Erich
the old Sage
correct night fighter nut, ETO only for the 422nd/425th and the 414 though later the Italien units changing out their mossies for P-61's but these were moved to these units so late in the war.
**** DONE: 1/48 P-61A – Heavy Hitters II GB
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vikingBerserker
Lieutenant General
She's looking nice!
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ozhawk40
Master Sergeant
It's been awhile, but work is progressing on the 61.
Todays update.
Pic 1
I fixed up the missing pieces of the crew ladder by adding stretched sprue to the ladder. You can see the white pieces I have added. However getting the assembly off the sprue was a challenge, as the ladder was too fragile. In the end I sprung for some handy razor saws that you add to a scalpel. They did the trick and taking a lot of care.
Pic 2 3
New resin wheels. I started on the tires by first coating in mud brown and then added grey sides and black tread highlights.
Pic 4 5
Painted the crew seats, and then added the photo-etch belts. They come in plain brass and are included in the Great Wall kit. Once added I painted the belts "buff", latches aluminium and then added the stitching using a very fine felt pen. O.05 fine tip to be precise. I hope they look okay.
Cheers
Peter
Todays update.
Pic 1
I fixed up the missing pieces of the crew ladder by adding stretched sprue to the ladder. You can see the white pieces I have added. However getting the assembly off the sprue was a challenge, as the ladder was too fragile. In the end I sprung for some handy razor saws that you add to a scalpel. They did the trick and taking a lot of care.
Pic 2 3
New resin wheels. I started on the tires by first coating in mud brown and then added grey sides and black tread highlights.
Pic 4 5
Painted the crew seats, and then added the photo-etch belts. They come in plain brass and are included in the Great Wall kit. Once added I painted the belts "buff", latches aluminium and then added the stitching using a very fine felt pen. O.05 fine tip to be precise. I hope they look okay.
Cheers
Peter
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fubar57
General
Good job Peter. Gonna have to get me some of them saws.
Geo
Geo
nice work Peter, me too for the saws
Catch22
Major
Beauty!
Airframes
Benevolens Magister
Good stuff Peter, the tyres are looking the part. Me too on those saw blades - I've got various razor saws, but those blades for the Swann Morton handle will be very useful.
Damn nice work man....
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ozhawk40
Master Sergeant
Cheers Guys!
Pic 1
Okay - I've spent a bit of time painting the cockpit and interior areas. I did some shading and picked out the details. Lastly I gave everything a gloss coat in preparation of adding in the various placards and decals. Great Wall supply all the instruments as individual decals and a fair amount of the interior cockpit placards.
Pic 2
This pic shows the various placards in place. Instructions are straight forward but the wording on the decals is to say the least, unusual. "peoplesweetdgrot" "lookatthate" "CFJGHS" are all finely printed! Amazing. For all the work put into the detail of this kit. Still, I guess once all in place, no one will ever know.
Pic 3
Instrument panel done. One small instrument decal was a victim of Mr Setter. I covered everything over with a coat of matt and started the assembly of all the inner bits.
Pic 4
Everything's a bit tight, but it works, thank goodness!
Pic 5
Oh - forgot to say I added a black wash to the floor and parts, as well as some scuff marks to the floor.
Pic 6
Before I close up I remembered to add some weight under the floor, and held in place with white glue. I probably will need to add some extra to the nose as well.
Cheers
Peter
Pic 1
Okay - I've spent a bit of time painting the cockpit and interior areas. I did some shading and picked out the details. Lastly I gave everything a gloss coat in preparation of adding in the various placards and decals. Great Wall supply all the instruments as individual decals and a fair amount of the interior cockpit placards.
Pic 2
This pic shows the various placards in place. Instructions are straight forward but the wording on the decals is to say the least, unusual. "peoplesweetdgrot" "lookatthate" "CFJGHS" are all finely printed! Amazing. For all the work put into the detail of this kit. Still, I guess once all in place, no one will ever know.
Pic 3
Instrument panel done. One small instrument decal was a victim of Mr Setter. I covered everything over with a coat of matt and started the assembly of all the inner bits.
Pic 4
Everything's a bit tight, but it works, thank goodness!
Pic 5
Oh - forgot to say I added a black wash to the floor and parts, as well as some scuff marks to the floor.
Pic 6
Before I close up I remembered to add some weight under the floor, and held in place with white glue. I probably will need to add some extra to the nose as well.
Cheers
Peter
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meatloaf109
1st Lieutenant
Very nice work!
T Bolt
Colonel
Real nice Peter 
Crimea_River
Marshal
Marvelous work my man.
Vic Balshaw
Major General
My goodness Pete, I clicked onto those tyres and thought they were the real thing, and looking at the rest………………marvellous!
like the look of that Peter!
Looks great so far Peter!
Aaron Brooks Wolters
Brigadier General
Looking very sharp Peter, extremely nice work sir. And on one of my favorite aircraft to.
