Joel: I look forward to your next post in this "anything but OOB build."

Brian

Brian,

The other reason is that for the 1st time in my "Adult Modeling Life", I've started another kit, and plan on alternating stages/steps so each build will take individually longer, but the combined time total is about the same as if I built them separately. As I stated that I've come out of my modeling closet concerning a very personal interest in building certain race cars, and cars from eras long past. That 1st most modest effort is the Ebbro 1/20 scale Lotus 49. My 2nd all time favorite F1 car. While I realize that most of you don't share my passion, I'll be posting some updates on the automakers site as I feel my way through the build.

the 3rd reason, and the other reason for modeling race cars, is that for years on end I've done literally nothing but seat at my workbench for the vast majority of time that I'm home, and honestly my Mojo of late seems to have been some what decreasing. So I'm also now spending less time actively modeling. I've found that the two options have helped me once again focus on my modeling both venues with a somewhat different perspective.

Joel

Good work Joel.

Glad to see another update. It just goes to show that no matter what we do, there is a monster of a kit waiting for us somewhere.

I would like to learn how to work with clear plastic in a way where it wasn't always the fuselage that had to lose material... Or even worse, having to fill and sand near it. ..probably pipe dreams....but it would be nice not to be a slave to the vagaries of clear plastic.

Cheers,

Gary

Very nice work Joel. Looks like you had to use substantial amounts of putty; I have been there on a build or two and it is a bit of a grind.

Off this build topic a bit, I build F1 cars as a change of pace, either 1/20 or 1/24 scale. At the risk of sounding geeky, I own a game called Formula De with a lot of the expansion tracks; I run a 16 race season with my local gaming group and for the past three seasons I have built the type of car the winner "drove" to win the "World Driver's Championship". Team Red Bull won last season and I built Tamiya's excellent 1/20 scale RBR F1 car, great kit, and a nice change from the muted paint schemes I normally paint. If you would like, I can share some of my build insights for building F1 car kits.

Ernest

Good to see some plastic movement once again!

Sorry about the clear parts, it's frustrating! A friend of mine advised me to "built the kit to fit the clear parts". A good thought but sadly a lot easier said than done!



Magnus

Joel:

I am surprised this model requires as much putty work as your build shows. I thought it would be more of a shake and bake exercise except for the specific details for the B model. And what's with that cut out underneath the chin just aft of the nose glass? I haven't seen that before.

Work continues, at a glacial pace, on the 17. Should have a post up soon.

Joel,
Surely that picture is making you think about foil. Scarily, it's making me think of building a B-25!

Gary

Was it just a look down window?
Joel

Yes. On the early B-25's, there was a .30 gun in the nose and the theory was the bombardier would move it around as needed. There were ball sockets on each side, in the nose, and one in that little panel. So if someone was coming at you from low and the right, I guess you could shoot at him. Like I said, theory...