Eduard Bell P39N Airacobra

Started by John vd Biggelaar · 88 · 2 years ago
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    John vd Biggelaar said 2 years, 11 months ago:

    Brake lines
    Did spent some time today on the brake lines. Found a very nice picture on internet and did my best to replicate this.
    Not perfect, but at least it gives the idea.


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    Spiros Pendedekas said 2 years, 11 months ago:

    Those brake lines look great, my friend @johnb!
    They add a lot to realism!

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    Tom Cleaver said 2 years, 11 months ago:

    That landing gear work looks excellent, @johnb.

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    John vd Biggelaar said 2 years, 11 months ago:

    @fiveten, @tcinla, thanks a lot. Hope to get the wheels on and do a bit of weathering on them today.

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    John vd Biggelaar said 2 years, 11 months ago:

    Primering started

    Before primer the entire plane, I temporarely applied the canopy.

    The provided masks are indeed, like mentioned by Tom @tom-bebout, not usable on curve surfaces. On the cardoor windows they worked fine, but they didn't stick on the canopy. Therefore I now simply use masking tape.

    First the interior color was applied on the canopy and doors, followed by the first two layers of primer.

    Once dried, the surface will be checked for required corrections.

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 2 years, 11 months ago:

    Looks really nice, my friend @johnb!

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    John vd Biggelaar said 2 years, 11 months ago:

    @fiveten, thanks

    Pre-shading
    After some small corrections it was time to do the pre-shading.


    Next will be first round of camo colors starting at the bottom

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 2 years, 11 months ago:

    Nice pre-shading, my friend @johnb!

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    John vd Biggelaar said 2 years, 11 months ago:

    @fiveten, thanks a lot.

    Lower surface camo
    Vallejo model air 71.307 was used for bottom camouflage.


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    Spiros Pendedekas said 2 years, 11 months ago:

    This is a nice underside gray, my friend @johnb!

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    Eric Berg said 2 years, 11 months ago:

    John @johnb - those brake lines look just like that reference photo. Well done. Looks like you matched that interior green very closely. And the underside looks great. See what I mean about the car doors being a bit on the fiddly side?

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    Pedro L. Rocha said 2 years, 11 months ago:

    That a fine pre-shading work John, same for the oleos and brake lines

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    John vd Biggelaar said 2 years, 11 months ago:

    @fiveten, @eb801, @holzhamer, thanks a lot.
    Eric, the doors are indeed terrible, thanks for warning me upon the start of this build. I already intended to build them in open position.

    OD is there
    Just finished applying the OD camouflage.
    It is always difficult to show the color as it is being observed with you eyes.
    Will try to shoot some pictures during daytime coming weekend.


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    Spiros Pendedekas said 2 years, 11 months ago:

    OD looks great, my friend @johnb!

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    John Healy said 2 years, 11 months ago:

    Moving right along, John. Love the brake lines.