Pearl 2017..Final Reveal

[fightnjoe]

Wait.......another build.....another PUBLIC build......what madness is this then?



Well I am finishing up an article for consideration to a magazine and the P-40B is currently in between video sessions. Now is also the time where I begin to look towards December 7 and what that means. This year I have gone solo again and so my only deadline is the finish line. This is not for submission. This is for me.

First up is the subject. Kind of my holy grail build.



The 1/72 Special Hobby B-18. For this I will need to pull out a few tricks as the decals will need modification. The build itself will be out of box.



The journey begins......




Joe

[fightnjoe]

Well here is a quick follow up to the intro.

I would show you a couple of pictures of the sprue but to be honest I dislike those as they really show nothing. For myself I like to see some progress.

As the title says it is the beginning.

First up, I rarely do things as the instructions call for. Just not how I build. This build is no different. Because of the amount of clear in the fuselage the first thing I want to tackle is to get the exterior paint and the interior paint out of the way. To that end I wanted to try something different. Tone variants by changing the base color. I used Testor Gloss Gray, Model Master US Navy Gray, and Testor Creatix Gloss Black. I picked out some panels to try it out.









I then sprayed Alclad Chrome.




While this dried I played some with the interior.





And with some paint.




Next up will be to get some color on the interior walls and then move on to the clear parts.


All comments, critiques, and criticism is encouraged.



Joe

[fightnjoe]

Sorry for the blast of photos. My computer decided it didn't want to play nice with the site for a while. Finally took Paul's advice, given to someone on Facebook, and google searched, then re-bookmarked.


Joe

[fightnjoe]

Well folks everything was moving along smoothly.

The interior went in with no fuss. Although way off it will work when all the "glass" is installed.





The fuselage looked to be a pretty simple project to close up.






And then the honeymoon came to an abrupt end. Well crashing halt. Well total and complete standstill for a while.

The OH MY GOD, ARE YOU KIDDING ME moment came when I attempted to attach the wings to the fuselage. It was just as a bad joke.

The carnage...




Not too bad you say??? Well to compliment that after a lot of sanding to try to get the engine nacelles to fit this was the best I could get....





Now the best part, no picture of this though, after much use of adult language I test fit the stabilizers and they fit a dream with little to no seam. I was fit to be tied.

Well after a trip to the big city on Saturday I was able to obtain some Apoxie Sculpt and so that is now drying, thinking I didnt mix it exactly right, and that should fix my gap issue but holy crap that was a large gap.

More on this soon.


All comments, critiques, and criticism are encouraged.




Joe

[fightnjoe]

Now for an update on the 1/72 B-18.

The wings and the wing roots are now attached, puttied, cleaned up, and now painted. This kit has been a major chore all the way through.











Next will be to get the markings on, some custom, and then finish out the small stuff.


All comments, critiques, and criticism are encouraged.



Joe

[Twokidsnosleep]

She is looking pretty sharp in her silver suit!!!
I like it a lot

[fightnjoe]

Many many thanks.



Joe

[fightnjoe]

Well my friends we call this one done.

Well we did a while ago just never took the time to finish it out.

Added were custom decals as well as the finishing touches for the props and such.


All in all this is to represent an aircraft of the 1st Bomb Group.








The pictures turned out like garbage though. Not sure how or why. I know that I have something on one of the inner workings that is causing some issue but these show a ton of crap.



All comments, critiques, and criticism are encouraged.




Joe

[Vindicare]

very cool!

[fightnjoe]

Many thanks.



Joe

[sheppsea]

Excellent work

[fightnjoe]

Many thanks.



Joe

[sthornton]

looks great