Gun controls seats complete. Thought the controls was going to be hard to glue but was pretty easy. 40 parts for those little seats and lots of detail . Still more to come folks 🙂

Cheers Brian

I been looking at this at Hobby Town for a long time. Took it home on Weds . Already started , tail radio area so far has 74 parts. By the time the cockpit is complete it will be over 100 parts for the interior. This kit has been a blast to work on. Only issue is the vinyl oxygen hose will not glue to the plastic so i will have to figure that out . I tried to use the kit photo etch framing parts that shelve the equipment . Had bad luck with part not bending good and breaking. I even had a tool to help bend the parts and did not work out. So i decided to go the rout using styrene which i has always had better luck at .

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Cheers Brian

Nice big kit, this one. I've seen three or four at shows and even though ...er... Black... there's ample opportunity to weather it as something distinctive.

Good job so far.

1/32 HB P-61

with True Detail reain wheels. I am very very impressed with the TD resin wheels. Just takes some sanding to get the hubs to fit the tires. And little drilling of hob and sanding on strut wheel shaft for wheels to fit. I am really glad I bought them Major improvement over kit wheels . Highly recommended 🙂

Cheers Brian

So is this going to be 'done' by the Hobby Town contest? Maybe the ConAir contest?

Agree with your views on the TD wheels - they are much better than the kit offerings. The only beef I have with them is that some of them tend to be just a little too flat, making it look like the airplane is overloaded or the tire is underserviced! Good progress so far, Brian.

Neil, the earlier model P-61's were delivered in the OD over gray, mostly the "A" models, I think. The black came a little later.

Is that a giant piece of lead or steel at the front of the cockpit (with what looks like another sheet under the floor), and is it included in the kit? This might have to go in my small collection of 1/32 kits! Can't wait to see her done!