Just Reserving my place atm (I'll edit this post a little later after I get a brief history down and post some pics)
I was told this a start to finish section (I have all my photos already taken just have to jot them down in this section
First a little background on this build:
I had a tough choice 3 months before our bi-annual IPMS competition, people from far and wide our great nation of Canada, and some neighbors to the south in the United States would be coming to compete in Capcon 2011 the cream of the crop in model building, since I only had 1 other capcon tournie under my belt, I wanted to do my best and better my model from last time (I don't go to win, I just try to make the best model possible and have fun doing it
First I decided to choose a Bf-109F for the build but I had to experiment on a aircraft before entering, so I don't repeat my previous mistakes (ie: last time I entered I ended up doing everything last minute and I forgot to apply future, the decals silvered and end of story for any prize ). I found a old Otaki P-40E kit in our local Hobby Centre and to my amazement it was $5 (Canadian), so I decided to give it a try as my "experiment", a couple days later while picking up paint I found a KMC cockpit set, for again, $5, since the Otaki cockpit was bare to begin with (alas impressive for a 70s kit, it was bare by today's standards and could use some sprucing up) I decided on adding it to the model. To keep this section short since I'll be describing the build more in detail first I'll give you the history of my choice in build:
Short history on the P-40E that I decided to build:
I usually decide to go for something un-expected, this P-40E was no exception, Instead of the usual Flying Tigers/RAF sharkmouth motif I went with a un-known subject for some modelers, The Japanese used P-40s for combat and testing purposes during the war, the example I chose was "White 3" assigned to the Koku Gijutsu Kenkyujo (Air Technical Research Laboratory), there are several photos to use as reference material, but I decided to make this P-40 a little "beat up" as were most of the P-40Es at the end of the war in the photos provided to me.
(If I have some of the photos off please let me know, I beleive the format is 800 X 600 max?)
This is mainly the look I was going for, damaged, almost beyond repair.
For some reason, beyond my comprehension of my sorting pictures the other day, I can't find my fixing the cockpit in place (at the start of the build) Just when I started to paint the cockpit and putty everything, so if you all excuse that part till I find it, I would be much obligated to you all.
First Step:
After the cockpit is in place (a mixture of KMC cockpit parts 80% to 20% parts of the original kit), sanding off the panels of the otaki kit and glueing in the cockpit replacement panels of the KMC cockpit set (the seat, the floor, headrest) I applied the mix of Tamiya Flat Green and Tamiya Yellow Green as was standard to imitate the cockpit color on the actual aircraft. The wing being masked as well and the wheel bay painted the same color as the cockpit.
This enabled me to paint out the fine details in the cockpit after the paint drys (and I'll leave it here and post some more pics after some feadback, this is my first actual post in this forum on posting a model and I'd like to be sure I'm following all the rules and everything looks in line before I post some more. Thank you guys for having a helpful community of fellow modelers and not a flaming club like some other forums on the net. I can't begin to express my appreciation for the knowledge and expertise members in here have, I've been doing this since childhood but I've never been so interested in the "finer" details since around 5 years ago when I really started to fall in love with this obsession as some people call it, or hobby to the non-beleivers although I'm no "vet" and I'm more green than most I feal if I learn 1 thing from every model I build I'll be well on my way to creating that model at certain shows everyone oohs and awes over.)
I was told this a start to finish section (I have all my photos already taken just have to jot them down in this section
First a little background on this build:
I had a tough choice 3 months before our bi-annual IPMS competition, people from far and wide our great nation of Canada, and some neighbors to the south in the United States would be coming to compete in Capcon 2011 the cream of the crop in model building, since I only had 1 other capcon tournie under my belt, I wanted to do my best and better my model from last time (I don't go to win, I just try to make the best model possible and have fun doing it
First I decided to choose a Bf-109F for the build but I had to experiment on a aircraft before entering, so I don't repeat my previous mistakes
(ie: last time I entered I ended up doing everything last minute and I forgot to apply future, the decals silvered and end of story for any prize ). I found a old Otaki P-40E kit in our local Hobby Centre and to my amazement it was $5 (Canadian), so I decided to give it a try as my "experiment", a couple days later while picking up paint I found a KMC cockpit set, for again, $5, since the Otaki cockpit was bare to begin with (alas impressive for a 70s kit, it was bare by today's standards and could use some sprucing up) I decided on adding it to the model. To keep this section short since I'll be describing the build more in detail first I'll give you the history of my choice in build:Short history on the P-40E that I decided to build:
I usually decide to go for something un-expected, this P-40E was no exception, Instead of the usual Flying Tigers/RAF sharkmouth motif I went with a un-known subject for some modelers, The Japanese used P-40s for combat and testing purposes during the war, the example I chose was "White 3" assigned to the Koku Gijutsu Kenkyujo (Air Technical Research Laboratory), there are several photos to use as reference material, but I decided to make this P-40 a little "beat up" as were most of the P-40Es at the end of the war in the photos provided to me.
(If I have some of the photos off please let me know, I beleive the format is 800 X 600 max?)
This is mainly the look I was going for, damaged, almost beyond repair.
For some reason, beyond my comprehension of my sorting pictures the other day, I can't find my fixing the cockpit in place (at the start of the build) Just when I started to paint the cockpit and putty everything, so if you all excuse that part till I find it, I would be much obligated to you all.
First Step:
After the cockpit is in place (a mixture of KMC cockpit parts 80% to 20% parts of the original kit), sanding off the panels of the otaki kit and glueing in the cockpit replacement panels of the KMC cockpit set (the seat, the floor, headrest) I applied the mix of Tamiya Flat Green and Tamiya Yellow Green as was standard to imitate the cockpit color on the actual aircraft. The wing being masked as well and the wheel bay painted the same color as the cockpit.
This enabled me to paint out the fine details in the cockpit after the paint drys (and I'll leave it here and post some more pics after some feadback, this is my first actual post in this forum on posting a model and I'd like to be sure I'm following all the rules and everything looks in line before I post some more. Thank you guys for having a helpful community of fellow modelers and not a flaming club like some other forums on the net. I can't begin to express my appreciation for the knowledge and expertise members in here have, I've been doing this since childhood but I've never been so interested in the "finer" details since around 5 years ago when I really started to fall in love with this obsession as some people call it, or hobby to the non-beleivers
although I'm no "vet" and I'm more green than most I feal if I learn 1 thing from every model I build I'll be well on my way to creating that model at certain shows everyone oohs and awes over.)
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