Thanks guys!
After some pondering, I hope to leave a couple of panels open.
More pondering: I guess torpedos need to be kept away from maintenance work. Since I’m including the torpedo trailer on the tarmac anyway, that makes it logical to leave one wing pod empty. … Me, overthinking again. 
PS: Will someone please pull me out of the research and aftermarket parts/purchase rabbit hole! 
Torpedo los! …
—mike
PS: Will someone please pull me out of the research and aftermarket parts/purchase rabbit hole!
LOL That is where the money goes! Right in that after market rabbit hole!
Oh I so know that feeling 
Siluro! Fuori!
I’m just going to build this straight OOB.
ooh look, shiny….
A little bit of progress on the 1/72 Airfix Swordfish…
All the cockpit parts that will be green ready for painting…
And the WEM photo etch added where required…
Looking at this reference photo of Eboat S204 inspired me to attempt a canvas wind break forward of the aft gun.
Not happy with the aluminum foil version attempted, so I tried glue and tissue paper.
Not happy with this either, but shows promise. Not too difficult to brush away and retry, but this is the concept. Please share the secrets of 1/72 scale canvas? Always looking for ideas.
So I tried a layer of Gesso and think that helped smooth out the little wrinkles. A bit better. Need time to dry and paint.
Excellent idea! It will look awesome - now it is just to find a shelf large enough. 
@brekinapez I have this in my stash and almost started it a number of times. I am really looking forward to see how you finish it.
It is such a beast! I would not know where to display it.
It will be my first naval vessel since I last built one of the old Monogram carriers (Bon Homme Richard I think). Over 40 years ago.
So I am at Step 8 at this point. The rest is the tower and base. Right now I am slowly sealing the hull due to the length making haste unwise. The front part hasn’t started yet; just using it to maintain the spacing at the forward end of the rear section. Hull was a bit warped on one half so that is making it a PITA but it will get there. Or in ten months you will be asking yourself, “Wasn’t someone going to do that big sub kit?”
Most of the other parts are assembled and waiting to go on after the hull is completed. The damn thing is pretty big, but until I decide on a better space it will actually stay on that shelf area once I complete those kits behind it and clear them out. Leopold there has a base that isn’t quite finished so it will also relocate.
I have a resin crew I found at a show and am considering adding them but they are a bit on the thin side and look as though the crew ran out of rations a week ago. Thinking ‘bout it.
Really interesting work going on here, looks like this one hit a nerve!
Making slow progress on the Trumpeter 1/32 TBD since I have to concentrate on the IDF campaign, which ends in May. I’m using the Eduard interior set on the TBD and all that PE definitely adds to the time spent, as well as detail. Here’s where I am so far:
The interior green on the PE parts wasn’t even close to what I used, so I managed to paint over some of the larger areas on the front consoles. I don’t think it looks too bad.
Michael 
Nice cockpit, Michael. It is coming nicely together - colors looking fine in the pictures.
@brekinapez What a beast! It looks very cool and I am sure it will be impressive when finished. Are you going for camouflage or single color?
Check out some of the 3D resin printers on etsy and other places. They have some quite cool crews for submarines.
Standard light gray/dark gray scheme.
it’s been a long while since i posted. the b6n jill has sat idle for a month or so while i finished up a box stock buildoff in my nascar modeling outlaws FB group page.
i am working on adapting the wing fold kit design so i could remove the wings when needed and display them extended when wanted without them drooping. this is what i came up with
in the picture above the inner and outer wing ends were fitted with aluminum tube, the smaller tube i am holding above will be trimmed to length and inserted into the wing mounted tubes and hopefully hold the wing straight and tightly together. i hope to have this done for mosquitocon in april too. i will be able to remove the outer wings for transport and it will save space in my display case if needed.
now can anyone direct me to some aftermarket decals for it? i can’t seem to find any.
Joe
Looks interesting, will be keen to see the wing together.
Decals - Rising decals and MYN design both have decals for the Jill.
https://www.scalemates.com/search.php?q=1%3A48%20B6N*&fkSECTION[]=Kits&fkTYPENAME[]="Markings%20(Decals)"
March status update on the schnell boat now that the railing with canvas wind block is mounted.
Going with the depth charge option on the aft deck
Think the crew figures will add a sense of scale like the skipper in the cockpit with more figures to be added.
@ Stuart (amoz02t).
Your E-boat already looks amazing! The railing canvas as well as addition of the Skipper is really bringing her to life!
Wasserbomben los! …
