Landlubber Mike Posted August 30 Author Share Posted August 30 Thanks Chris! Hope you're feeling better. I'm down to the last few decals, then will add some weathering and highlighting/shading, before adding the rigging and hopefully calling it done. I'm a little nervous about pulling off the masks for the windows, so fingers crossed there. I've also got a base I need to finish, along with a small CMK US Navy pilot. Hopefully all that is doable tonight as my oldest has a tournament tomorrow. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peterpools Posted August 31 Share Posted August 31 Mike Fingers crossed and she is a beauty. Going to be awesome finish today as the Big Sikorsky crosses the line. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Landlubber Mike Posted August 31 Author Share Posted August 31 Finish line is in sight. Finished adding the decals, did a little shading/weathering, and just sprayed a final semi-gloss coat. Just need to rig, add the props and canopy antennae, and maybe add some last bits of weathering for things like the wheels. Thanks for looking in! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PanzerWomble Posted August 31 Share Posted August 31 Yay - go Mike go ! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Landlubber Mike Posted August 31 Author Share Posted August 31 1 hour ago, PanzerWomble said: Yay - go Mike go ! Thanks PW! I feel like I’ve gone through 11 heavyweight rounds on this one. One more to go 😳 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Landlubber Mike Posted September 1 Author Share Posted September 1 Finally finished! This thing has been fun, but a bit nerve wracking. There are so many PE and other fragile detail pieces, that I kept breaking things off. I figured out a way to hold the model, but one time I accidentally held it a little too firm a popped one of the windows into the fuselage - let's just say, I said a few not so nice words 🤬 Somehow, after shaking the fuselage for a few minutes, the window popped back down into the slot. It took a while, but I managed to get it glued back in. It's not perfect, but better than terminating the build. Thanks to everyone for your support and help! Looking forward to the next GB! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Landlubber Mike Posted September 1 Author Share Posted September 1 I found a 1/72 scale Navy WW2 pilot from CMK and a picked up a resin concrete tarmac off of eBay the other day, so decided to use them for a simple diorama with the JRS-1. I like adding figures to help better show scale. Here, the figure shows how big this plane was. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peterpools Posted September 1 Share Posted September 1 Mike Congratulations on not only crossing the finish line before the stoke of twelve but the Big Sikorsky looks incredible - what a build. WOW! I was on board for the entire journey and you certainly had a mountain of roadblocks to overcome. The results speak for themselves - simply a stellar build. Surely looks as if all the finger crossing paid off in the end when the masks were removed. I thoroughly enjoyed being onboard, start to finish. Beautiful work and a build worthy of Queen of your Display Case. 🏆🥇🏆🥇🏆 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HubertB Posted September 1 Share Posted September 1 Great result Mike ! Love it 😍 ! Hubert 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevinM Posted September 1 Share Posted September 1 Glad to see you pulled it off Mike looks really good. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Landlubber Mike Posted September 1 Author Share Posted September 1 Thanks guys! Now to start early on the next GB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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