The lower nacelles are proving to be a lot more difficult to do in 1/48th scale than they were in 1/72nd. I've been trying various bits and pieces I have on hand but nothing seemed to work. I was about to try forming them with thin strips of card stock like barrel staves when I happened to look in the box with the left over parts from the two P-40 kits I've been cannibalizing and saw the optional engine cowl panels that came with the kits. They had a nice curve to them and taper to the spinner which I can turn around facing backwards, and best of all there are 4 of them.
The first picture shows the exhaust slots filled in and sanded smooth and the second shot shows the first one in place after a lot of custom trimming. It looks as though they will work out Ok for the main portion of the nacelles but there will still be a lot of fill in to do around the wings.
The basic structure of the nacelles is together. The engines cowls worked out pretty good. I still need to shape the rear ends a bit more, close up the area around the wing and cut the wheel well openings to the shape I want.
Thanks fore watching. It's been a lot more work than the smaller version. I'll be starting to do the fill-in at the wing today, then I will probably give all that glue a week to cure to prevent any sink marks before I start with the CA filler and filing to shape.