Revell/Monogram P-61B Black Widow (please move to Props, wrong section)

[ulvdemon]

Thought I would go ahead and share my latest completed build.  Pretty fun and straight forward build, even with needing to beat the canopy into submission to make it closed.  So I hope you all like and enjoy.

 

Edited March 7 by ulvdemon
Wrong section

[Geoff M]

Great kit that is quite a challenge to build.  Yours came out looking good.  Agree, the canopy is a real problem.

[seawinder]

But it's a jet??

[Rando]

 It's Jet BLACK, don't ya know!?

 

I do love the P-61, I've heard this one is infamous for being a bear to put together and also sold at every Hobby Lobby and JoAnn fabrics in the nation. IIRC there's a whole thread devoted to putting it together here on ARC

[ulvdemon]

Ughhh... this is what happens when you are used to building jets, ad not prop airplanes.  I will ask to have it moved to prop asap.🤣

[ulvdemon]

36 minutes ago, Rando said:

 It's Jet BLACK, don't ya know!?

 

I do love the P-61, I've heard this one is infamous for being a bear to put together and also sold at every Hobby Lobby and JoAnn fabrics in the nation. IIRC there's a whole thread devoted to putting it together here on ARC

Oddly enough, I used some of the notes posted on here from that thread.  Great stuff.

[Ken Cartwright]

Nice build! I had that as a kid and loved it, before I really cared about building for quality or accuracy (and I'm not sure I'm there yet).

 

I only remember thinking that the window frames were a pain to paint, but I loved the plane, and the kit having a moving turret, and as I recall, a fairly detailed cockpit (probably soft by today's standards, though).