Vote me in on your save of the hull!!
That is a GREAT job!!
Model building is a great way of taking BIG challenges and solving them in miniature, using thought and patience.
Keep on buildin', mate!!
Jim
Dry fit, Dry fit, Dry fit...
..I guess. Your technique is finer than mine, which is: bash it now, paint it later. Looking good overall, though!!
I can't wait until you get to the TRACKS!
Hang in there!
Jim
Bob:
Thanks for the kind words!
Your B-52 rescale was some great piece of work, as was your SA-2.
The "tractor plant" is now shut down for a month, as I will be building a new workshop here in "Canada's Hawaii". Besides, I have been threatened with divorce and/or other forms of...
Close Enough For Government Work!!
Barry:
Thanks for the comments! The weathered look comes primarily from a BBT (Brutal Building Technique) that results from the model actually having been built on a folding plastic table in our new kitchen.
It is in 1:35 scale.
Touchpaper? OMiG, do...
Lots of lessons in this build, including how some simple tools make all the difference (and how their absence (due to being stuffed away someplace ) makes you relearn a lot of basic techniques real quick!!).
This was not as clean a build as I'd have liked. That having been said, and looking...