The seat cushions was painted and I’ve started to assemble two of the figures.
Seats painted
Then the seats was assembled and glued in place.
Seats glued in place.
I put the gunner figure in place just to check.
Test fit of gunner
I sorted the missing glass with a piece of cut 3 mm clear plastic. The instrument panel got decals and two figures got assembled. I needed the driver to see if I could fit him into his seat..
Front lamps and protection glued and two figures assembled.
The panel was glued in place, which some other interior parts was a bit fiddly to get in place.
Panel in place
Except for the steering wheel, the vehicle is done, then of course decals will go on and some weathering. I’m also working on both the machine guns and 2 more figures.
Four figures on the go and one more to do.
I still have one more figure to cut lose and assemble, then they all need to be painted, and I also need to put some decals on the vehicle.
Earlier last week I was asked if I wanted to join a weekend gathering were we could sit and build and talk. After not being able to meet like this for quite some time, it was a no brainer, adn with my girlfriends permission, I was ready to go.
I managed to to do a little on the Lightning beflre it was time to pack everything for the little more than 1½ hour trip to the meeting. I assembled the exhaust pipes, painted the chrome on the rear piece, added decals to the cockpit and started painting the pilot.
Exhaust pipes, pilot and cockpit
The seat was also painted.
Ejection seat painted
I got some wash on the exhaust and intake parts, to enhance them a bit. Not that they are very visible inside, but anyway.
Exhaust and intake
That was how far I got before the meeting. At the meeting I glued the intake to the fuselage and added some weights to that half.
Intake glued and weights added
For some reason the the pilot didn’t fit, at all, at least not without major surgery, so I decided to skip the pilot. So I added seat belts made of thin stripes of tape.
Seat with belts added
Landing gears assembled.
Landing gears assembled
Wings assembled.
Wings assembled
The cockpit fits nicely on top of the intake. More weights was added and secured with white glue.
Cockpit and weights added
Missiles and over wing tanks built.
Missiles and tanks
Landing gears painted black.
Landing gears painted black
I decided to switch object and started a new kit, a Swedish personal carrier, BV206S.
Boxart
I forgot to take pics, but after some time I had gotten this far.
Wheels and chassies assembly
Talking about forgetting to take pics, which is easy to do when building and making conversations with my fellow model builder friends. So all of a sudden, I had gotten this far with the lightning.
The lightning assembled
After some more time I hade masked the canopy parts, painted the inside, glued them to the fuselage, and assembled a lot of small parts on the body.
At the end of the weekend
One of the kits I picked up from a visiting vendor, was this M3A1 Scout car in russian service.
Boxart
Same problem here, I forgot to take pics during a large part of the build process.
Frame and upper hull almost done
Another find was this lamborghini kit.
Boxart
And this one.
Boxart
On a table was a few kits that caught my attention, and especially one of the kits, I wasn’t sure who had brought them to the meeting, but when I asked it turned out they were for sale, so I snatched this beauty.
Boxart
And it came with this book.
Book cover
I came home sunday afternoon, and before putting all model stuff in place I cleaned up my workspace! Much needed, and now I only need a new cutting mat.
My workbench
It was a great weekend, even if my girlfriend complained about spending too much money.
