russ c Posted October 20, 2015 Share Posted October 20, 2015 Hi All, Not posted for a while, since the old faithful Packard Bell `threw a seven` about three weeks ago. Back up now on the new computer now I`ve got the hang of it (mostly). Just finished Monograms 1/48 scale Black Widow that I bought at the Hinckley Show in March of a nice bloke called Daryl. Done as P-61A Midnite Madness of the 548th NFS based at Iwo Jima, April 1945. Built 99% Out Of Two Boxes as I wanted to do one with both engine cowlings the same, as the kit....... .... gives you one cowling with cooling flaps open and one closed and I wanted to make it a bit different. So I chopped and grafted the end of one boom onto the other and using the one piece engines had some more space for weights. Decals were from Print + Scale set 48-035 and were incredibly thin and stretched and rolled up and caused lots of swearing and some hand painting here and there. Otherwise just blanked the wheel wells off, made some seat belts, catches to the open canopy panel and added aerial wires. Hope you enjoy, thanks for looking. Cheers Russ 27 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted October 20, 2015 Share Posted October 20, 2015 Cracking build Russ,captures the mean and moody look of the original aircraft superbly,great black finish too 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted October 20, 2015 Share Posted October 20, 2015 Very nice indeed, I've always liked the P-61 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Dyck Posted October 20, 2015 Share Posted October 20, 2015 A real stunner , Russ , absolute nice built and perfect pic's. THX for sharing. Best regards Andy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody37 Posted October 20, 2015 Share Posted October 20, 2015 Cracking build of this brut Russ, built one of these as a kid but got glue all over the canopy! Like the scheme too, those red gills break up the black quite a bit 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knight_Flyer Posted October 20, 2015 Share Posted October 20, 2015 Looks great, quite a bold scheme considering it's predominantly black. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darby Posted October 20, 2015 Share Posted October 20, 2015 It looks sinister. Anything to do with spiders is sinister. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batcode Posted October 20, 2015 Share Posted October 20, 2015 Fantastic build Russ looks great. Very nice job on the scheme and finish, the exhaust streaks look great. Out intrest how did you find the build? As got the same kit that plan to strat in the near future?? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russ c Posted October 20, 2015 Author Share Posted October 20, 2015 Fantastic build Russ looks great. Very nice job on the scheme and finish, the exhaust streaks look great. Out intrest how did you find the build? As got the same kit that plan to strat in the near future?? Thanks Rob, The builds OK, needs a fair bit of filler and sanding, about the same as the A-6 Intruder you did but not as bad as their Marauder. I was lucky with the transparencies as it was an older Monogram issue, some of the recent reissues are starting to show their age. Cheers Russ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigsty Posted October 20, 2015 Share Posted October 20, 2015 not as bad as their Marauder That's a relief! Nice job, too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batcode Posted October 20, 2015 Share Posted October 20, 2015 (edited) I Thanks Rob, The builds OK, needs a fair bit of filler and sanding, about the same as the A-6 Intruder you did but not as bad as their Marauder. I was lucky with the transparencies as it was an older Monogram issue, some of the recent reissues are starting to show their age. Cheers Russ I did hear was a bit of a filler magnet lol..... I do have same am bits for mine as in etch and some resin... but your right with some the monogram kits showing there age as trying to do the old 1/48 b-24j took me ages to source decals for it got them and now building it but the nose and tail turret have really bad seam lines that are very noticeable, and cannot hide with frame work!!!! typical no am ones at all.... Edited October 20, 2015 by batcode Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOCKNEY Posted October 20, 2015 Share Posted October 20, 2015 Lovely job Russ In 1/48 this must be a big unit when it's finished. Never built a monogram kit, do they got together well or does it vary from kit to kit ? Cheers Pat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thepureness Posted October 20, 2015 Share Posted October 20, 2015 looks good and new, only negative comment I could think of would be adding some paint chipping as P-61's had plenty of wear and tear. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reini78 Posted October 21, 2015 Share Posted October 21, 2015 lovely work with that old kit 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russ c Posted October 21, 2015 Author Share Posted October 21, 2015 looks good and new, only negative comment I could think of would be adding some paint chipping as P-61's had plenty of wear and tear. Cheers; re chipping, looking at photo`s I found the ones with a lot of chipping were early post war weather ships, I wanted to do one in fairly good not too shiney condition as even the most weathered aircraft were in good nick at some time. Thanks for looking and commenting though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russ c Posted October 21, 2015 Author Share Posted October 21, 2015 Lovely job Russ In 1/48 this must be a big unit when it's finished. Never built a monogram kit, do they got together well or does it vary from kit to kit ? Cheers Pat Cheers Pat; it varies from kit to kit and also on which reissue is in the box, as I said in Rob`s post above some of the more recent ones, the moulds are showing their age. They`re all buildable still though ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
general melchett Posted October 21, 2015 Share Posted October 21, 2015 Lovely job Russ, one of my all time favourite prop aircraft, such a beast, great idea with the engine nacelles...like many others I fondly recall building one back in the day. I'm mightily tempted with a 1/32nd one now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spruecutter96 Posted October 21, 2015 Share Posted October 21, 2015 Now that's a "Wider" to Consider! (I apologize profusely for the very awful punning). Thanks for sharing with us.... Chris. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mario Posted October 28, 2015 Share Posted October 28, 2015 Hi Russ! Very nice model of an interesting subject! Same quality as I´m used to see - only the pic of the modeller has changed?! Cheers, Mario Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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