That looks great!
Revell P61, waiting for the hammer to fall
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Stunning!
Now I want to pull my partially assembled one out of storage!
Dooooooooooo it. Pantherman
Just as soon as I finish the P-40E (It's got primer!) and start the Vertical Vengance group build …
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Very nice - that's coming together well.
Phew, lots of canopy masking. I'm going with this one fairly buttoned up: most of the doors, windows and hatches closed. We all know the fit is bad, especially the clear parts, so I'll have to put the Pilot's top canopy in the open position as it in no way can fit in the closed position (falls right through).
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WELL P/M an rest of you guys just looked through all 14 pages of this build of a black widow an yes i built this revel kit in my late teens an then yes it was crap an the cockpit was the worst part way to wide to fit on the fusealarge an cant remember if i finished it or not but i can remember how bad it was then but i take my hat off to you guys that did build it an i thought some of your comments guys quite amuseing lol
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I remember always seeing this kit when I was a kid. Never pulled the trigger on it and probably good I didn't. But maybe now I will. Just bizarre and cool at the same time.
A couple of more elastics and you'd have a catapult!
Nice the way it's coming together!
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That's coming very nicely indeed!
Chromate green on the frames that will show on the inside, and then a primer coat. I was thinking of doing the OD scheme, but now I'm leaning towards overall black because how can I not? This aircraft screams black.
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I agree!
Considering how far ahead of it's time it was, it gives off batman vibes, kinda has to be black.
Preshading, then a light coat of gloss black on the upper surfaces. Lower surfaces tomorrow. I covered the control surfaces so that they'll be lighter overall later. Then next week a thinned coat of glass black overall, maybe a little lightened.
Well, I got a lot more done today than I expected, glad for the holiday day off. Pleased with my final topcoat. I used Vallejo Gloss Black Acrylic primer, lightened with a bit of gray, thinned with IPA. I like that it's lighter and not black black. I shot straight gloss black on the nose cone for some contrast. I'm a little fearful of the clear Future coat as it tends to make colors a bit darker, but I'll need a smoother surface for all the decals.
Invasion stripes done. I used the Vallejo gray primer, which usually looks more like an off white, because I didn't want them being too white, wanted to dirty them up a bit. But against the black they look grayer. Oh well, not gonna lighten them up any. Trying to mask evenly around the booms was difficult.
What I did for my SR-71 was use very thin graphic tape. Once the gloss and flat coats were on, it looks just like a decal.
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Now that's looking very nice indeed - loving the D-Day Strips.
... or you could say it is sitting in the rain, at dusk. That is one mean looking machine!
Gorgeous build of a difficult kit!
That is one heck of a fine looking bird, great build and loving the paintwork. Pantherman
Rightly so!
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Beautiful build. I am a little bit less intimidated now by the one sitting in my closet!
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Very nice
