Silverbird
![](/albums/img/5/8/7/1015587-48972-21-p.jpg "Reinforced with pieces of L-shaped polistyrene beam. The model seems quite heavy, and the main undercarriage legs will be installed to the "ceiling" of these boxes. | View full picture")
![](/albums/img/2/5/1/1023251-48972-14-p.jpg "Yet there are some moulding "surprises" on the top of the main body | View full picture")
![](/albums/img/8/7/2/1051872-48972-91-p.jpg "Looks like the silverbird is ready for priming (metallic patches are the traces of my trials with AK "True metal" paints... | View full picture")
![](/albums/img/8/2/6/1071826-48972-54-p.jpg "Priming and "preshading" done. This is my favourite method - gives subtle differences and lets to avoid masking metallizers... | View full picture")
![](/albums/img/4/5/4/1080454-48972-81-p.jpg "Perhaps it would be easier to go for the "in-flight" mode. I don't really understand the idea of undercarriage legs' parts breakdown here... | View full picture")
Kommentit
3 November 2024, 16:41 -
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Some final remarks: 30 grams of weight behind the cockpit seems too much - she is standing on her own legs but wobblying a bit when touched. IMHO she would look better in the "in-flight" mode, but the underside would need to be much more reinforced. The polistyrene is soft and flexible. Empennage joins need to be reinforced with pieces of wire, wings-to-fuselage similarly... The flat piece in the front of the instrument panel cover is ca. 3 mm too short - after unmasking the windshield, one can see the front undercarriage bay's top there... And be prepared for a lot of puttying and sanding... Happy modelling, Mates!
