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Playing in the Sandbox Group Build Sept 1, 2024 - Jn 1, 2025

Another HK Models B-17 with Some Improvements


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I think I've put about as much as I can on the tunnel roof so I'll leave it where it is.  There's still some room for a few touch ups and clean ups that I could do but they really won't show very much.  It would be more for the camera and the scrap book.  I especially want to add some riveting which I do more with paint than anything else.  I just add a few thick drops of paint with a very thin brush and that seems to suffice.  It leaves a nice, round raised bump.  

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I did one shot in black and white to test the realism.   It seems to be an interesting effect.  

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I'll still have to do a bit of additional work on the tunnel and that will be to construct the side walls which are not reflected in the kit.  A couple of pieces of styrene shed and some fiddly bits should do the trick.  Then it's on to the cockpit floor.  

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Thanks Craig.  Yes, the door will stay open so you can see up into the area. 

 

I did a little more fiddling in the cockpit last night by setting up the control yokes.  The fabric boots were made with aluminum foil and painted flat O.D. green but didn't come out matte enough even when covered with flat clear acryl.  I should have reshaped the base of the yoke because the boots came out looking more like baby shoes than boots.  The horn buttons on the wheels were painted with white enamel and covered with a dot of gloss clear.  I did them with high magnification and a 6 bristle brush.  

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I did the black and white thing also.  

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More to come.  

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