Lady in the Night..Hobby Boss P-61B Black Widow

[Gigant 981]

Hey, I built an old Widow a long time ago too 

 

 

Boxart nailed me

 

Yup, I built this one too when it first came out.

 

I tried the Monogram release later, and unlike their famous 1/48 B-17G and B-29's I found it tedious.

 

Since the old Aurora kit builds up so simply, I bought another old Aurora kit for around $50.00, along with some AM decals, etc., started to build it as a "wheels-up", since their wheel wells were non-existent.

 

Then I found it is now worth around $200.00, so now it sits with my "unbuilt golden oldies" section in my hobby room along with others.

 

Now I am curious how well the Hobby Boss kit does.

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Unfortunately this build is stalled, I am having trouble finding the rear cockpit section and the upper turret, both are out of stock at their respective makers, so now it's a waiting game to see if it ever shows up

[Gazzas 6,498]

 Bummer!

[Guest Peterpools]

Right with Gaz; a Bummer for sure.

Peter

[Troy Molitor 2,708]

Triple bummer!  

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Unfortunately this build is stalled, I am having trouble finding the rear cockpit section and the upper turret, both are out of stock at their respective makers, so now it's a waiting game to see if it ever shows up

If I can't find the relish turret, I may be able to source one from Lone Star Models, or possible even build one with the blanking plate. I could also possibly use an Eduard set for the rear radar starption, but still holding out hope for the resin parts.

[logan181 34]

Type P-61 1/32 on Ebay. You will find individual sprues for sale. You should find what you need.

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Good news, I was able to find the Radar station and gun barrels top and bottom at Hannants UK. The bad news is, they cost me a lot of money. Now all I need is to hunt down an upper turret.  

[logan181 34]

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F302788101443

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https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F302788101443

Nope, have that, need a fixed upper turret common on the B models.

[Breaker 613]

They came back in stock with Relish today, just got the email for the stock alert. 

[Vandy 1 VX 4 3,063]

YIPPEE will get to see a black widow build

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15 hours ago, Breaker said:

They came back in stock with Relish today, just got the email for the stock alert. 

Yes, as my luck would have it, I ordered one from Lone Star Models this morning, then only a few hours later, I got the email. Oh well, I ordered them both, now I have a spare. Good news is, I now have everything I need to build it including brass cannon and machine gun barrels. Hopefully I will have everything in a couple weeks!

[Night Fighter 40]

So, how is the build coming along?

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