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I've tried the tooth paste as polish trick too Elliot. That works well in a pinch. Last night was spent on the final fitting/cutting of the plastic. In prepping the fuselage opening to receive the canopy, I modified the rear portion where the flat armored glass sits. The model was flat in this...

Elliot, just because it's handy in my garage, lately I've been using just plane old "Turtle Wax" car wax (the green paste). By the time I sand it down with 600 wet/dry sandpaper, the mold is almost polished already, so the car wax is more than sufficient to put a quick gloss on it with an old...

I have to say, one of the advantages of making these elaborate templates is that you have a decent jig to mark your initial cuts on the finished product: Not much tweaking after cutting, and it's a pretty good fit (if I don't say so myself): I plan to cut out the flat panel to the...

Thank you, Peter. It’s entirely my pleasure to present this build to all who will tune in here. Like “Jim G” said in his Otter build, I just want to give a little back for all that I’ve enjoyed on these forums. Soooooo, this past week was spent on molding the gunners canopy. Slow and mundane...

Peter, how long has this build thread be going on? I always miss out on the good, exciting threads like this (I need to get around more). You're doing an incredible job. The intricacies of the kit are apparent in the photos (500 parts?!), and all those engine parts lying about gives the...

I seem to remember Ron ("Oldtroll") published the RGB numbers for what he thought to be a good match for insignia blue over at Papermodelers.com. Further stretching the memory, I think it was in Roman's B-47 thread, as his insignia was too light in the initial release. Mike Post edit: Found...

Well, that went quicker than I thought it would. Done with tail plane blending: At least now the stab looks like it’s part of the whole plane, and the elevators aren’t just hanging from the back with no connection to the fuselage: Mold making time…… Mike

Been there, done and/or doing that! We'll be waiting (and commiserating). Mike

What? Did that guy dragged out *that* old chestnut here?!!! The man has no shame......:rolleyes: Absolutely :thumb: You should populate some of the plastic-centric model forums with it. Like the American Express commercials we get here in the States, I've no doubt the reaction would be...

You know, making the canopy removable at it's jettison-able break point like in the photo is very doable....hmmmmm indeed: Like "nomad" in Star Trek, I think I need to "re-evaluate"... In the meantime, a first attempt to blend in the tail section like the original. First the remaining...

Hey I've seen this before.... Looks better with every showing Billy! Mike

Gotta go with "Jimtabs". Trademark that sucker quick! Assembly looks good Jim! Nice, compact model and I really like it's clever, simple design. Mike

Hmm Elliot, interesting suggestion. Let me give that some considera........NO! I ain't going through another canopy install on this thing. wall1 More to come.... Mike

I like this intergral tab/former method. It seems it would add some rigidness to the bulkhead once the tabs are bent over. And that would be when, exactly? No pressure Jim..... Mike

So, I'm down to the last few somewhat major skin pieces of this kit, one of which is the center stab section. Cut it out and dry fitted. Gotta say, fits like a glove, but check out the coloration: Huh? What? I guess the designer thought this piece wraps around to the lower side where the gray...

Tiny update tonight as I've been formulating a battle plan as to how I'm going to make the tailplane look like it's part of the fuselage (I don't know yet!). One thing I discovered was that Orlik nipped the corners off the elevators. Not sure why they did that (green arrows, along with the...

All righty then, wrapping up the innards of the tail gunners station. As mentioned before, I took the remains of that seat belt set I used for the nav's seat, and fashion a safety harness: Not nearly the amount of webbing as seen in the drawing, but enough to give an idea. Also made my...

So, took the simulated quilted stuff and made the poor gunner something to kneel on. Stuff some layers of paper towel to “puff” them up a bit: And put them in a (hopefully) haphazard, casual way: Gives it a homey look now, right? I have some left over white belts from a seat belt...

Been pretty busy this week so little progress, but some! I did notice one detail on the gun controller. Seems the top where the hand grips emerge has more dimension to it (green arrow): Can’t let that go by. In a tweak to the tweak, made a little “cap” on top: Also added a data...

Lookin' good Ron :thumb: That winch with all the gears is a thing of beauty! Mike