!/48 MQ-9 Reaper Shelf of Doom Rescue

[scruffy]

While working on the Bayraktor I decided to also try to finish this other drone that has been a resident of the Shelf of Doom for the past 8 or 9 years.



It had accumulated a nice layer of dust and a bit of damage to the paint. One wing tip was also damaged (my shelf of doom is a bit crowded), and needed to be repaired with a suitability shaped piece of .020 styrene and a touch of putty.



The upper surfaces ended up getting pretty much an entire repaint, carefully avoiding the decals, but it turned out well. I masked and painted the metal ring around the exhaust aperture Stainless Steel Metalizer. The heat sheild behind the exhaust can either be metal or carbon fiber. Just to be different I cut and applied a piece of carbon fiber decal to that area.

 

The one piece I could not find was the clear lens for the turret, so I cut a new one from clear sheet and covered the back side with some film to represent the actual coating on the lens. I still have to add the other 4 lapatures on the turret. 

[keavdog]

I've got that one in the stash. Was it a fussy build or just lost interest?

[handiabled]

Nice fixes! Looks like you must be pretty close to the finish line with this one

[406 Silverado]

I’ve had a couple of builds on “the shelf” on and off through the years and like you, had some extra work generated as a result so I totally understand that. You’re moving through this in good fashion scruffy. Love the wingtip rework and clear lens fab.

[dupes]

Shoot, unless you have all of the armament to still do, it looks like you're almost done! This is a pretty solid kit. I enjoyed it.

[dukemaddog]

Thank you for some ideas. Your work is magnificent so far! I'm building two of these in 1/72 scale, so I might try to do some of these ideas on mine.

[jmarc]

NNNNNNNNNNNNNeat !