With great difficultytheconfidencestoat wrote:How are you going to mask that red bit at the front ?
I'm considering that at the moment.
With great difficultytheconfidencestoat wrote:How are you going to mask that red bit at the front ?
Mostly deciding what NOT to include!TimJ wrote:Off to a good start.
I have the same issue with the Junkers. I'll be interested to see how it goes for you as you will almost certainly get to that stage before me.AndrewR wrote:The red painted area is clearly marked out by the corrugated part of the fuselage.
Masking on top of corrugations is probably doomed to failure, so I will paint the red first, mask it and then spray the metallic.
Cheers
Andrew
The originals do seem to be wicker, and I am not scratchbuilding 12 wickerwork chairs :PaulBradley wrote:As I recall, the originals were wicker. Only later were leather-backed seats retro-fitted. Just google 'trimotor seats' for examples.
What I remember most from my flights in N414H was just how noisy the darned thing was! I think I was part-deaf for a week......
I don't know if you're familiar with the work of Dudley D. Watkins, but the figure on the right looks like Hen Broon!AndrewR wrote:Star Airlines from Alaska, I should have said!VickersVandal wrote:Alaskan markings eh? Excellent! Great choice for the GB
Looking through the figures spares for sitting passengers, I found a few possibles. These are all very cheap and nasty railway figures from China. Completely varying in size too! From the skinny proportions of some of the standing figures, I suspect they are very bad Preiser knock-offs
The four figures on the left look to be usable with just a clean up. Two seated women passengers, a steward and stewardess standing.
The two sitting figures appear to have sci-fi monkey heads, but are convertible. I found one figure that I had already given a wide brimmed hat. This is the "already started" part of the GB!
I will probably try to resculpt or modify the other figures to represent sitting male passengers. I have lots of these figures, so a few failures will not pose a problem!