Murph's Models Martin B-26 "Big Hairy Bird" Beta Build

[murphyaa]

So this is my experimental beta build of the B-26 Marauder on the Astrobrights metallic cardstock. I chose the chrome silver color.

Part 1.

Printing:

-It's not as shiny as Red River silver, but spraying with a clear glossy finish might help.
-I printed on a standard Canon Pixma inkjet. There was no running or smearing right out of the printer.
-Inkjets can't print white, so the colors are faded and whites are not there. A problem with all non-white cardstocks.

Easily solved by printing the colored parts on regular copy paper


Then cutting the colored markings out and gluing to the silver paper


Part two will be building.

[ReynoldsSlumber]

Nice, that looks so vivid! Paper "decals," as it were.
A similar technique but backward works for printing out a tracing paper canopy with opaque framing.

[gomidefilho]

Very nice Aaron! Great start, I wathc with attention this new project.

[smithdr]

It's a great start, Aaron! Can't wait to see it all finished with that paper.


Dan

[murphyaa]

Part Deux: The Build
Cutting out the parts was...weird. It felt like I was cutting cardboard instead of 65lb cardstock. It kinda feels like they got the metallic finish by mixing actual metal bits into the paper. I'm not sure if it'll dull my blade faster...or sharpen it.

It takes glue well, and folds and rolls okay.


Totally Tubular!


Fuselage complete. It looks good.


An angel gets her wings

Tomorrow is tail feathers and starting on the engine nacelles.

[Don Boose]

Yes. It does look good. I look forward to attempting to build one.

Don

[murphyaa]

Part Tres: More building

Back to work on "Big Hairy Bird"


Tailfeathers mounted.


You have to be careful, because the horizontal stabs have a slight gull wing at the base


Engine assembly complete.


And mounted


Glamour shot.

I gotta say, in person the paper looks way better than my usual natural metal graphics. When the model is released, there will be 2 versions: just the markings with no metal texture for printing on silver paper, and a version with the usual natural metal graphics.

Side note: I'm developing arthritis in my hands, so rolling small parts is a work in patience. Since this was a beta build, I left off parts that weren't necessary, i.e, props and landing gear.


Side Note 2: Final scale is 1/50.