Crimea_River
Marshal
I'll be taking tips from this build when I get my Kittyhawk. Good stuff Peter!
**** DONE: Curtiss P-40E-1 S/L Keith "Bluey" Truscott - Aircraft of the Aces GB.
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Vic Balshaw
Major General
Nice Peter, looks to have good cockpit detail.
Catch22
Major
Nice one Peter, sometimes it's nice to do something that isn't flashy. Often times the standard looking birds look the best.
Gerry
Staff Sergeant
Good start, looking forward to more on this one.
brucejscott
Staff Sergeant
Nice choice. Looking good!
tigerdriver
Staff Sergeant
great start
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ozhawk40
Master Sergeant
Cheers Guys
Sorry about the slow progress thus far. Small update tonight.
Pic 1
I've joined the rear fuselage to the main part, before the joining the halves. At this stage I am concentrating on getting the panel seams lined up, and I'll worry about the gaps later.
Pic 2
The plastic seat on the left is not too bad. I bought an Ultracast seat, but it really isn't necessary. I thinned down the sides of the plastic seat and will use it instead. Another thing I found was that the seat rails on the resin version are narrower that the Hasegawa ones, requiring more work, if I were to fit the resin replacement, to fit the armour plate. The resin will go to spares.
Pic 3
Radiators painted. Interior green ducting. The early radiators were brass, and the later ones were aluminium. You can;t see much of these once it's all closed up, but I'll give it a wash of burnt umber to finish off.
Pic 4
Gear bay interiors. I've picked out the aluminium tubing for hydraulic lines.
Pic 5 6
Prop prepped and ready for decals.
Cheers for now. 8)
Peter
Sorry about the slow progress thus far. Small update tonight.
Pic 1
I've joined the rear fuselage to the main part, before the joining the halves. At this stage I am concentrating on getting the panel seams lined up, and I'll worry about the gaps later.
Pic 2
The plastic seat on the left is not too bad. I bought an Ultracast seat, but it really isn't necessary. I thinned down the sides of the plastic seat and will use it instead. Another thing I found was that the seat rails on the resin version are narrower that the Hasegawa ones, requiring more work, if I were to fit the resin replacement, to fit the armour plate. The resin will go to spares.
Pic 3
Radiators painted. Interior green ducting. The early radiators were brass, and the later ones were aluminium. You can;t see much of these once it's all closed up, but I'll give it a wash of burnt umber to finish off.
Pic 4
Gear bay interiors. I've picked out the aluminium tubing for hydraulic lines.
Pic 5 6
Prop prepped and ready for decals.
Cheers for now. 8)
Peter
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nice work Peter
Airframes
Benevolens Magister
Good work on the tail joint Peter, coming along nicely.
T Bolt
Colonel
Agreed. The P-40 kits with a separate tail can really be a pain. Looks like you've made it work Peter.
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brucejscott
Staff Sergeant
Looking good Peter. Keep up the nice work.
Crimea_River
Marshal
Looking good Peter. Beware the clear side glazing on the canopy. Managed to break mine with zero effort.
Good progress Peter!
Lucky13
Forum Mascot
Looking good mate!
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ozhawk40
Master Sergeant
Cheers Guys
Pic 1
I concentrated on the cockpit area this week end. The first decision was not to go with the photo etch that I had bought for the task. I had a good look at the plastic and the Hasegawa is very good. So good I think that only some belts will be necessary. To start, I had sprayed the IP white.
Pic 2
Here I have coat ed the panel in flat black, and picked out the instrument dials and pointers by scratching through to the white underneath. REd was used for the mag switch and warning lights. The gun charging switches where pained silver with red tips. When this was done I added a drop of clear gloss to the instrument faces.
Pic 3
I carried on with the rest of the interior, which was painted interior green and then I detailed the switch boxes, throttle and other items. Followed up by a wash of black and then burnt sienna. A bit more dry brushing went on after this photo.
Pic 4
Did the same with the other interior areas on the fuselage that would show.
Pic 5
Call me crazy, but I bought these placard decals a while back, and it was time to put them to use.
Pic 6 7
Placards added to the side walls in places. These correspond to reference pic I have. I also placed a couple on the lower Instrument Panel.
Pic 8
Here, I've started assembly of the cockpit tub, and added some aluminium chipping and scrapes to the seat frame and floor.
Pic 9
Seat added
Pic 10
Seat belts added and the floor made a bit more 'muddy'. The P-40e's delivered to Australia only had a lap belt, and not the full harness, so these were swapped out for the British style Sutton Harness, which I've added instead on the American style. These planes got awfully dirty, so I have no hesitation in added dirt, wear and tear.
Pic 11
Cockpit tub completed, nearly. I need to add the gunsight and the sun shield, but I'll do that after installation.
Pic 12
While I was at it, I added a wash to the gear bays. I think this area should be a whole lot worse, so I may do more. There is some belief that mud accumulated in the gear bays of one Aussie P-40 operating from Milne Bay led to it's crash while attacking the Japanese invasion force.
Well, that's the end of that update. I've moved ahead in other areas, so it won't be too long before the next.
Cheers for now.
Peter
Pic 1
I concentrated on the cockpit area this week end. The first decision was not to go with the photo etch that I had bought for the task. I had a good look at the plastic and the Hasegawa is very good. So good I think that only some belts will be necessary. To start, I had sprayed the IP white.
Pic 2
Here I have coat ed the panel in flat black, and picked out the instrument dials and pointers by scratching through to the white underneath. REd was used for the mag switch and warning lights. The gun charging switches where pained silver with red tips. When this was done I added a drop of clear gloss to the instrument faces.
Pic 3
I carried on with the rest of the interior, which was painted interior green and then I detailed the switch boxes, throttle and other items. Followed up by a wash of black and then burnt sienna. A bit more dry brushing went on after this photo.
Pic 4
Did the same with the other interior areas on the fuselage that would show.
Pic 5
Call me crazy, but I bought these placard decals a while back, and it was time to put them to use.
Pic 6 7
Placards added to the side walls in places. These correspond to reference pic I have. I also placed a couple on the lower Instrument Panel.
Pic 8
Here, I've started assembly of the cockpit tub, and added some aluminium chipping and scrapes to the seat frame and floor.
Pic 9
Seat added
Pic 10
Seat belts added and the floor made a bit more 'muddy'. The P-40e's delivered to Australia only had a lap belt, and not the full harness, so these were swapped out for the British style Sutton Harness, which I've added instead on the American style. These planes got awfully dirty, so I have no hesitation in added dirt, wear and tear.
Pic 11
Cockpit tub completed, nearly. I need to add the gunsight and the sun shield, but I'll do that after installation.
Pic 12
While I was at it, I added a wash to the gear bays. I think this area should be a whole lot worse, so I may do more. There is some belief that mud accumulated in the gear bays of one Aussie P-40 operating from Milne Bay led to it's crash while attacking the Japanese invasion force.
Well, that's the end of that update. I've moved ahead in other areas, so it won't be too long before the next.
Cheers for now.
Peter
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brucejscott
Staff Sergeant
WOW! Really nice work Peter! I've been wondering about those placards ever since they came out, now I know they look good. Is this the same company that makes the individual dial decals?
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