That's the bee's knees Glenn!
**** DONE: 1/48 Bell YP-59 Aircomet - Jet/Recon/Transport GB
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tigerdriver
Staff Sergeant
some very nice additions
Looks great Glenn!
meatloaf109
1st Lieutenant
Yep, love those wires!
Looks great so far Glenn!
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T Bolt
Colonel
Canopy installed and masks on. Fit was pretty good, it needs just a touch of filler and it will be ready for paint.
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Agreed...
Vic Balshaw
Major General
Great modelling Glenn, those lead wires look fantastic.
N4521U
Colonel
That does look tops Glenn. Canopy looks like it's fitting verrry nicely.
A4K
Brigadier General
With all, looks beauty Glenn!
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T Bolt
Colonel
Had a little scare last night, couldn't find the sprue with all the landing gear parts in it. After an exhaustive search through all my crap I found it in a box of sprue's of unused parts from previously completed models. I had cleaned up my bench a week ago and I must have put it in there by accident. Serves me right for cleaning.
The canopy didn't need any filling at all, just a little filing and sanding, not worth a picture, but wile doing it I noticed some differences between the XP-59 canopy and this canopy which is molded as a YP-59 and I don't know if I can make it work. I'll have to look at it closer, but I think I might end up changing the description of this build to YP-59.
The canopy didn't need any filling at all, just a little filing and sanding, not worth a picture, but wile doing it I noticed some differences between the XP-59 canopy and this canopy which is molded as a YP-59 and I don't know if I can make it work. I'll have to look at it closer, but I think I might end up changing the description of this build to YP-59.
Tony Hill
Tech Sergeant
Great stuff Glenn!
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T Bolt
Colonel
Thanks Darryl
Here's whats going on with the canopy:
Pictures 1 & 2 are of the XP-59. The red arrow points to a panel line that angles up starting just aft of the sliding hood of the canopy. Also note that the top of the canopy is flush with the top of the rear fuselage. No bulge.
Pictures 3 & 4 are of a YP-59. Note that the angled panel line starts further aft, at the rear of the quarter windows (red arrow). Note also that the canopy is no longer flush with the fuselage but bulged. If you look close at picture 4 you can see how the canopy works and why the HobbyCraft canopy doesn't fit in the open position, The panels which have the quarter windows fold in at the bottom to allow the canopy to slide back (blue arrow).
Picture 5 shows a P-59A which has the same canopy of the YP-59. Red arrow+panel line and blue arrow=side panel
Here's the problem. Picture 6 shows the model molded like the YP-59 as it is supposed to be. I could re-scribe the panel line to match the XP-59, but there's not much to be done with the bulged canopy which I've already installed so I guess this one will be a YP-59 even though I wanted to do America's very first jet.
On a side note even though the model is called out as a YP-59, and the model itself is clearly a YP-59, the box art in picture 8 is clearly of the XP-59 with the flush canopy and more forward slanting panel line.
Now that you know more than you ever wanted to know about the subtle differences between the "X" and "Y" P-59s I'll change the title of this thread and return you to your regularly scheduled program
Here's whats going on with the canopy:
Pictures 1 & 2 are of the XP-59. The red arrow points to a panel line that angles up starting just aft of the sliding hood of the canopy. Also note that the top of the canopy is flush with the top of the rear fuselage. No bulge.
Pictures 3 & 4 are of a YP-59. Note that the angled panel line starts further aft, at the rear of the quarter windows (red arrow). Note also that the canopy is no longer flush with the fuselage but bulged. If you look close at picture 4 you can see how the canopy works and why the HobbyCraft canopy doesn't fit in the open position, The panels which have the quarter windows fold in at the bottom to allow the canopy to slide back (blue arrow).
Picture 5 shows a P-59A which has the same canopy of the YP-59. Red arrow+panel line and blue arrow=side panel
Here's the problem. Picture 6 shows the model molded like the YP-59 as it is supposed to be. I could re-scribe the panel line to match the XP-59, but there's not much to be done with the bulged canopy which I've already installed so I guess this one will be a YP-59 even though I wanted to do America's very first jet.
On a side note even though the model is called out as a YP-59, and the model itself is clearly a YP-59, the box art in picture 8 is clearly of the XP-59 with the flush canopy and more forward slanting panel line.
Now that you know more than you ever wanted to know about the subtle differences between the "X" and "Y" P-59s I'll change the title of this thread and return you to your regularly scheduled program
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N4521U
Colonel
That whole Bulge Flush thing would be rather a stretch to modify.
I gotta say you're doing a cracker of a job on this one.
Well done.
I gotta say you're doing a cracker of a job on this one.
Well done.
Glenn,
That is the kind of top notch research that I really love! Great stuff and great model!
Jim
That is the kind of top notch research that I really love! Great stuff and great model!
Jim
Agree with that!
Tony Hill
Tech Sergeant
Write out 400 times
"I'm not obsessive compulsive".
(great detail research)
"I'm not obsessive compulsive".
(great detail research)
Looks good so far Glenn!
Crimea_River
Marshal
Good digging Glenn. Like your approach.
