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05-13-2009, 04:18 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Florida
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 | DONE: 1/48 Revell P-61 Black Widow of Maj. Carrol C. "Snuffy" Smith Group Build Hey guys, will be building this, was pulling for the Catalina [Still working some stuff with Lucky and whatnot with the decal transformation] but this plane kit served in the pacific!  "Times'A'Wastin", was the plane of Maj. Carrol C. "Snuffy" Smith and his R/O, Lt Philip Porter.Maj. "Snuffy" Smith was the highest ranking American nocturnal ace in World War II with the total of 7 kills. Four of them were achieved in this plane during the course of one night, December 29, 1944, when he shot down two Irvings, one Rufe, and one Frank, expending only 382 rounds!!! Category 3 - Off we go! Last edited by Maglar; 05-13-2009 at 09:11 PM. |
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05-13-2009, 04:22 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: May 2008 Location: New Zealand
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| Nice choice!  looking forward to your progress
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05-13-2009, 05:11 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Aug 2008
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| Looking forward to this one Mag. I've always liked the look of the P61.
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05-13-2009, 05:14 PM
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| Siggy Master   Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Poland
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| Yep ... a nice purchase. I have to try the one of Bilek because my P-61 is quite old.
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05-13-2009, 05:16 PM
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| “Archive”  Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Wisconsin
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| Sweet, aways had a soft spot for the P-61, its to bad that there are not more of them around!!!
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05-13-2009, 06:09 PM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Florida
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| This P61 is old too, I think it was a 70's production, raised detail, flash, you know.. the norm of old kits, flying through the cockpit.. it suggests the instrument panel be zinc chromate, should I spray it that then paint the dials and stuff black and then paint those, a full chromate instrument panel seems weird to me.. opinions? |
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05-13-2009, 06:22 PM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Florida
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| Well.. This about sums it up, revell wrong again! |
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05-13-2009, 06:23 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: The Emerald Isle
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| There's an interior shot of a P-61 on this page Cory, the instrument panel is black, no instruments though! The interior looks zinc chromate green. Northrop P-61 / F-61 Black Widow - History, Specifications and Pictures - World Military Aircraft
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05-13-2009, 06:24 PM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: The Emerald Isle
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| You found the pic! 
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05-13-2009, 06:47 PM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Florida
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| Yes, for once I was resourceful! But I was checking if the instrument panel was zinc chromate, the instructions said the instrument panel and control column are to be painted in all zinc chromate.. now I dont know that much but that just sounded wrong! |
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05-13-2009, 06:55 PM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: The Emerald Isle
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| Cool choice by the way! Nightfighter GB anyone?
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05-13-2009, 07:14 PM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Florida
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| haha! Ive had it for months and knew it was a PTO bird but I really WANTED to do a Catalina but both kits I bought were pre-war and post-war, now I know you guys can do conversions like that but im not so smart at it yet. So while the Catalina thing unrolls I thought I would do something, im already excited about cranking out the 3 oz fishing weights.. |
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05-13-2009, 08:15 PM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Brownhills, W. Mids, UK
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| Looking foward to this Mag, the P-61 is one of those warbirds that always seems to be overlooked in aviation history.
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05-13-2009, 09:24 PM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Florida
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| And the cockpit, basic stuff here.. |
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05-13-2009, 09:55 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Texas
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| nice, DBII |
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