Ya’ll probably thought I had forgotten about my Mule but really had been waiting for a paint shipment to arrive from GMW. Last night I gave my Mule a light beating with some sodium chloride to make a little paint chipping and she went to the paint room tonight (drying down right now)
Work has been progressing on the C-47 build also, most of the basic dash work is finished, I stole a page from the Pixilators book and replaced the nasty trim wheel with the wheel from an Me-109. The throttle levers were sanded off and replaced with some PE levers I made from scratch.
The plastic pieces for the interior are mostly finished as well
The seat belts are from an Eduard set. The front cabin fuselage door has been cut open so this stuff will be more visible when completed. Next I will be test fitting the plastic and working in the lighting system and adding baffles where necessary to prevent light leaks. The dash will be backlit with red, the radio room will be with a light blue/white and the cargo bay will be lit with a white light. As I stated in the last update the landing lights will be operational and the motors will have small electric engines in them.
In other news the Do-217 project has started moving again, no new pictures yet but the engine nacelles have been attached and the last two days have been tied up with layers of putty and sanding dust.
And finally, a web site teaser - the next kit review for this Friday will be Trumpeter’s 1/48 P-40B. Ya’ll be good now.