#42 Pinch Hitter

[bfrd]

Still having a hard time getting back to the b1-b, but I found a little bomber that I thought I would build.





I first primed everything in olive green (badger). There are few parts, but they fit together nicely. The kit doesn’t have any decals only stickers, so I will be doing some masking.



Shouldn’t be too hard to get finished. Hopefully it will give my mojo a boost.

[bfrd]

I decided to do a tiny bit of modification by drilling out the gun barrels.





I used a cheap Chinese drill.



There are also some barrels on the fuselage.

After


Before

[Twokidsnosleep]

Great idea. This is a cool little kit.
I made one two Easter’s ago
Cool project

[alextheblue]

Like it Matthew, that looks a real fun build. Looking forward to seeing this one!!

[bfrd]

Changed my mind on the paint. Decided to go with a natural metal finish. So I just re-primed everything in Ultimate gloss black. Still not sure what bare metal I will pick. I may go with something a little different than aircraft aluminum.

[Twokidsnosleep]

Changed my mind on the paint. Decided to go with a natural metal finish. So I just re-primed everything in Ultimate gloss black. Still not sure what bare metal I will pick. I may go with something a little different than aircraft aluminum.

How about BMF?



Seriously, it was a lot of fun using the foil on this little guy

[bfrd]

Changed my mind on the paint. Decided to go with a natural metal finish. So I just re-primed everything in Ultimate gloss black. Still not sure what bare metal I will pick. I may go with something a little different than aircraft aluminum.

How about BMF?



Seriously, it was a lot of fun using the foil on this little guy

Funny, I was just re-reading your build thread. As I am in dire need of a pick-me-up I don’t want to tackle anything too challenging. I have the entire range of Vallejo metal finishes begging me to do something with them. Kudos again on your plane. That is a great result!

[Twokidsnosleep]

Was worth a shot
This is such a great little kit you cannot go wrong with it for a mojo builder
The other one I really enjoyed building, Neil is making...Bandai 1/72 X-Wing.
That kit falls together, no cement and looks fantastic
Hope the juices get flowing for ya

[barrythornton]

Funky little build

[bfrd]

I went with Dark Aluminum.

[Twokidsnosleep]

That looks awesome

[bfrd]

That looks awesome

Thanks!

I did the first round of masking. Pretty much going by the box art for the red. Will probably add a little more variation with round two.

[bfrd]

Not much on the little guy today. I decided to give the engines a little accent color. I used Vallejo Exhaust Manifold to paint the engine bands. I ended up with a nice accent, but a ton of paint peeling that will have to be corrected.

[digger303]

Not much on the little guy today. I decided to give the engines a little accent color. I used Vallejo Exhaust Manifold to paint the engine bands. I ended up with a nice accent, but a ton of paint peeling that will have to be corrected.

Can't see any peeling paint just looks really nice.

[bfrd]

Not much on the little guy today. I decided to give the engines a little accent color. I used Vallejo Exhaust Manifold to paint the engine bands. I ended up with a nice accent, but a ton of paint peeling that will have to be corrected.

Can't see any peeling paint just looks really nice.

That was careful positioning.

The bottom side is where most of the damage took place. I was not careful about de-tacking the tape. I need to get better at that.

[Les0012]

Another take on the SIG, brilliant idea and looks an awesome little kit with great results so far

Les

[bfrd]

I got a bit more done this afternoon. I detailed the little bombs a bit.


Painted the wheels.


And worked on the props. They were already in gloss black so I sprayed them with chrome. I thought that might give a decent base for the yellow. Here is one of them with the tips painted yellow. Mind you just the tip.


I have since gone back and painted the rest of the blades NATO black by hand. Probably needs another coat to make sure they ate all nice and even.

I assembled everything, just waiting on the props to dry.


Next I will need to decide if I should weather it, and if so, how much.

Thanks for watching.

[Fridgy]

Looking like a sweet little kit

[alextheblue]

Beautiful finish with the paint Matthew. I'd leave her all spangly and new looking!