Last night I had the chance to get some work done on the "Perry".
I used a Tamiya weathering deck and some black pastel chalk to make some exhaust stains. I didn't go crazy with it, as most of these planes look to be very clean in the few pictures you find online. Once I was happy with the appearance, I installed the exhaust. This reminds me of how the early 109's looked...
Hey Erik,
@airbum
That's a way to link this kit to your 109 stash ! You could say the exhaust looks very similar to the A-D series of 109's.
Then it was off to the rigging shop... I started out with all intentions to use elastic rigging line, and attempted using some "EZ" line on one of the wires that was the hardest to get to... Notice the key word here... attempted. It did not go well.
Problems started right away. I think my CA glue is too old and it didn't want to cooperate with me. The EZ Line ended up sticking to my tweezers and I was only able to get one end of the first wire connected... Frustrated and upset, I walked away.
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1. Notice the chipped paint
After eating dinner, I came back with new enthusiasm and joyfully pulled the offending EZ line off the model. This wasn't too hard, as only one end was stuck in place.
Plan B went into effect. Using florists wire, I started cutting several pieces of wire, after taking a rough measurement. Each one was custom fit into place. Once I found the wire would fit on one side, I checked the same wire for fit on the other side of the plane, sort of a mirror image fitting if you will.
I went from there and made each wire one at a time. When I was happy with how it fit, I would glue them in place so that things didn't get mixed up along the way. This was very easy to do, and it has an added bonus. The wire looks more like wire... because it really is wire. 🙂
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1. This antennae gets cut off
It might be just a tad too big in diameter for 1/48 scale, but it looks great on my Werner Voss 1/28 scale Revell Dr-1 that I backdated to an early F-103 prototype.
In the process I discovered I somehow have nicked the paint on the Port side of the fuselage, just ahead of the cockpit. Also after taking a closer look at the instructions, it seems the plane I chose to build does not have a radio antennae mast... so off it goes ! I will mask the surrounding area on the upper wing, and carefully cut it away and file / sand it to shape.
Then it will need a few spots of touch up painting, and I'll probably give it a coat of gloss clear last. It looks a little too dull for my liking.
Then this little plane will be done, and then it will be time to finish up the pair of Hasegawa Ki-45's.
As always, comments are encouraged. Thanks for looking.
