Didn't get a chance to post this progress before having to go on the road all last week, but I did manage to get in some important licks beforehand:
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Still, I am happy with the overall composition and effect when the fuselage halves come together:
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Indeed, yet another item which will block some of the view - a cool feature in itself - is the pilot's little heads-up panel:
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The two best views through the nose glazing will probably be from these angles:
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I don't know about you, but my technique for the above type of painting is pretty darn time consuming:
1- Spray black (for instrument dials)
2- Drybrush white inside instrument dials
3- Mask (w/latex rubber) instrument dials
4- Spray general interior color (here also black)
5- Drybrush silver scuffing
6- Drybrush white and red, etc., buttons and switches
7- Remove instrument masking
8- Brush/flood gloss into instrument dials
9- Touchup general interior color (black) where needed
Oiy!
Meantime, in between the above steps I started work on a very interesting assembly, beginning with this:
Click on Image to Enlarge I'll tell you what it was - the green, oval thing - it was the cap/end of a muffler from a 1/35 scale army truck! Now any guesses?
How about with this clue:
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Specifically, and for anyone(s) still in the dark, the Fritz-X guided bomb:
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The above drawing does not show the oblate form of the bomb's tailfin assembly, for which the above muffler cap provided an ideal supporting armature:
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So, that's pretty cool - in a vicious, Fascist sort of a way - huh?
Seriously though, this build really does include some rather remarkable and interesting shapes and appearances, which AFAIK were never exactly repeated, either before or since.
Cheers,
-Matty
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