Thanks Dave 
It's coming along now ...I threw a good amount of putty at it last night ...it's what I call preliminary putty work..just to fill gaps and get a shape in mind and work from there .
All three landing gear bays have been made but not finished yet as there's no gear in em..to dangerous right now to fit them...so a bit more work once the gear is fitted.
I'll sand it smooth this morning and then attack it some more ..still sorting out around the engines..it's a real pain that is .
The 58s new tail is done lads..looks much better for it too..so glad now that suggestion was made 
There will be pics on Wednesday and there will be a few ..things have changed ..alot 

Update time...it's a one piece model now guys..glued the nose on this morning and winglits..I don't remember what PSR means but there's been a ton of it on this build.
Damn near 1 and a half tube of Tamiya blue and white putty have been used and most sanded off again 
I have the gear doors made for the landing gear which took hours as im pretty damn sure Revell was trying to make the plastic scale thickness of a real battleship hull... the plastic was 2mm thick and I had to make .5mm thick..after a heap of work with my knife and dremel we have successfully gotten what I wanted.
I still wot be fitting the landing gear just yet but it's getting very close.
More sanding tomorrow morning ..yippee 😐😠

PSR = putty, sand, repeat.
Soldier on, mi amigo!

Quote from: kerick on March 12, 2023, 09:42:10 PMPSR = putty, sand, repeat.
Soldier on, mi amigo!

Thank you Kerick mate and yup I've PSRed this thing to death.
Everytime I've wet and dried sand papered this thing I have to change my T shirt..I get rather wet 

I like what I see. Very slick building skills

Thanks Buzzy  ..im sitting here right now just looking at it and it's kinda looking like a gigantic GR1 Tornado 

She's on her feet lads...and it's sitting square which I'm very surprised about 
So pics tomorrow she'll be standing on her own 3 feet.
It's getting so close to P and P now and them the fun begins all over again  .

As promised chaps heres a pile of pics for ya to take a looksie at 
First off the new tail ,,heres the jist of it ....i made drew some lines on the 111s tail to get the shape i needed as 58s and 111s is quite different ..the pics will show the method used .
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Next was the top section of the tail and its all pretty easy stuff from there ,,,least its much closer to the 58s tail now which im happy about .
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Now for the moment youve all been waiting for ...maybe  ...the boat parts...mainly the hull ...after a ton of measurements and some bloody careful cutting i had the bits i wanted ,,the sides for the fuselage and the rear landing gear ,,,which turned out pretty sweet ..
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Now the PSR really is getting into gear here .
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Nose gear bay..
DSCF4069 by Phill Harrison, on Flickr
Now she is one ..all glued up and more PSR on its way ...
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Shes on her wheels now lads ,,,and not a single bit of weight added to this thing ,,,which is good ,,its not that heavy really so theres no stress on the landing gear at all really ..this is turning out pretty good so far .
DSCF4076 by Phill Harrison, on Flickr
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The tail might look bent but its just the angle of the camera 
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You guys would have noticed the holes in the wings ...yup weapons mounts ...the load out will be bombs ,,,1000 and 2000 pound free fall dumb bombs ...just behind the front landing gear i have scribed lines to represent bomb bay doors,,,yes i was going to hack this thing open and make one but common sense got the better of me .
With the math ive done that would be big enough to hold 4 2000lb bombs as well .
The inner mount will hold 2 bloody huge drop tanks ,,the second will be loaded with 6 1000lb bombs and the outter will hold a 2000lb bomb on its own ,,,for now 
More to follow gentlemens     

 

If ever there was a DEFINITE Whiffie this time next year, that's it!     

And that's without paint! 

That's brilliant, Phill!

The detail in the wheel wells is way up there & I love that you've use the ship's stabilising vanes for the same/a similar purpose here!  

Thanks guys    ..I'll admit I'm enjoying this one ..ive asked myself a couple of times ..what's the likelihood of a POC model battleship being the right profile for a bloody plane and the plastic being soft and super easy to work with...math I wouldn't even think about trying to figure out...it's that classic ..I was ment to happen 
Remember lads ..this whole thing came around because I wanted to use the landing gear   
Paint will hit this tomorrow..well primer will .
It's going to have a pure metal finish with different shades of metal ....but it's hush hush   

Nice! work there!!

Coming along well, can't wait for the paint.

I like the use of the ship hull, it's a trick to add to the toolbox, for sure.
And the detailing in there is great as well. Multiple 

Yeah! Finish this up so I can nominate it for a whiffy already!     
This is looking great and of course it has to be NMF. Is there a hairdresser you know? They use this thin aluminum foil when doing hair color that according to the salon my wife goes to costs $50 for 800 feet x 6". Now that is more than anyone will ever use but maybe you can talk them into selling you a nearly empty roll. I haven't tried it myself but looks good to me.

Could be cheaper from Ali?

I've seen that idea before Kerick mate and man does it looks amazing when it's done right ..the right part is the part that has me worried...there will be metal foil on this that's for sure butbim painting this entire thing ..been wanting to play with multiple metallic paints on a build..it's gonna be frickin bright I can tell ya.
I am going try that foil idea for sure ..on something crap first tho 
When I screw it up I won't care