Bell X-1 USAF "Glamorous Glennis" 6062
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Washing the parts in warm soap water.
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Sanding down the molded seatbelts and rescribing the seat detail - not finished yet.
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The chipping didn't work as expected. I guss the hairspray used is not suitable.
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Painted the yoke.
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Cut out the decals for the instrument panel.
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After washing.
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Painted the instruments with tamiya clear yellow and orange. Added the seatbelts.
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Didn't pay much attention to the engine. It will disapear in the fuselage anyway.
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Added a small pipe to the exhaust as seen in reference photos.
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After weathering the engine. Added wires to the backside of instrument panel.
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Instrument panel cabels.
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Additional detail to the yoke.
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Added detail to the footwell.
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Added details to the nose gear and it's wheel bay.
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Details on the main gear bay
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Used plastic sheet, solder wire, aluminium tape and the rest of a sprue.
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The default gear bay is not very detailed
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Washed the gear.
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Details on the inside.
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Added 30g of weights behind the cockpit (there is not much space in the nose). Hope, this will work.
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There is a huge gap between the engine and the fuselage. I solved it adding a 0.64mm styrene rod around the engine. Still needs to be weathered.
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United fuselage
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Added the wings.
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After priming and a lot of sanding - Oh, I hate sanding.
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Have to paint one final layer.
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After gloss varnishing and applying the decals.
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Added the gear. But it's a bit crooked although I was really carefull at the assembly. Have to figure out how I can fix it without breaking it.
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31 28 May 2020, 03:47