Duke Maddog
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Here is my submission for this Campaign. This is the Heller 1/72 scale C-118 Liftmaster.
Start up pics taken a couple days ago:
I knew this beastie was going to be giving me serious fits in the future when it comes time to paint it (White over Bare Metal as you can see on the Box Art: double trouble for me!!) so I went through the instructions and found everything that was in halves and assembled everything except for the fuselage.
I started with the cockpit, naturally:
Then I assembled all the wheels that were split in half:
Those will stay there until I'm ready to put them on the plane.
Then I assembled the two halves of the horizontal stabilizers:
Finally, I assembled the wings, followed by the four engine nacelles which I then added to the wings. This was one of several lessons I learned from building my DC-6 which is essentially the same plane:
There. Now all I have to do is add the windows and mask them; then fix all the seams and other issues. That means I have the rest of the year to do battle with this model as I try to lay down a smooth, even white coat over a smooth, even bare metal finish!
Okay, that is all the work I managed to get done today. Thanks for looking in, comments are welcome.
Start up pics taken a couple days ago:
I knew this beastie was going to be giving me serious fits in the future when it comes time to paint it (White over Bare Metal as you can see on the Box Art: double trouble for me!!) so I went through the instructions and found everything that was in halves and assembled everything except for the fuselage.
I started with the cockpit, naturally:
Then I assembled all the wheels that were split in half:
Those will stay there until I'm ready to put them on the plane.
Then I assembled the two halves of the horizontal stabilizers:
Finally, I assembled the wings, followed by the four engine nacelles which I then added to the wings. This was one of several lessons I learned from building my DC-6 which is essentially the same plane:
There. Now all I have to do is add the windows and mask them; then fix all the seams and other issues. That means I have the rest of the year to do battle with this model as I try to lay down a smooth, even white coat over a smooth, even bare metal finish!
Okay, that is all the work I managed to get done today. Thanks for looking in, comments are welcome.