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Pictures Lie! Robert, I went back into my model files and found that I had used an RGB of 0,0,76 which is a very dark blue. I have now changed it to 38,48,66. When I made the change it did not appear any different on my computer screen. When I print it out, the color is similar but I will...

intake & exhaust Now I have built the sub assemblies for the chin scoop and the exhausts. Note that the exhaust ducts on all radial engined otters are made of bright stainless steel, so I shined them up a bit with a silver Sharpie marker. This shows the pieces glued to the fuselage. Be...

Thanks for looking Mike. I was just looking around myself and found a website with a color they called USAF/USN Insignia Blue with a 'Hex' number of 263042. The RGB equivalent for that is listed as 38 48 66. http://www.simmerspaintshop.com/page-RGB-colors-USA.html. I am not near a computer...

Robert, I agree with you about the value of seeing others' techniques. I am hoping that some of the accomplished builders will show more of how they do things and not just eye-popping results. Thank you for the feedback. I think my flash makes it look a brighter blue in the pictures than it...

But which picture will you choose? Each one is better than the others!

Now the pictures on this thread are up to speed with the current progress on my build. In a day or two I will continue with this build.

Wheels and landing gear I know that a lot of builders have fancy tools for cutting out disks. I am no exception - my fancy tool is pictured. I have glued the wheel disks together and am working on the hubs. The long tabs get wrapped around the back side of the hub and through the...

A quick shot showing the ventral strake with the glue still drying

The engine and cowling I have cut out and started to form and glue the pieces for the engine and cowling. I drill a hole in the center of the engine disk and then I use the propeller shaft to keep the engine gearbox lined up with the disk while the glue dries. The cowling pieces are...

Now with the front of the propeller hub dry, round the front of the hub with sandpaper. I rotate the skewer while I use a motion similar to striking a large match. When the front of the hub is to my liking, I color it with a silver Sharpie marker and then glue the propeller to the back...

making the propeller I build the propeller three layers thick with 110# card. Here is the front of the prop already laminated 2 layers thick and the back of the prop. I do not bother to trim the tips until I have the front and back glued together Somewhere I acquired a special tool for...

I found a few minutes... even if I cannot build for a little bit, at least I can dump the pictures from my camera and bring this thread up to date with the current status of the build.

I have been overly optimistic... this build will take longer than I anticipated... I find myself on the wrong side of my SWMBO's honeydew list. I will return to this ASAP.

Absolutely beautiful! I would say that it sets the Gold standard for models, but I would be wrong because obviously it sets the Silver standard.

Glue the aft tab on the lower seam of the cabin. Now is a good time to cut out the vertical tail. Bend the glue tabs outward on the vertical tail and then apply a thin strip of glue around the top and rear of the tail. Glue the port and starboard sides of the tail together and set aside to...

Cabin Here I have formed the 4th fuselage section (cabin) and glued the front glue tab on the bottom seam. I wait on gluing the aft tab until last so that I can get my big fingers inside the cabin while I am gluing the windscreen. The next thing I do is to form and glue the fuselage...

I form the 3rd section so that it takes on the shape of the bulkheads - oval in the back end and flat topped with a rounded belly in the front. Glue the bottom seam and apply glue around the aft end to attach the tail cone. Once again I reach through the fuselage section with my...

Fuselage and formers Form the second fuselage section and bend the bulkhead tabs. After gluing the bottom seam apply glue to the inside of the aft end of the 2nd fuselage section I attach the tail cone. I reach through the fuselage section with my tweezers and cinch the tabs down on the...

OOOOh! Maybe I should quick claim naming rights to the integral tabs... I could call them '-Jimtabs':mrgreen:

I find that once the bulkhead is glued in place the assembly becomes quite rigid. When I first came up with this concept I thought that I would need to laminate the formers. I was pleasantly surprised when I found that an unlaminated bulkhead was rigid enough. BTW, I build with 110#...