denders

So, first pass at the Sturmblitz marking. I overlooked that the front of my mask wasn't high enough. And the masking pulled some paint off the PE armor plating. I guess I'll try it again.

Working my way through the markings.

Next step. It's been a long time for the splotches.

Some of the camo is painted.

That's looking really nice! I never knew there was a mud guard in the nose wheel compartment.

RLM 76 painted. Now to mask for RLM 74/75 camo.

1" = 6 feet and 1" = 12 feet. I've still got a feeling that 1/35 was an approximation for a 6' person to be 2" high.

Oh, yeah, N-scale 1/160 and Z-scale is 1/220.

You know, if you went out and found one of those triangular scales (ruler for those who think that way) the Architect's scale (or that's what I've known them as) has all of the above-mentioned increments plus others based upon fractions of an inch equal to 1 foot. If you went looking for an Engineer's scale, it has 1"=10', 20', 30', 40', 50', and 60'. And btw, HO is Half O gauge (1/43.5). Take 5'-10" x 12 = 70" / 35 = 2" for perhaps a typical sized male human at the time??????????????? Dave

The extra armor is on. Almost managed to glue my fingers to the starboard side.

More work. I used the Aires landing gear bay resin pieces that I purchased. I'm not really sure how old the resin parts are and I wonder if there was some shrinkage. If you look closer, the hole in the wing leading edge on the left side of the photo doesn't line up well with the location for installing the gun barrel. I will definitely not look correctly lined up. Also, I forgot about these items in the Black Dog set before I closed up the wing. So, I've got some sanding and filling to do, then a primer coat. Onward!

That looks really nice!

The gloss coat should be an acrylic and yes, to protect the other paint. Also, the gloss coat allows the panel liner to flow better and easier to clean up any panel liner that strays.

Back at working on this. I just glued the resin wheel wells into place. The engine cowling has been put together and the fuselage has been closed up.

I picked this up last fall at the Murfreesboro IPMS show. I thought I'd see what's to them related to how they would be to build by my grandsons. I found it interesting. I had not looked at one of these kits before. These are the sprues after I've assembled it, so parts aren't present, but notice the colors molded. There was also a sprue that was made from a different plastic and there were various joints molded into the sprue. For example, the hands, the thumb, index finger, and the other three finger of the hands all have ball joints for posing them. I took this one back when I first opened up the kit, so this sprue hasn't been unwrapped yet. Look closely a the ball joints. The plastic is a different material too. All the stickers!!! Done! Most of the instructions are in Japanese. Some of the steps have you pull some of those ball joints apart to add pieces. Unfortunately, when pulling apart the left shoulder as instructed, it was very hard an I managed to break it. So, I went through the online process to request a part. One of the requirements is a receipt from purchase. Hobby Nut vends at the Murfreesboro show and that's where I bought it. Of course, the transaction was cash, no receipt. I explained that but the response was, nope, have to have a receipt. So, I emailed Hobby Nut, explained the situation, and asked it they could possibly generate a receipt. They were very kind and created a receipt for me. I added the copy of the receipt to the part request, and it was approved. After about 10 weeks, there was a small, padded envelope in the mail with the requested part. Thanks, Hobby Nut. There is no glue used in the assembly process. I think it's a little above my grandsons just yet. Particularly related to having to pull things apart. But the 4-year-old thinks it's cool. The other grandson is almost 9.