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Benevolens Magister
Great stuff peter, and I agree about the foil, I use it for many things now. Thanks for the info about the masking material too - think I need to get a compass cutter some day !
**** DONE: Curtiss P-40E-1 S/L Keith "Bluey" Truscott - Aircraft of the Aces GB.
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looks great Peter, might have to look into that masking stuff and a circle cutter of course !
Crimea_River
Marshal
Lovely work. Also want to track down those masks and circle cutter.
Fantastic work Peter!
Wildcat
Major
Looking real good Pete!
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ozhawk40
Master Sergeant
Thanks Terry, Karl, CR, Wayne, and Andy
Pic 1
Here you can see Bluey clowning with the other pilots in front of the dispersal tent. Through the trees and closest to the tent is his ship A29-142 parked close by in case of scramble. Benefits of being a CO - you don't have to run as far!
For many years it was thought that no photo existed showing the complete codes A29-142 wore, and profiles were based perhaps on this photo showing only part of the "ID" codes.
Pic 2 3
These two profiles have appeared in an IMPS newsletter and a Kagero publication. Basically correct, I will be making a couple of changes though. A29-142 was delivered in Curtiss factory lend lease colours. DuPont 71-009 "Brown" and DuPont 71-013 for the top surfaces and DuPont 71-021 for the underneath surfaces. When assembled in Australia the underneath was resprayed RAAF Sky Blue and the US markings over sprayed. A complete re-spray underneath was warranted to remove the "U.S. ARMY" in large letters, but on the top surfaces the stars were over sprayed with what appears to be RAAF Earth Brown. I've been using a reference called "P-40 Camouflage Special" by Ian K. Baker that goes through the changes that were made.
Pic 4
Here a photo courtesy of the "Aviation Heritage Museum of WA" which has a better view of 142, including the style of codes that it wore. Standing along side is the "owner".
Pic 5
Canopy and side windows successfully installed, and not without a few nervous moments. The side windows need the up most care to get them cleanly off the sprue without mishap. Job done, whew!
Pic 6
First step is to cover the canopy in interior green.
Pic 7
I'll start on the upper surfaces first for this one. First is the Brown.
Pic 8
I'm going to fade the paint on this one quite a lot. Somehow the fabric control surfaces always seemed to fade quicker, so I did a quick mask and added more white to the DuPont Brown. Here's how it turned out. When I fade the overall paint, it won't look so starkly different. Rudder was also done, although you can;t see it in the photo.
Pic 1
Here you can see Bluey clowning with the other pilots in front of the dispersal tent. Through the trees and closest to the tent is his ship A29-142 parked close by in case of scramble. Benefits of being a CO - you don't have to run as far!
For many years it was thought that no photo existed showing the complete codes A29-142 wore, and profiles were based perhaps on this photo showing only part of the "ID" codes.
Pic 2 3
These two profiles have appeared in an IMPS newsletter and a Kagero publication. Basically correct, I will be making a couple of changes though. A29-142 was delivered in Curtiss factory lend lease colours. DuPont 71-009 "Brown" and DuPont 71-013 for the top surfaces and DuPont 71-021 for the underneath surfaces. When assembled in Australia the underneath was resprayed RAAF Sky Blue and the US markings over sprayed. A complete re-spray underneath was warranted to remove the "U.S. ARMY" in large letters, but on the top surfaces the stars were over sprayed with what appears to be RAAF Earth Brown. I've been using a reference called "P-40 Camouflage Special" by Ian K. Baker that goes through the changes that were made.
Pic 4
Here a photo courtesy of the "Aviation Heritage Museum of WA" which has a better view of 142, including the style of codes that it wore. Standing along side is the "owner".
Pic 5
Canopy and side windows successfully installed, and not without a few nervous moments. The side windows need the up most care to get them cleanly off the sprue without mishap. Job done, whew!
Pic 6
First step is to cover the canopy in interior green.
Pic 7
I'll start on the upper surfaces first for this one. First is the Brown.
Pic 8
I'm going to fade the paint on this one quite a lot. Somehow the fabric control surfaces always seemed to fade quicker, so I did a quick mask and added more white to the DuPont Brown. Here's how it turned out. When I fade the overall paint, it won't look so starkly different. Rudder was also done, although you can;t see it in the photo.
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nice going Peter
Crimea_River
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Benevolens Magister
Good info and great work Peter. Looking forward to the next painting stage.
N4521U
Colonel
Just need an old draftsmans compass and a cutting blade in place of the lead.
Great work your doing there matey.
T Bolt
Colonel
Nice work Peter.
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ozhawk40
Master Sergeant
Thank you
This weeks progress has been in completing the paint.
Pic 1
The masking was done using a pattern provided in the Ian K Baker P-40 Camouflage Special. I scaled the drawing to 1/48, cut out the pattern as a template and made masks using the 'frisket' masking material.
Pic 2
The masks were applied. Curtiss used masking mats to paint the camo, so hard edges.
Pic 3
Here the painting of the Green has been done, using a special mix of MM FS34092 and FS34079 to get the right shade. Once done, I added a couple of drops of white and faded the green down a bit.
Pic 4
I also decided to fade the brown a bit and used heavily thinned Tamiya Desert Yellow for this.
Pic 5
Here's a screen cap from a colour movie of P-40's at Milne bay. It shows clearly that the US stars were obliterated using RAAF Dark Earth, and I'm going to replicate that on 142.
Pic 6
I mixed a batch of RAAF Dark Earth from several different colours to get what a I thought was pretty close. The great thing about masking the roundels, was that I can know paint over the masks as you see here.
Pic 7
Same for the Fuselage roundels and an area where the original British serial was applied. the A29-142 serial will be applied over the top.
Pic 8 9
Okay, time to remove the masks and see how it all turned out. A few small touch ups are required, and a white edge showing across the top of the fuselage roundel, which is easy to fix. I'll attend to this and get cracking on the under sides next.
Cheers and thanks for looking.
This weeks progress has been in completing the paint.
Pic 1
The masking was done using a pattern provided in the Ian K Baker P-40 Camouflage Special. I scaled the drawing to 1/48, cut out the pattern as a template and made masks using the 'frisket' masking material.
Pic 2
The masks were applied. Curtiss used masking mats to paint the camo, so hard edges.
Pic 3
Here the painting of the Green has been done, using a special mix of MM FS34092 and FS34079 to get the right shade. Once done, I added a couple of drops of white and faded the green down a bit.
Pic 4
I also decided to fade the brown a bit and used heavily thinned Tamiya Desert Yellow for this.
Pic 5
Here's a screen cap from a colour movie of P-40's at Milne bay. It shows clearly that the US stars were obliterated using RAAF Dark Earth, and I'm going to replicate that on 142.
Pic 6
I mixed a batch of RAAF Dark Earth from several different colours to get what a I thought was pretty close. The great thing about masking the roundels, was that I can know paint over the masks as you see here.
Pic 7
Same for the Fuselage roundels and an area where the original British serial was applied. the A29-142 serial will be applied over the top.
Pic 8 9
Okay, time to remove the masks and see how it all turned out. A few small touch ups are required, and a white edge showing across the top of the fuselage roundel, which is easy to fix. I'll attend to this and get cracking on the under sides next.
Cheers and thanks for looking.
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hub
Senior Airman
Nice progress Peter
This should turn out to be a fitting tribute to Bluey!
This should turn out to be a fitting tribute to Bluey!
Wildcat
Major
Very nice Pete!
fantastic Peter
REAL NICE Peter! 
T Bolt
Colonel
Looking great Peter!
Crimea_River
Marshal
Most excellent work Peter!
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