Thanks to all!! Jeroen says speed?? I'm glad it seems that way. I always seem to make things take way too long.
After the last update, I added the PE access cover on the bottom, & drilled various holes. I think the smaller ones down the center are drain holes & forgot what the others are for.
I finally bit the bullet & started working on the machine guns during the week. The cooling jackets are nice, but the other PE parts included with the kit were a bit bizarre, so I ended up making side details with styrene, superglue-soaked paper & wire. The barrel is a guitar string & I made the muzzles by "machining" a small styrene rod chucked in my Dremmel. None of the parts are glued together with the exception of the cooling jacket parts.
This morning, I glued everything together, & sprayed a mix of Tamiya flat & gloss black. After that, I rubbed a graphite pencil over everything. In the photos, they appear to be too silver, but I can tone that down by removing some of the graphite. In the process, I felt that the paint was still a bit soft, so I'll deal with toning them down later on.
Thanks,
Steve
