GWH 1/48 USAAF Northrop P-61B Black Widow

Pabbi · Post by **Pabbi** » Thu Apr 17, 2014 5:12 pm

A quick look inside the box

I do like the Box Art HQ print included

PE and mask included.
Instructions printed on quality paper and in color.
Overall looks like a quality kit, looking forward to tackle it

generalgrog · Post by **generalgrog** » Thu Apr 17, 2014 7:16 pm

My other American choice...I just couldn't resist the eduard kit.

Will be watching closely.

GG

Ads24 · Post by **Ads24** » Fri Apr 18, 2014 8:19 pm

Looks an awesome kit. I'm planning on doing the GWH Fw189 Nachtjäger, and if it's anything like their MiG 29, I will be one very happy modeller. Look forward to following your build

patrickroos · Post by **patrickroos** » Fri Apr 18, 2014 10:12 pm

Have a GWH kit and this looks equally nice!
Good luck!

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Fri Apr 18, 2014 10:30 pm

Brilliant choice. Really good to see this one being built

mick · Post by **mick** » Sat Apr 19, 2014 3:01 am

great choice

UKguyInUSA · Post by **UKguyInUSA** » Sat Apr 19, 2014 3:40 am

That looks like a really nice kit, but excuse my ignorance, what does GWH stand for? I've never heard of that modeling company, but I only started modeling in January of this year.

Cheers,

Martin

tachikoma · Post by **tachikoma** » Sat Apr 19, 2014 3:51 am

UKguyInUSA wrote:That looks like a really nice kit, but excuse my ignorance, what does GWH stand for? I've never heard of that modeling company, but I only started modeling in January of this year.

Cheers,

Martin

Great Wall Hobby. They are a new model company out of China. Good kits, but some of their earlier releases had some issues such as their P-61 and MiG-29 9-12. However, they corrected the majority of the issues in those kits and released the corrected kits.

Lego · Post by **Lego** » Tue Apr 22, 2014 1:43 pm

Very impressive kit, cant wait to see you build it.

Nige201980 · Post by **Nige201980** » Tue Apr 22, 2014 6:31 pm

Nice looking kit mate heard very good things about it so looking forward to seeing it come together.

Pabbi · Post by **Pabbi** » Thu May 01, 2014 11:12 am

finaly made a start

30 ! pin marks on one piece, is that a world record ?

Tried to remove a few on one side, but very difficult to sand so probably worse than before

maby I will leave them on, on the other side. Is there any magic trick for removing them ?

The guns under the cockpit, primed waiting for some paint.

radar/radio operator ? area

T3hGuppy · Post by **T3hGuppy** » Thu May 01, 2014 1:19 pm

Great start dude.

Pabbi · Post by **Pabbi** » Wed May 07, 2014 9:21 pm

decals for instruments.... with my eyesight I thought all was good, then the photo...

then to plan B...

a little better

had to put stretched sprue to hold the rudder pedals
the "self adhesive" was no good, had to glue the PE down

eoinfinnegan · Post by **eoinfinnegan** » Wed May 07, 2014 10:41 pm

Looks like a nice kit and youve made a good start, good luck with whole build

Pabbi · Post by **Pabbi** » Sun May 18, 2014 8:24 pm

Interior painted with ModelMaster Grn-Zinc-Crom and Tamiya Yellow-Green.
Radar/radio operator area finished.

patrickroos · Post by **patrickroos** » Sun May 18, 2014 8:35 pm

Wow, great start mate! Nice work on the interior.
Looks like a really nice kit, details seem very good.
Must get more GWH kits!!!

Pabbi · Post by **Pabbi** » Fri May 23, 2014 1:27 pm

thanks patrickroos

and the "front-cockpit unit" finished

Pabbi · Post by **Pabbi** » Fri May 23, 2014 1:41 pm

I was going to use the Mr.color paint but it took forever to arrive.
Now finally arrived and I compared it to what I did use...
The Mr.color yellow green os more yellow then Tamiya, and the Mr.color cockpit green is darker then the ModelMaster one.

Ads24 · Post by **Ads24** » Fri May 23, 2014 5:56 pm

Looking awesome, mate.

Had similar epm problems with my GWH Fw189, but was lucky as most of them were covered up by additional instruments. One solution that did occur to me might have been to use thinned down filler or Mr Surfacer as the marks inside the fuselage are all framed by the ribbing, creating a natural barrier where it could pool, cover the epm and then self level. Not sure how this would look, though.

patrickroos · Post by **patrickroos** » Fri May 23, 2014 6:39 pm

Paint looks great, and great paintwork and weathering!! Very nice cockpit to look at.

Pabbi · Post by **Pabbi** » Fri May 23, 2014 7:04 pm

thanks Patrickroos and Ads24. I did give up this time with the epm.... next time...

Tried for the first time the UV glue on the clear parts, works fine and you look like pro

Fit problem nr.1, could not close the fuselages together with the cockpit in place. Sanded down some areas.

Now ready to close the "fuselages".
looking at the photos I see I forgot the controler over the middle seat

fortunately easy to add

Pabbi · Post by **Pabbi** » Sat May 24, 2014 6:41 pm

Fishing weight for balance

Nose radar, dont know why it is in a glass-nose

Gun turret supposed to be rotatable, dont know how

glued down in position

The gun sight broke off, found it on the floor

when putting it back on just before the canopy.. lost it again.. not so lucky to find it again

The stairs were to go on before the cockpit unit

managed to get them in somehow.

