Just a small update with progress on the P-40. Actually these pics are taken as I prepared parts for the cockpit, lining up the resin set and the kit parts.
I have since been cutting out resin parts but that is as tedious to photograph as it is to do. For now, I just want to share the amusing contrast between the Cutting Edge set and the kit parts for the pit. As others have noted, the Trumpeter pit is too shallow and lacks a curved floor.
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1. CE resin parts - nicely labelled
2. Trumpeter's feeble effort.
The CE side walls show the extent of the correction. The seat and rear bulkhead are also toy-like and under-scale, as they are made to fit the shallow space.
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1. CE rear bulkhead has fuel tank and headrest detail molded-in. Nice.
The CE components are very well done - the headrest will really look like leather, when painted. There are no belts on the resin seat, so I have an Eduard set to take care of that.
I will do two versions of the IP, one with the CE set, which has some real depth to the gauges and another with the Eduard color etch. I will compare how they look in the end to see which I will use. This will be a pretty easy fit, I think. The main work is cutting big parts, like the new floor from their enormous casting blocks.
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1. Keeping the cut even while sawing away this block is a pain. At least there is nothing delicate to snap off in the process.
I really hate doing this - dirty slogging work - and it is one of the reasons I put away this kit for so long. Having done much more cutting and sanding with the resin for the Tempest, though, it doesn't seem such a chore now. That's another build I should update today, come to think of it.
Anyway, I hope this is interesting. Next post will be assembly. I am still waiting on a shipment of Gunze US Interior Green in the mail, so I may be a bit slow in getting this painted.
