Oh I don't know about mad. In truth I think you've got to be leaning more towards ruthless deliberation a lot of the time. Or idiot persistence... Definitely one of the two!
Here's the week's progress for this, errr... week.
I made some bomb racks from styrene strip and glued these in place with PVA. A bit more rigging was added to the undercarriage and out from the lower wing to the pulleys near the ailerons. The wheels got a tiny wash of grotty coloured oils to pick them out as well. I also made the nacelle grab handle and wingtip skids from 0.15mm wire and glued them in place. I still need to make the control horns and add a couple of last wires before the undersides are done. I'm really looking forward to signing off on that bit so I don't have to keep flipping the thing over onto its back. I'm quickly running out of places to pick it up from!
I turned it over again for a Captain Cook (look). I'm happy with the sense of weight in the tyres. It makes the whole thing look a bit more meaty and bigger than it truly is.
I also added another dozen bracing wires to the booms. That's the last of them there, save for the control wires that will go in later. I think I'll forever associate those wires with Doctor Who season 11-12, which I've been binge streaming in the background while all this has been going on
I also received my 1917 shilling in the mail today, so I couldn't resist a couple of vanity shots
