Revell 1/48 P-61 Black Widow, "Midnight Mickey" - Ready For Inspection

[Nikola]

Well gents,

It is what it is but she's finally RFI!
Almost a year since I've started the build.
It's been uphill all the way with this oldie (the molds are shot completely combined with my average modelling skills), but worth every effort in the end!
I am not satisfied with many aspects, but overall I am happy because I had a lot of fun and learned a lot.

She is OOB, except Uschi lines for the antennae and scratch build tarps for the first time.

As for the tarps, I used them to cover the problems with the fit between the very bad clear parts and the fuselage (a lot of miss-alignments and gaps), which I didn't want to be fixing forever, so they were more of a necessity than a preferred choice. I think that they are too wrinkly and not matte enough. Anyway, I learned something new so next time I will know better.

Comments and criticism are more than welcome.


Thanks for looking!


Best,
Nikola

[Parker]

Wow! That looks awesome.

[Stokesy44]

Beautiful work. Fading and weathering look superb.

[Nikola]

Wow! That looks awesome.

Thank you Parker! Much appreciated!

Best,
Nikola

[Nikola]

Beautiful work. Fading and weathering look superb.

Thank you very much Stokesy! Appreciated.
Glad that you like how she turned out.

Best,
Nikola

[digger303]

knock out result

[Nikola]

knock out result

Thank you Digger! Very glad you like it!

Best,
Nikola

[ForeverPlasticKits]

This old Monogram/Revell is still good (except for the canopies), well done!

[BigWall]

Very nice! I love the paint and weathering!

[Nikola]

This old Monogram/Revell is still good (except for the canopies), well done!

Thanks FPK! Appreciated!

I had to do a lot of flesh cleaning and also filling, especially at the joints between the tails and the wings. Nevertheless, it's a very fun kit to build, just not for someone with very little free time.

Best,
Nikola

[Nikola]

Very nice! I love the paint and weathering!

Thank you very much BigWall! Very glad that you like how she turned out in the end.

Best,
Nikola