1/48 Revell Ventura Part II

Some more progress

One of the issues with this kit is the scratches in the cockpit and lower glazings. It seems to have been ignored by many reviewers but it's a real disappointment IMHO.

 I spent a hour or so polishing it out with various Tamiya Compounds and micro mesh. Then I dipped the clear parts in Future and set them aside for a week to dry.

I decided to add some sun screen curtains to the overhead. These were made from paper towel and wire. I shamelessly stole this from this build



Fit of the cockpit glazing was So so. I found the glazing about 1-1.5mm to narrow. I positioned the glazing in the middle and then sanded the edges of the kit to try and flare it into the width of the glazing.



The glazing was also a bit tall, but that was probably due to be sanding a little to much material off the top when eliminating the seams. I took a little of the bottom of the glazing by sanding on on my glass work surface and built the top a little with magi sculp (white putty on the image above)

The Fit on the lower gunners position was perfect though





Once I was happy I glued the clear parts, including the nose in with Gator Glue. Prior fitting the guns I drilled the barrels out.



The fit of the insert for the mid upper turret is also excellent.



And the way the turret goes together is quite neat.




 

But I still rather have the insert fitted, but not the turret parts prior to painting. I still mulling over how to achieve this

I've weathered up the bomb bay a bit. The detail is quite nice as it is I just added a few random stencils.





I had also rubbed down a bit of the raised panel on the underside. I decided to remove it completely and replace it with a bit of 0.005 thou card