T3hGuppy · Post by **T3hGuppy** » Sun May 25, 2014 10:21 am

Interior shaped up great.

Plenty of glass to keep you busy with masking.

patrickroos · Post by **patrickroos** » Sun May 25, 2014 6:54 pm

Looking good!!

They just moulded the nose as a clear part, but its not glass.

Eduard masks?

Mike00 · Post by **Mike00** » Tue May 27, 2014 4:33 pm

Looks great

love the interior.

Lego · Post by **Lego** » Tue May 27, 2014 4:46 pm

I have one of these now and you make me want to build it now. Great stuff keep it going.

UKguyInUSA · Post by **UKguyInUSA** » Wed May 28, 2014 1:32 am

Bloody hell....that thing has more glass than a greenhouse?!

But, she's look great so far!

Cheers,

Martin

generalgrog · Post by **generalgrog** » Wed May 28, 2014 1:43 am

Looking pretty awesome there!!

GG

Pabbi · Post by **Pabbi** » Thu May 29, 2014 7:11 pm

thanks for nice comments guys

the windows now with numbers

awful mask but it will do, at least much better then if I would try to cut down some tape myself

sprayed with tamiya primer spray can, now the "middle unit" almost done, I will now start with the wings.

rodrant · Post by **rodrant** » Thu May 29, 2014 7:18 pm

Hi Pabbi ,

great build so far , the cokpit is just great full of great little details .

Now about those masks ...yesterday I saw in another thread in this SiG someone with the same issue , those masks are to make a modeler

I thank again for the existence of Eduard and their great masks

, these look like card board or something , seems very rigid , but seems that after the prime is ok .

Good luck with your next steps , it is a very nice kit and a great build so far !

T3hGuppy · Post by **T3hGuppy** » Thu May 29, 2014 10:45 pm

Damn good work with all those masks.

Ads24 · Post by **Ads24** » Fri May 30, 2014 10:58 pm

Hope you have better luck with those masks than I did on my GWH Fw 189! Looking really good

Pabbi · Post by **Pabbi** » Wed Jun 04, 2014 5:48 pm

wings and fusalages assembled, soon it will start to look like a P61

Pabbi · Post by **Pabbi** » Thu Jun 05, 2014 3:14 pm

She is very tail heavy, needed 40 gr more noise weight

Nose sawed open, radar thrown away

fishing weight in and super glued on again.
Larger then expected, fills my A3 cutting board

Tires painted and klear'ed

Pabbi · Post by **Pabbi** » Sat Jun 07, 2014 8:11 pm

primed, putty, Tamiya semi gloss black.... and the Black Widow is now black

AchtungPanzer · Post by **AchtungPanzer** » Sat Jun 07, 2014 9:36 pm

Good work

.Well done buddy.

UKguyInUSA · Post by **UKguyInUSA** » Sat Jun 07, 2014 9:41 pm

Coming together nicely now.....heading towards the final hurdle!

rodrant · Post by **rodrant** » Sat Jun 07, 2014 11:13 pm

Well Done , very nice build

Pabbi · Post by **Pabbi** » Sun Jun 08, 2014 9:11 pm

thanks, rodrant, UKguyInUSA and AchtungPanzer

The decals on, not so many of them, i have seen better decals, had problem with the carrier film on the serial number and the Lady. Tried to cut lines in them with the rescriber and use Humbrol decal fix, that made it a little better and thankfully did not damage the paint.

The mask taken of... and a lot of glue residue was showed, tried to take it of with Revell Color Clean and brush paint some of the damaged area, wish I had used Eduard mask

Stretch sprue for broken things, the side antenna had 6 attachment points and was difficult to take of the sprue, broke one arm on one side and 2 on the other.

The carpet monster was thirsty, happy it did not go on the P-61

I did spray on Xtracrylix Satin varnish
And there she is "Lady in the Dark", all finished....... without engines...... hope the engine manufacturer will deliver them tomorrow

Pabbi · Post by **Pabbi** » Mon Jun 09, 2014 8:54 pm

motor assembly, no PE parts used

100% masking

I can never read the small decals

Engines finished

ok can you now play with me

Will hopefully take some picture for the "reveals" soon

Thanks all for following the build and your comments !

cheers, Pabbi

strawnobi · Post by **strawnobi** » Thu Jun 12, 2014 5:43 am

Awesome stuff!!! This is one of my favorite airplanes. I built the old monogram kit when I was in High School back in the early 90's. I would love to build this version. Yours has turned out amazing.

patrickroos · Post by **patrickroos** » Fri Jun 13, 2014 10:15 pm

Nice progress, almost there now!
Shes gonna be an impressive model.

Grug · Post by **Grug** » Sat Jun 14, 2014 12:24 am

She looks gorgeous Pabbi, nice work

I just weighted the nose on my P-61. When I get home from work I'll have to check.

Pabbi · Post by **Pabbi** » Sat Jun 14, 2014 5:55 pm

thanks strawnobi, patrickroos and Grug

Jamesday1998 · Post by **Jamesday1998** » Thu Jun 19, 2014 6:48 pm

wow this kit looks great and youve done a absolutly amazing job on it!
keep up the good work

Pabbi · Post by **Pabbi** » Fri Jun 20, 2014 10:55 pm

Thanks Jamesday1998