Night Fighter Nut
Master Sergeant
Hi guys and gals,
Just thought I would show my humble attempts at building a P-61B Black Widow. I built this in an attempt to show at least one model that had everything on it that would be found on the actual plane. Needless to say I researched this plane for months just trying to find out what one actually looked like and noted differences between other people's builds and the photos I was seeing. Here are some of the things I found.
1. There are what looks like red wings on the two side "H" shaped antennas.
2. There is another set of dipol antennas on the sides that are forward and up from the 'H" shaped antennas.
3. There are two support brackets that attach to the front wheel fender.
4. There is a red handle attached to the right side window by the second position in front.
5. There is a small air-intake scoop located on the right side just above and forward of the wing root.
6. Those window doors by the pilot, gunner, and radar operator have bars that hold those doors open and what lookes like a type of lanyard or cord to prevent them from opening too far.
7. There are also three T-handled latches attached to the pilots window door.
8. Finally I noticed a football shaped antenna that seems to have no set location.
I've tried to incorporate all these details in my model. When I built this model, I did it without the use of an airbrush. I don't own one. This is also my first attempt to build a model with this much detail. I'll post other pictures later when I find a better camera. Please let me know what you think. Thanks...
Just thought I would show my humble attempts at building a P-61B Black Widow. I built this in an attempt to show at least one model that had everything on it that would be found on the actual plane. Needless to say I researched this plane for months just trying to find out what one actually looked like and noted differences between other people's builds and the photos I was seeing. Here are some of the things I found.
1. There are what looks like red wings on the two side "H" shaped antennas.
2. There is another set of dipol antennas on the sides that are forward and up from the 'H" shaped antennas.
3. There are two support brackets that attach to the front wheel fender.
4. There is a red handle attached to the right side window by the second position in front.
5. There is a small air-intake scoop located on the right side just above and forward of the wing root.
6. Those window doors by the pilot, gunner, and radar operator have bars that hold those doors open and what lookes like a type of lanyard or cord to prevent them from opening too far.
7. There are also three T-handled latches attached to the pilots window door.
8. Finally I noticed a football shaped antenna that seems to have no set location.
I've tried to incorporate all these details in my model. When I built this model, I did it without the use of an airbrush. I don't own one. This is also my first attempt to build a model with this much detail. I'll post other pictures later when I find a better camera. Please let me know what you think. Thanks...
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