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Offline GregM

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1/72 Airfix Northrop P-61
« on: January 20, 2013, 05:09:47 AM »
While the B-29 is on hold I wanted to make sure I keep some projects going.  I've had this P-61 kit for quite a while and after staring at my stash, pulling a few out and putting them back, the P-61 was the one that kept calling to me. 

I most likely bought this on eBay and it looks complete but lacks instructions.  It's a pretty simple kit though and shouldn't be hard to figure out.  The overall quality is fairly poor by modern standards but hopefully I'll be able to turn it into something presentable.  I don't have a plan for markings yet but I'm leaning toward a black plane rather than olive drab over gray since I've already built one that way.

http://i807.photobucket.com/albums/yy360/WIXerGreg/P-61/002_zps1b36b61e.jpg
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I got a start tonight on the very simple interior, and I got the wings and horizontal stabilizer together.

http://i807.photobucket.com/albums/yy360/WIXerGreg/P-61/003_zps4f4aeb8f.jpg
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Re: 1/72 Airfix Northrop P-61
« Reply #1 on: January 20, 2013, 07:15:14 AM »
I have this kit long time ago :-ok
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Re: 1/72 Airfix Northrop P-61
« Reply #2 on: January 20, 2013, 12:39:43 PM »
This will be nice mate! :-clap Go forward!! :-clap
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Re: 1/72 Airfix Northrop P-61
« Reply #3 on: January 20, 2013, 02:34:54 PM »
Nice aircraft. I will follow your build ;)
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Re: 1/72 Airfix Northrop P-61
« Reply #4 on: January 21, 2013, 10:10:47 PM »
Great!! One of my favorite twin-engine fighters form WWII

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Re: 1/72 Airfix Northrop P-61
« Reply #5 on: January 21, 2013, 11:48:33 PM »
Nice occasion for a photo upload!!
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Re: 1/72 Airfix Northrop P-61
« Reply #6 on: January 21, 2013, 11:53:30 PM »
Nice images Nico :))
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Re: 1/72 Airfix Northrop P-61
« Reply #7 on: January 22, 2013, 12:03:56 AM »
Great images mate! :-clap
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Re: 1/72 Airfix Northrop P-61
« Reply #8 on: January 22, 2013, 05:34:12 AM »
Thanks for the photos! 

I got some cockpit painting done tonight and hope to have the center section together tomorrow.
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Re: 1/72 Airfix Northrop P-61
« Reply #9 on: January 23, 2013, 01:49:40 AM »
This looks like fun!

I have some of the small bits of one of these that I built in the late '60s. It was probably the third or fourth kit I fully assembled without help from my older cousin (who started me off in modeling).
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Re: 1/72 Airfix Northrop P-61
« Reply #10 on: January 24, 2013, 06:24:49 PM »
A day later than I hoped but I got the center section together last night.  The nose is on and booms are together, now I have to figure out how to get this mess together into something resembling a straight airplane!

http://i807.photobucket.com/albums/yy360/WIXerGreg/P-61/004-1_zps40e1fe66.jpg
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Re: 1/72 Airfix Northrop P-61
« Reply #11 on: January 24, 2013, 07:47:45 PM »
Now is mess but very soon... ;)
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Re: 1/72 Airfix Northrop P-61
« Reply #12 on: January 25, 2013, 04:10:30 AM »
That wasn't so bad!

I started by glueing the booms to the wings to let them tack up a bit.  After about ten minutes then I went ahead and assembled everything.  There were a few tense moments but overall it went pretty well.  It's not 100% perfect but it's pretty close!

http://i807.photobucket.com/albums/yy360/WIXerGreg/P-61/008_zps9bab2f55.jpg
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http://i807.photobucket.com/albums/yy360/WIXerGreg/P-61/003_zpsa7a5c9f4.jpg
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I realized tonight that I should have put some lead in the nose before it went on.  Hopefully I'll be able to fit some in the cowls behind the engines but I don't know if I'll be able to get enough in there to keep the tail up.  I guess I could drill a small hole in the bottom of the nose, add some lead and fill the hole back up if I had to.
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Re: 1/72 Airfix Northrop P-61
« Reply #13 on: January 25, 2013, 08:23:05 AM »
Fast work :-ok
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Re: 1/72 Airfix Northrop P-61
« Reply #14 on: January 25, 2013, 03:37:28 PM »
And nice job! :-ok
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