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fubar57
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I thought I might get lazy and buy a seat but from Ultracast the shipping is 15$ and off eBay its over 20$. Time to fabricate
AIRFIX 1:48 P-40 - AS ODDBALL AS IT GETS
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Grant Barr
Senior Airman
Watching this one with interest Geo. I have a P-40 on my future build list and am waiting for the Airfix kit to be discounted at one of my regular suppliers.
Keep up the great work!
Keep up the great work!
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fubar57
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Thanks Grant. Tamiya seat harnesses are painted and drying. These are the attachment points I was talking about up thread. Petty of me to hate these but due to the tolerances of these new kits, it's imperative to totally remove the stubs. I couldn't get a good fit at one spot and had to get my visor and run the back of a blade to find the minute bit of stub I missed
Even still, a minor gap to fill
Crimea_River
Marshal
A wise decision to deal with those inserts now.
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fubar57
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I don't know how others managed, it was still a hand full. Cockpit done save some touch-ups. For the third time I need to fix the buckles which I hadn't noticed until I was resizing the pics. As for the harnesses....meh
The I.P. is just in for the photo op. Airfix would have one glue both side walls in first and then in some bizarre twisting motion, get tabs A to butt up against post B. My solution was to glue the right side in place, let dry, glue the bottom of the left side at the bottom, insert the I.P. into place and then press and glue the upper left side into place. No fiddling about. So precise is the fit, the MG butts have to fit into the dimple (3) which I'm happy to say they did. I let this all set up as I tackle the fuselage
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Geo, I believe step 9 in the instructions must be interpreted with the guns in vertical position, not parallel to the side wall:
I remember consulting this detail for my Revell P-40B model (with completely wrong instrument panel) and then checking the following photos:
Photos are from "P-40 in D&S - Part 1" by Bert Kinzey
Cheers!
P.S. Under the guns there is a "beam" holding them in this position which can be added to the Airfix (and any other) model as well.
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fubar57
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Good catch Yves. I just went down and with brute force, straightened out the offending parts.
I checked the fit with the fuselage halves and all good
Crimea_River
Marshal
Good stuff Geo. By "Tamiya harnesses" do you mean those decal thingies? I take it you scratched the buckles? Turned out pretty good.
Good work so far George!
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fubar57
General
Should have written Tamiya tape harnesses Andy. Gonna finish painting and mounting the intake area and the start on the next GB
MIflyer
1st Lieutenant
When you're done it ought to look like this. Note the opening at the rear of the belly fairing and the hole in the Right wing root. And I've always wanted to figure out how to open the cowl flaps.
Vic Balshaw
Major General
Your doing a great job George. 
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fubar57
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Thanks guys. Added the last four parts to the interior before closing it up. These fit very well
There are formation lights on either side to be added under the cockpit before closing the fuselage but I'll do these after painting using PVA
Crimea_River
Marshal
Good thing it all fits. Nice work.
Looks good so far George!
