P-40 over Philipines, Java and Australia & Gilbert Islands ;-)

Started by capt. R · 192 · 1 year ago
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    capt. R said 2 years, 5 months ago:

    @tcinla yes, I got it wrong at first: 🙂

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    Tom Cleaver said 2 years, 5 months ago:

    @lis - it's just part of the learning process. Nobody learns anything from success (other than we like it).

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    capt. R said 2 years, 5 months ago:

    Just arrived!

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    John vd Biggelaar said 2 years, 5 months ago:

    That is a very nice livery, Lis @lis
    Will you build it as shown on the box?

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    capt. R said 2 years, 5 months ago:

    @johnb I want to build plane from early period from DK-Decals sheet. mabye sharkmouth or dragon as art nose.

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    capt. R said 2 years, 5 months ago:

    Work in progress. SH Kit is very advanced. There are a lot of parts. But fitting glycol cooler drave me crazy! Also fitting panels in cockpit needs some liquid filler in left site. Fuselage needs to cut off some parts for N version (I build E version). in the model, the upper part of the wings is immediately the floor of the model, as in the original. This is an interesting solution. I'm looking at how it will project on wing alignment. So far, I have been a bit nervous when folding the cockpit.

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    John vd Biggelaar said 2 years, 5 months ago:

    Nice start on the interior, Lis @lis

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 2 years, 5 months ago:

    You are wasting no time on this, my friend @lis!
    Fantastic start!
    Yes SH kits are definitely not shake and bake, but you are doing a wonderful job there.
    Looking forward to your progress!

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    capt. R said 2 years, 5 months ago:

    @johnb @fiveten Thank you! In first Step I think it will be such Tamiya quality assembly, but not 🙂

    What color of the fuselage should be behind the glazing behind the pilot's seat on both sides (such oval transparent elements). Special Hobby Olive drab suggested (I'm not sure with it?), but I checked other manufacturers to be sure and there is no compatibility here. Some suggest an interior green. The preserved planes in museums also look different with this color. Was there a regularity here? On the P-40 B, I painted this on Interior Green.

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    John vd Biggelaar said 2 years, 5 months ago:

    A good question, Lis @lis
    To be honest, I'm not sure either, but I think you should be good with interior green.

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    capt. R said 2 years, 5 months ago:

    Fitting fuselage halfs was putty event, but wings and fuselage fit was quite good. I hope you like it.

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    John Healy said 2 years, 5 months ago:

    Very nice work, Lis. Looks like a great kit too.

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    John vd Biggelaar said 2 years, 5 months ago:

    Definitely like it, Lis @lis
    Great work.

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    capt. R said 2 years, 5 months ago:

    This is all yesterday work day. Priming, and polishing. I had really problem with louvers for air outlet from the radiator. Kit gives two options. Closed, and opened. I choosed open, but i try to fit it four times with two different glues. Sometimes something that is supposed to be cool is not cool to edit. I hope it will do the trick anyway. The plastic in the model is relatively worse than in the Trumpeter. more uneven and porous.

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 2 years, 5 months ago:

    Looking great, my friend @lis!