part was the black line between the red and white paint. Other builds I came across on the internet used decal paper, talked about masking to make the black pinstripe, or brush painting by hand. Another skipped it altogether. My choice was to brush paint. If there's a next time, I will try masking.
I wish I had enough experience to give a reliable review of how the kit fit, but I really only have 2 other kits to compare it to. That being said, the landing gear were a challenge to mate nicely to the wings and feel sturdy. They felt better after adding music wire rigging but I'm still afraid to look at it too hard.
Overall, building the little plane was a lot of fun. Probably the most enjoyable step was pulling off the masks after painting the red sections of the plane.
Thanks for looking.
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