Revell P61, waiting for the hammer to fall

C'mon, tighten that vise a few more turns, you know you want to!

Edbert said:

C'mon, tighten that vise a few more turns, you know you want to!

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Give it time, if this doesn't work it's a strong possibility. Pantherman

Pantherman said:

It was driving me nuts so removed the radar and added some flat weights just behind the front undercarriage, and also decided to fill the nose with weights. Think that should do the trick. Pantherman
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And just like baby's first steps, she's on her own 3 legs....... Pantherman

Pantherman said:

And just like baby's first steps, she's on her own 3 legs....... Pantherman
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Love it. Really nice work.

TimM63 said:

Love it. Really nice work.

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Thanks Tim, I'm more settled now so will probably get the bay doors and decals done over the weekend hopefully. PM

Pantherman said:

Thanks Tim, I'm more settled now so will probably get the bay doors and decals done over the weekend hopefully. PM

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I know that front end was killing your OCD.
Glad you have it fixed.

How much total weight did you add in?

I will be sure to load up the nose.

The B-58 is done but for one decal I effed up. So I got back to the Phantom and started this. I sprayed zinc chromate green all over the interior stuff. LOL Started doing the PE on the pilots console. Sorry about the blurry pic on that one.

Bear43 said:

How much total weight did you add in?

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25g under and in front of the cockpit, 25g in the nose cone and 10g in each of the fuel tanks. Pantherman

Pantherman said:

And just like baby's first steps, she's on her own 3 legs....... Pantherman
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Bay doors on now so decals next I think. PM

Pantherman said:

Bay doors on now so decals next I think. PM
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Starting on the decals now but the revell instructions are absolutely rubbish so most of this will be guess work I'm afraid.

Sorry in advance to all the purists on the forum but my excuse is I usually build tank's. Pantherman

Looks great by me

Pantherman said:

Starting on the decals now but the revell instructions are absolutely rubbish so most of this will be guess work I'm afraid.

Sorry in advance to all the purists on the forum but my excuse is I usually build tank's. Pantherman
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Looks fantastic. Great job

TimM63 said:

Looks fantastic. Great job

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You do nice work.

Havent had much time at the bench the last week, but got some stuff done. Making progress. Almost done with interior stuff.

Pantherman said:

Starting on the decals now but the revell instructions are absolutely rubbish so most of this will be guess work I'm afraid.

Sorry in advance to all the purists on the forum but my excuse is I usually build tank's. Pantherman
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Got a few more bits done, mainly just the dreaded canopies to finish. Pantherman

Beautiful! The antenna really sets it off, I need to research better ways than sewing thread

Looking back at it that aircraft's design, it was pretty advanced for it's time. Then again the late war contemporaries (F7F/F8F) were of a new genre too.

Edbert said:

Beautiful! The antenna really sets it off, I need to research better ways than sewing thread

Looking back at it that aircraft's design, it was pretty advanced for it's time. Then again the late war contemporaries (F7F/F8F) were of a new genre too.

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EZ Line. Great stuff.

smokeriderdon said:

EZ Line. Great stuff.

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This is what I use

Edbert said:

Beautiful! The antenna really sets it off, I need to research better ways than sewing thread

Looking back at it that aircraft's design, it was pretty advanced for it's time. Then again the late war contemporaries (F7F/F8F) were of a new genre too.

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Thanks. It's thin coloured wire. Pantherman