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brucejscott
Staff Sergeant
Well, the best laid plans of mice and men oft go astray. I had planned on doing the cockpit pretty much stock as it came. After getting the interior green on, I pulled out my Detail Scale for the P-38L and started checking photos. Now, Academy does a nice job but it is an older kit. All the basic shapes are there but not much fine detail. I thought, " Hey, big canopy, I should add some things. Maybe beef up that throttle quadrant a bit. Make it look more like the picture."
It was then that some strange fit overthrew me and I resolved to pretty much scratch the entire cockpit interior. Oh, I said to myself, this will be easy. I must have been overtired. To late to turn back now. Here I have started hacking and wacking. The coppery looking thing is a piece of strand wire that has been wound around a pin and coated in Testors clear parts cement to create a skin. After drying it will be painted and become the oxygen hose. The quadrant has been sanded flat, filled in and details are being fabricated.
More madness to follow.
It was then that some strange fit overthrew me and I resolved to pretty much scratch the entire cockpit interior. Oh, I said to myself, this will be easy. I must have been overtired. To late to turn back now. Here I have started hacking and wacking. The coppery looking thing is a piece of strand wire that has been wound around a pin and coated in Testors clear parts cement to create a skin. After drying it will be painted and become the oxygen hose. The quadrant has been sanded flat, filled in and details are being fabricated.
More madness to follow.