1/48 Hasegawa P-40N Yellow 47 49FG7FS David R. Winternitz, ''Mary Lou''

zaxos345 · Mar 27, 2023

Good morning gents,
This is my latest build.
The basic kit is the Hasegawa one including some goodies to make it better as:
- Ultracast 48169 - Curtiss P-40N Seat
- Ultracast 48157 - Curtiss P-40N Wheels, Diamond Tread
- Ultracast 48153 Curtiss P-40E-N Flared Exhausts
- Vector VDS48-107 - P-40E/N Wheel Wells with Canvas (for Hasegawa kit)
- Vector VDS48-109 - P-40E/N Control Surfaces (for Hasegawa kit)
- Eduard 49333 interior
- Master Barrels straight pitot tube and aiming pin
- Spare Fundekals insignia
- Exito decals for the Mary Lou
- HGW canopy masks

I started by changing some fuselage details not suitable for N model!! As you will later notice, after closing the fuselage, I also drilled new position lights based on some really good drawings by Jumpei Temma. I used the same ones for riveting!!

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zaxos345 · Mar 27, 2023

Fuselage work...

Regarding the cockpit i totally changed the sidewalls, following photoes, and using Eduard PE ans some scratch build items.

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zaxos345 · Mar 27, 2023

closing the fuselage...

I fix in position the vector resin wheel wells and glued the wing upper and lower halves!! Later i cut out the ailerons in order to place in position the resin ones!