Arado Ar. 96B-1, 1/72 Special Hobby

Those two thing under George’s bust are rudder pedals… 

Fuselage halves joined. The lack of locator pins was somewhat meddlesome but in the end everything lined up okay. There’ll be a bit of filling and sanding, but not too bad… 

Wings on… in hindsight I should have sanded down the piece that forms the wing spar and wheel well bulkhead more considerably that I did. Being just a touch too thick made an odd bulge in the wing roots leading to lots of filler and sanding work. I think I’ve got to standard though… 

Wings on… in hindsight I should have sanded down the piece that forms the wing spar and wheel well bulkhead more considerably that I did. Being just a touch too thick made an odd bulge in the wing roots leading to lots of filler and sanding work. I think I’ve got to standard though… 

Last look at the cockpit before closing it up… 

Might actually get to see some cockpit detail through the canopy… 

All masked and stuck on with Micro Crystal Clear… 

And away we go… started with preshading, and then a coat of RLM65 for the undersides 

Topsides done in RLM70 and 71. Had a minor crisis when one of the wing root joints popped after I dropped the model on the work top. I solved it with lots of sanding, filling, sanding, painting, and swearing… 

Decals applied, some touch up paint done, and a bit of weathering done. Last steps will be applying the fiddly parts like the exhaust stacks and landing gear, and a final round of touch up tomorrow… 

Decals applied, some touch up paint done, and a bit of weathering done. Last steps will be applying the fiddly parts like the exhaust stacks and landing gear, and a final round of touch up tomorrow… 

Decals applied, some touch up paint done, and a bit of weathering done. Last steps will be applying the fiddly parts like the exhaust stacks and landing gear, and a final round of touch up tomorrow… 

Decals applied, some touch up paint done, and a bit of weathering done. Last steps will be applying the fiddly parts like the exhaust stacks and landing gear, and a final round of touch up tomorrow…