SPA Modeler

Stikpusher wrote:Car mirrors are an excellent alternative, as is the car headlight for a landing light. But another source for the round mirror shape is those little spare plastic nubs that we clip off of kit parts. I save many of them for just such purposes. They have varying shapes and sizes and are good starting points for small scratch built details like these mirrors.

I used one of these for my Stuka landing light that I fabricated. I'll look for the picture of it.

Thank all three of you! (Insert head slapping emoji here.) Those sprue nibs are a great idea. Believe it or not (oh definitely believe it) I was going to order a set of 1964 1:24 Revell chrome slot car mirrors off eBay which would have been a ridiculously expensive solution for two half spheres.



Ah there —

Sanity temporarily restored!

Here you go Bruce. I totally scratch built the landing light on my Hasegawa Stuka because it didn't even come with one in the kit. Just a clear window over a blank space!! The clear ones work great for this:

Wow!

Perfect, Joe!



That looks impeccably spot on!!!!!

Great reference photos!

Stikpusher wrote:Great reference photos!

Thanks to the AirCorps Library! $5/month!

http://aircorpslibrary.com/

Nice!

And look—a new cockpit floor and fuel tank framework are born...