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    Monogram P-61 Black widow Build

    Great start. I recomend following up on Jayl's suggestion for aftermarket lead weights. I started the same build a while back and found out too late how back heavy the plane is. I'm not a big fan of the era correct interior green so I painted mine a little different...
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    1/48 P-61 Black Widow Build feb 2011

    thank you for the suggestion and offer for help night fighter.. it is funny you should mention the clear stick part. I had already cut a piece of clear spruce as a last resort. i used placed as many lead fishing weights on the front part of the place to try and balance it, but it did...
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    1/48 P-61 Black Widow Build feb 2011

    I am really behind on updating this thread but let me give you a sneak preview.. Revell should in say in the very first page that this p-61 model is very 'rear heavy' and that preparations should be taken to add weight to the front of the plane during assembly. I am having to take plane...
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    Revell 1/48 B-17F "Memphis Belle"

    that may be it.. sounds like it.. I will look at my son's book tonight, confirm and post a pic.. very dramatic illustration, alas not a real photograph..
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    Revell 1/48 B-17F "Memphis Belle"

    I will be keeping an eye on this one for sure.. That is one plane that is on my radar to get built.. my son has a WW2 plane book and there is a story about a B17 that was half-way blown up and still managed to fly home. I can't remember the name of the plane but that is the one I will want...
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    1/48 P-61 Black Widow Build feb 2011

    so that it where I'm at so far.. My son is eager for me to finish this thing and start helping him with his aircraft carriers and battleships. Those should be 'alot' of fun. Most of the models are in scal 1/350, so I think for those I will be ordering detail kits rather than making things...
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    1/48 P-61 Black Widow Build feb 2011

    I made some small plastic tabs to attach the rudders to the back of the pods. I had to fill-in the pods and rudders with putty, because where I separated them there is a huge gap. Here is a picture of how the tabs that I made were glued to the pods and how the rudder fits on them.. took some...
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    1/48 P-61 Black Widow Build feb 2011

    I assembled the other landing assemblies and I did not like how bare the landing pieces looked. I had looked at some pictures on-line and I saw that there should be some brake lines. the break likes were rubber. so i figured, what the heck. lets put a break line on there. I used a small...
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    1/48 P-61 Black Widow Build feb 2011

    I reworked the front landing assembly.. I figured I could change the pneumatic lines to real lines. I shaved off and sanded the molded lines. I then used wire to replace the molded lines. I left them a little too long so I could just cut the excess once the glue was dry.. It was...
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    1/48 P-61 Black Widow Build feb 2011

    well here is the latest update. (i finally figured how to resize jpgs. hurray!) Not much progress, but good news is that there are less pieces left in the spruce trees. So I must be close to being in the home stretch. I painted and modified the 2nd (half) motor. I was surprise that...
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    1/48 P-61 Black Widow Build feb 2011

    So I did not get much done last night, but I did prep painted many parts for the next assembly steps and I finished one of the motors.. I will be painting and assembling the other (half) motor tonight. Here is a picture of the finished motor. I painted it a lighter grey and sprinkled some...
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    1/48 P-61 Black Widow Build feb 2011

    Sorry I have not updated progress. My son is in the Texas Boys Choir and they were singing in the Saint Louis Basillica. My wife and I flew up to Saint Louis from Fort Worth and while there I visited the history museum. They had something cool to see. I like this one. I...
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    1/48 P-61 Black Widow Build feb 2011

    Another thing I decided to do was add a secondary metal line to the rear cylinders. You can see it in the picture above, but here is a close up. I think that I am going to cut holes out of the disc. It does not really fit in well as a solid piece so I think that by cutting it up it...
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    1/48 P-61 Black Widow Build feb 2011

    I felt the motor was still too bare compared to the real thing. I noticed that the real motors had a ring assembly separating the front and back. I decided to cut a plastic disc, made some holes so that it would fit between the motors and added it to the assembly.. (sorry. forgot to load...
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    1/48 P-61 Black Widow Build feb 2011

    I painted the cylinders alluminum color. Steel was too dark and silver too light. I figured that alluminum would make it look dirty which is what I was hoping for. The front casing I painted a gunship grey, but I think it's too dark.. I saw some pictures that showed it almost light blue, so I...
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