#p61blackwidow

[planecrazyreenactor1812]

I'm in the home stretch.

With the 2 girl dogs currently coexisting peacefully without any prey drive-style wrestling/attacking, I was able to spend a lot more time in my workshop this weekend working on the Black Widow. All of the decals are on the plane...despite the fact that the company that made this kit did NOT provide locations for all of the decals on the sheet. I'm hard pressed to find any other photos that show where these mystery decals go, but I'm going to leave the rest of them off, except for 2 really cool "ammunition access" ones I stuck on the bottom of the fuselage near where the 20mm cannons are. After the decals set and dry, I'll be clear coating this baby and moving onto the weathering portion of the build. I've also begun a diorama for this bird.

[planecrazyreenactor1812]

More Progress.

Adding highlights to the panel lines really helped with the realism. And I ain't even done with it yet.

[planecrazyreenactor1812]

Belgium, fall of 1944. The heat of the summer has given way to cold crisp mornings. The smell of dew-sodden leaves mingles with the stench of high octane fuel and motor oil. The sun has been up for a half an hour, but the crew of a P-61 Black Widow stand near their machine, discussing the details of the night mission they were on only hours before. Two mechanics haul a heavy box of 20mm cannon ammo to the concrete tarmac to begin the re-arming process for the giant fighter. Only a year before, the tarmac was home to German aircraft and German crews. Now, the Americans operate here. As one of the mechanics pulls out a belt of ammo, a rustling is heard amongst the pile of leaves under a maple tree. A white and brown flash darts across the grass, between the cluster of crewmen, and over to one of the mechanics. It's one of the local mutts, and she barks happily at the man in front of her. "Hey Red, I hope you've got some snacks for her!" Shouts the pilot of the plane. "Snacks? That's the last thing this pooch needs, sir!" I'm very pleased to have finished this diorama, and I'm grateful that Dolly let me use her likeness to make/sculpt a 1:72 version of her out of polystyrene and filler putty. She's a good girl.

[planecrazyreenactor1812]

She's a man-eater.

..or at least a plane smasher. My Black Widow is complete and ready to shred the luftwaffe to pieces. I'll be building a diorama for this baby, too.

[planecrazyreenactor1812]

First coat.

It's no longer a primer-grey widow, it is what it's supposed to be. But this is only the first coat.

[planecrazyreenactor1812]

Had the sniffles today.

So I did what I do best. Worked on my Black Widow, and had Wolfgang take good care of me.

[michael-xiii]

Anyone interested? Pm me. Btw: these canopies are discontinued. #vectorresin #48scale #p61blackwidow #forsale #ww2models #usaf https://www.instagram.com/p/BvFIwQJHhAv/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1uisbl028lxq5

[rainlandstudios]

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