Murph's Model - Northrop P-61 Black Widow, 1/42

[papermate]

Beta building Murph's P-61, NACA and Thunderstorm versions.
Quick build reveals the scale being 1/42 and I'm planning to downscale them to
1/72. The prototype build measures some 9-1/4" or 23.5 cm in length, so it's not
gonna be too small even at the reduced scale.

The girl graphics on the nose section in the greenish P-61 align perfectly.
Good job, Murph. I have test printed the black ones to see if the panel lines,
oh boy, lots of them, are okay. But I fear that with the light coloured one in the
kit, the templates would most likely come out of the printer in a near-mess of
black. Just like those on the Black Bird SR-71 that I have actually re-painted them
all with whitened panel lines wherever they come.

Wonder on Aaron's files if the panel lines are on a separate layer when he does
the Photoshop. I have taken the liberty to change some for you guys to see
the differences. I know, I know, some like the panel lines invisible but some
like to see them as much as possible. I would go for the latter or else all of
Aaron's hard work in painting the panel lines would go unnoticed and thus down
the drain.

So, it's your call, Aaron and the others. I'll re-inforce the panel lines with my
limited PS skills anyway to finish the models. But sure hope Aaron has still kept the
panel line layers active on his computer to give me less work. In the meantime,
I'll deal with the girlie first.

Papermate

[papermate]

Oops forgot attaching the pictures. The last one is not a print out but just
jpg file on the computer screen so the grains are not shown. It just gives you
an idea what it's like when printed, as the second picture shows.

Papermate

[papermate]

Feel better to send another picture showing computer print out of the third picture to
differentiate the panel lines. I know you may want to see it.

Papermate

[murphyaa]

Hmm. I did put white panel lines on it. I tried full white, but on my screen they were too garish, so I dialed them back a bit.

[Don Boose]

Glad to see this model appear. Another of my favorites. Mike Krol offers two1/33 P-61s at Gremir, and they are really fine models, but they are also complex advanced models. Murph seems to have captured the look of the aircraft very well in a less complex model that will no doubt be quite buildable.

Don

[MacSongLi]

Yeah! I've been waiting for the P-61. I look forward to seeing this one come together papermate.

Gary

[Richschindler]

P-61, another great aircraft. I'll be putting it on my, to buy list.

[umtutsut]

Originally Posted by murphyaa

Hmm. I did put white panel lines on it. I tried full white, but on my screen they were too garish, so I dialed them back a bit.

Just my .02 zlotys, but I agree with Aaron. The subdued panel lines look more realistic.

Les (The Voice of Authority)

[murphyaa]

According to Wikipedia, the NACA P-61 was used to test swept wing aerodynamic drones. You wouldn't happen to have pictures would you? There's a large blank spot on the page after I removed the top turret.

[thepaperguy]

I can only fint them used on the F-15 Reporters Murph