These are not the best shots and I will need to get a few more of the model in the museum setting - BUT - here it is.
Again, lessons learned: 1) do not use styrene as a base - the clay warped it as it dried 2) improve my skill with heating / warping plastic 3) secure the model down better - as the water dried it moved the model a little 3) use a "normal" scale - this was inexpensive which was nice to learn on but the details like decals, cockpit, life rafts, navigator/bombardier station and interior details are impossible to get - it would have been nice to be able to show more of the wreckage. 4) spend a TON of time on making the edges perfectly smooth so when you build the retaining walls and pour the resin there is not much if any need to seal the edges. I had to do a lot of this and it made the edge view HORRIBLE. ugh. 5) spend the $$ on the "deep pour" resin - I made about 4 pours with the Woodland scenics resin (which is great) but it would have been better to do ONE pour and be done.
Lastly - it was interesting to learn about this actual crash and sad to learn of the one fatality - (drowning in 18 inches of water in the middle of the desert).

to the "greatest" generation
Hope you enjoy! Tom P.

