Getting the cockpit together on Airfix's Javelin. There seems to be a stigma around tube glue nowadays, but here you can see how I put it to double duty! One I get a bead and the glue dries, simply shave it off and sand lightly and your done! (Unless you wind up with a step between two parts, but not happening on this kit! It rocks!) Another neat feature are separate covers for the wheel wells if you do a gear up bird. These will be installed with Elmer's glue as painting masks!
Normally I'll build a cockpit clean or with minor wear and tear not unlike a pampered warbird, but this being all black needed a little more to make it interesting! I also modified the exhaust nozzles to allow attachment after painting.
Now I just need to decide between silver or grey for the underside. I've seen both so I don't know what's appropriate!
I would like to add that my new favorite "cool color" from Model Master is "grease and oil"! It runs into cracks and flows like oil and has a similar sheen! Great for wheel wells or radial engine puke! (What round engined bird would look right without it?)
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