TTA Avery Hornet

[Taiidantomcat]

Those last pictures you have posted make that model look like a work of art  Flawless and beautiful 

[sotoolslinger]

Thanks T'dan but she is just like any other model. She needs proper lighting ,makeup ,and airbrushing to be perfect

[John Howling Mouse]

Wow, staggering amount of work.   I'm going to make two suggestions (and you can tell me where to go as it is, indeed, your frakking model):

- I respect that you're going for authentic, faithful re-creation.  In the illustration, that dorsal turret looks to be more of a shallow dome than the high/round dome you've shown: can you get one from a B-50 model (or from "found" blister pack, etc.)?
Here's one from one of our own What If modelers:



- Where you have scribed the engine lines, are you going to fix up the remnants of the prior lines?  I'm guessing you scribed initial lines, then re-scribed adjacent lines at a more correct angle?  For something this worthy, I think you would kick yourself later if you leave it that way (this model is simply too good and too bold not to take the time to allow her to be as flawless as possible).

Just my nagging.

[sotoolslinger]

Nag away my brother I am right there with you on your nitpickery As my first real scratchbuild I am nittin and pickin the heck out of this one. I am not going to rush anything






I have plenty o putty, sandpaper ,and primer
I am also not happy with that turret. I will have to look through the stash again I may just have to end up scratching that too.

[sotoolslinger]

Hows about this for the turret

[John Howling Mouse]

Hail the master of putty!

On the turret, my gut feel is that it is round and symmetrical but what do I know from a single image?  Do you have any well-stocked fabric/sewing stores nearby?  They would have a shallow-domed button you could use.

[sotoolslinger]

My putty is fight I have decided that this is the turret Bow before my turrety decision

[John Howling Mouse]

It is cool how you've got the compound curves of the joining surfaces so nicely aligned.  Or did you just get lucky with the part on hand?
The aligned turret would not be able to turn that way though, right?  Not that it has to.  Just has to look right, eh?

[sotoolslinger]

Actually I carefully filed and sanded to get that fit right It's a B-25 nose It actually only mentions in the write up about 4 laser lances and " assorted nuclear weapons" I always kind of assumed that '' turret" was an antenna

[Gondor]

I always kind of assumed that '' turret" was an antenna

Maybe you are right, after all apart from a few very obvious items in the picture the rest is open to interpretation.

Gondor

[sotoolslinger]

Yeah I suspect that if I could ask the original artist he would not know either

[John Howling Mouse]

Antenna it is, then.   

[Doc Yo]

 Hehee...I always interpreted it as a turret, too. Coming along nicely, regardless.

[sotoolslinger]

Actually y'all are probably right. I think she will look pretty cool with what I have on there though

[sotoolslinger]

Allright she is smooth enough to get major detailing prior to paint