**** DONE: Curtiss P-40M-5 Kittyhawk III, ‘Wairarapa Wildcat’, C’wealth GB

[Wayne Little]

Thanks mate, wings look even better now.....

 

[Crimea_River]

 

[Wurger]

 

[vikingBerserker]

Nice!

 

[Vic Balshaw]

Good on ya Wayne

 

[Wayne Little]

That mundane stuff Vic! Wings are almost done....gave them an all over 1200 grade sanding down too.....

Still got to add the undercarrige cover stuff....

 

[T Bolt]

Nice Wayne

 

[javlin]

Starting to get there Wayne Cheers

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

Very nice Wayne! I have learned a lot just by watching what you guys do here and it helps immensely. Thank you and everyone else here.

 

[ozhawk40]

With all here - great progress as usual Wayne. 8)

cheers

Peter

 

[Airframes]

Looking good Wayne.

 

[Vic Balshaw]

That mundane stuff Vic! Wings are almost done....gave them an all over 1200 grade sanding down too.....

So after the 1200 grade light sanding, do you give it a quick wash to get rid of the dust or a good brush down? I ask as I can still see the dust in the rivets.

 

[B-17engineer]

Really sweet Wayne!

 

[Wayne Little]

dry fitted the wings to the fuselage and discovered that I needed a spacer in the cowl area to ensure the fit was just right and that things lined up correctly.

...and some pics of the rear fuselage and tail join....working on getting this to look just right too...filling and sanding and rescribing of some panel lines...

 

[Wurger]

 

[Night Fighter Nut]

Looking good.

 

[javlin]

Looks like a step is the worst part of the tail fit Wayne.The panel lines look like with a smidgen of work will be ok esp after paint and decals.Cheers

 

[Airframes]

Looking neat.

 

[T Bolt]

Real nice work on that tail joint Wayne. I'll be doing that soon on my P-40K. I hope it looks as good as yours when I'm done with it

 

[Vic Balshaw]

Nice progress Wayne the tail is looking good.