Greetings all
Well, after finishing off the 787 and the Core ship, I am back again with the mighty BV-222
I have made some head way and soon things will start to fall into place more. At the moment, I'm just trying to concentrate on internal details.
I have painted and lit the top floor and all the individual tables and chairs etc and also the cockpit seats
And, I have built my own passenger seat that looks more like a passenger plane seat than a cafe chair. I made the basic frame and then made Milliputt cushions. I am beginning to really like this stuff. I've used it to fill in the holes on the top panel where the gun turrets were and it looks good
Speaking of filling in holes, I am having a few issues trying to fill in the sides of the fuselage where the guns used to stick out. I think I've filled, it in, sanded it back, primered and then refilled again and so on about 3 times. I'm at the point where I may just cut out the shape from ultra-thin styrene and sand it back more.
And the nose is finished too :) I've also re-scribed it - something which I am not entirely comfortable with just yet - but I am getting the hang of it
Enough words, time to see where I am at:
Top floor:
Here you can just one side if the fight I am having trying to get those depressions filled and level with the rest of the surface. The Putty keeps shrinking after a day and I find myself doing it all over again. This is where I'm thinking of using shaped ultra thin styrene to fill in the hole a bit and sanding it back.
And lastly, the nose and top floor cover.Scribed and filled and shaped. They've come out well I think. I'm happy with them anyway
Well, that's all for now, but thanks for stopping in
Till then
MH