Looks great so far!
P-38L-5-LO from Trumpeter kit in 1/32
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Crimea_River
Marshal
Shame that it didn't fit Alberto as you did a very nice job on that. Makes the weight installation easier though.
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al49
Tech Sergeant
Hi evrybody,
I'm working on some details like the p.e. hinges to be fixed to undercarriage covers and I hope to be able to show some pictures soon.
Today I received brass barrel set made by Profimodeller and decal sheet from Kits-world to do "Gung Ho"
According to decal's instruction, this bird will be all natural metal except olive drab anti-glare panels, red tip on the nose and a black square on the fin.
According to your knowledge, is it all? Unfortunately the only picture I found so far is the one above.
Thanks in advance for any help.
Alberto
I'm working on some details like the p.e. hinges to be fixed to undercarriage covers and I hope to be able to show some pictures soon.
Today I received brass barrel set made by Profimodeller and decal sheet from Kits-world to do "Gung Ho"
According to decal's instruction, this bird will be all natural metal except olive drab anti-glare panels, red tip on the nose and a black square on the fin.
According to your knowledge, is it all? Unfortunately the only picture I found so far is the one above.
Thanks in advance for any help.
Alberto
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al49
Tech Sergeant
Some more updates.
I scratch-built a functional bulkhead to fix in position all five gun barrels
this will be painted first with mat black and then with almost dry dark iron on gun barrels; it should work well.
This sub-assembly will be positioned inside the nose and fixed there using the two little metal tangs with screws visible in the picture
to get this:
The nose will be finally glued to the fuselage, of course after masking the barrels
Additionally I started working on landing gear covers adding all little hinges from the p.e. set.
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If the weather will be fine, I should be able to start painting on Wednesday.
Alberto
I scratch-built a functional bulkhead to fix in position all five gun barrels
this will be painted first with mat black and then with almost dry dark iron on gun barrels; it should work well.
This sub-assembly will be positioned inside the nose and fixed there using the two little metal tangs with screws visible in the picture
to get this:
The nose will be finally glued to the fuselage, of course after masking the barrels
Additionally I started working on landing gear covers adding all little hinges from the p.e. set.
If the weather will be fine, I should be able to start painting on Wednesday.
Alberto
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Airframes
Benevolens Magister
Great stuff Alberto, those guns look the part. Might have some problems masking them when painting the nose though, unless they can be fitted after painting?
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al49
Tech Sergeant
Yes, it will not be easy, I'm considering to use small pieces of plastic tube.
Of course I could fit them after painting, but I will have to deal with a large seam between nose and fuselage that will not be easy to deal with as I'm thinking to use Alclad II paints.
Alberto
Good work so far!
Al I am thinking that is your best looking pit yet 
I love those barrels and just glancing the fit really does not look bad from here.Some of those coffee stirers might work for the barrels?I used on some 1/72 propellars recently and the brown ones are even smaller than the red ones.
I love those barrels and just glancing the fit really does not look bad from here.Some of those coffee stirers might work for the barrels?I used on some 1/72 propellars recently and the brown ones are even smaller than the red ones.
Lucky13
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Looking great Alberto!
prem895
Staff Sergeant
This is a great step by step guide. Very nice work Alberto. I am going to have to add this bird to my stash. How do you find the fitting of parts?
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al49
Tech Sergeant
Hi, isn't easy to answer your last question.
The main issue is how to get a good fit between wings and fuselage: first you need to scratch-build a spar to get a strong link between them and possibly do a sketch to understand the correct value of the angle.
This is what I did:
After that you will be left with some gaps to be filled, but not too much.
In my case some more filling was needed in the centreline of booms and between and between booms and coolant radiators.
Generally speaking, in my opinion isn't isn't at the same quality levels as some recent Tamiya kits but isn't bad, worth the money it cost.
With the addition of a few p.e. items you cold end with a nice model (I hope it will be the case of mine ...)
Alberto
prem895
Staff Sergeant
Good to know the problem areas. Thanks for that
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al49
Tech Sergeant
Hi,
I started painting and I'm going to use Alclad II lacquers, but I have a doubt and I will appreciate very much your opinion.
I intend to do Natural Metal finish in a WW2 environment, as I mentioned above and my doubt is: the finish was it very shining as seen in restored birds or a bit more dull?
BW period pictures seem to confirm the second option, so I would like to get some confirmation.
Many thanks in advance
Alberto
I started painting and I'm going to use Alclad II lacquers, but I have a doubt and I will appreciate very much your opinion.
I intend to do Natural Metal finish in a WW2 environment, as I mentioned above and my doubt is: the finish was it very shining as seen in restored birds or a bit more dull?
BW period pictures seem to confirm the second option, so I would like to get some confirmation.
Many thanks in advance
Alberto
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al49
Tech Sergeant
Hi everybody,
I did some progress here and I took some pictures. Unfortunately those taken this morning were taken outside with the wrong background and under an overcast sky, so they aren't good at all. I show some of them anyway in the hope that coming days will bring some sun.
You may have probably noticed that I tried to different tones of aluminium to highlight some details.
In the afternoon, after taking away the masking off the canopy, I took a few more pictures under artificial light. Still not the ideal condition for NMF model but, at least, I was able to appreciate that there are some areas that need to be addressed, before adding decals and start weathering.
Will post more pictures soon, hopefully.
Alberto
I did some progress here and I took some pictures. Unfortunately those taken this morning were taken outside with the wrong background and under an overcast sky, so they aren't good at all. I show some of them anyway in the hope that coming days will bring some sun.
You may have probably noticed that I tried to different tones of aluminium to highlight some details.
In the afternoon, after taking away the masking off the canopy, I took a few more pictures under artificial light. Still not the ideal condition for NMF model but, at least, I was able to appreciate that there are some areas that need to be addressed, before adding decals and start weathering.
Will post more pictures soon, hopefully.
Alberto
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fubar57
General
Yessir, very nice Alberto. The camera is my biggest critic, never failing to catch a flaw.
Geo
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