ShinMaywa US-2 - completed

0,3 mm wire for clean attachment and easy alignment.  

Wiki says that the wings are made of composite materials. Because of that I riveted only the flaps (rivets are visible on original pictures).  

 

Rivets made by DIY riveter with a 0,33 mm pitch wheel (from a watch).  

Gull grey (H129) for the lower side and dark blue (50% H189 and 50% HR155, Humbrols railway authentic) for the upper side  

 

 

Propeller minus black edges completed.  

 

It’s very interesting: all 4 engines have an offset to the right side.  

Gizmology! 

How much you can see in the cockpit after closing the fuselage? That’s is the question!  

Propeller completed.  

 

 

Decals (excellent quality) in place.  

 

 

 

Yellow security rope. The kit offers only a relief + a yellow decal. I replaced both with 0,4 mm wire, flattened on the end (plus a 0,28 mm hole) and yellow thread.  

The same situation on the bow: anchor & mooring rope are represented in the kit as relief (ok in this scale). 

Round windows in place. “Glued” with Future.  

As promised here is the description about my “new” technique for small round windows. I used the 0,04 mm thick foil applied on the smartphone “bulletproof” glass as protection. Punched small disc with flat needle and brass tube. The edges of both tubes sharpened with cone shaped milling head.  

Seam between wings and fuselage after attaching and cleaning.  

 

Masking for restoring black walkways.  

Immediately after airbrushing. At next I had to “brush” the area with a wide brush after drying to “break” the uniformity of the black.