**** DONE: Revell P-61A 1/48 scale, Nocturnal Nemesis, Night Fighter GB.

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

WOW!!!! Excellent work NFN!!!!!!

 

[Night Fighter Nut]

Finally got a chance to paint the chairs. I'll wait till after they are installed before I say I'm done with them. Currently I'm working on the R/O compartment again. The sides back there are indented due to the mold process so I've had to sand off the detail and add a filler. Once I have it smoothed out I'll reconstruct that part. Photos later although I need to run to the hobby shop to find the right color. Thanks for the kind words guys. I'm trying hard to do justice to this model.

 

[Vic Balshaw]

In my book Bill you are doing it great justice, the lampshade making is very inventive

 

[Wayne Little]

certainly looks good so far!

 

[Airframes]

Sure does !

 

[Night Fighter Nut]

Thanks fellas, that means a lot to me coming from you all. This is the most detail I've ever put into a model and I've never competed before.

 

[P40NUT]

Looks great so far. Inspires me to go find a model to enter in the GB.

 

[Maximowitz]

Very good indeed!

 

[rochie]

nice job so far

 

[Night Fighter Nut]

Got to do a little more work on the rear section. I didn't like the concave sides this model has so I sanded off all the detail and filled in the cavity. I then reapplied the framework. More details to follow after I fabricate them.

 

[Airframes]

Looking good.

 

[Crimea_River]

Putting some good work into this one Bill. Looking good mate.

 

[vikingBerserker]

Very nice work.

 

[Vic Balshaw]

Top stuff Bill

 

[Night Fighter Nut]

Thanks guys. I'm currently trying to find the correct color for the inside. The directions call for zinc chromate but that is a yellow color and many of the color photos I've found have a green color. I'm guessing green chromate? I could probably mix the right color since its hard to find a hobby store that has a large array of colors to choose from.

Moving on. I put together the turret with the quad 50's the other night. Nothing fancy with this part of the build, only the "quick boost" after market gun set. I'll put up a photo later. During my breaks at work, I'm busy cleaning up and cutting out the cowling flaps. Hmmm, how to keep myself busy when I'm not busy?

 

[T Bolt]

Really excellent work Bill!!

 

[Airframes]

Could very well be Zinc Chromate - the colour shade was dependant on the mix, type, batch etc., and there was / is a green Zinc Chromate.

 

[Night Fighter Nut]

Heading to the store tonight and try very hard to find this elusive mixture.

 

[Wurger]

 

[Airframes]

Easier to mix it, using yellow and green, with a tiny, tiny touch of silver. The tones varied, as mentioned, depending on the zinc and additives, from a semi-metallic version of (US) Interior Green, to mustard yellow, and shades in between! The difference in appearance to (green) Zinc Chromate, and Interior Green, was that the latter had a semi-matt sheen, whilst the ZC was flat, with an underlying minor hint of metal particles, and appeared very slightly lighter.