Excellent John, the level of detail is fantastic. This P-400 should be shown at the Nats.

I also added the armor plate and cross brace to the rollover structure. Now I could turn my attention forward. I next installed the lower instrument panel and rudder pedals. These need to be in place in order to start building out the nose

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This morning I began the nose section, which will be modeled fully open, because I am insane. I decided to scratch build the interior structures, as the P-39D/P-400 differed here from the P-39N/Q, which the Kittyhawk kit represents.

The gear case is full of fishing weights and it is still nowhere near heavy enough to hold this beast on it's nose. Luckily, there's plenty of room in the areas behind the white styrene for additional ballast.

The prop is the Curtiss Electric from the Trumpeter P-40B. And the second spinner is form a spare Special Hobby kit. You can see the difference in the shapes, nd I've yet to decide which is more accurate. Opinions welcome!

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So John, how years have you had this excessive compulsive condition? Man. I'm really enjoying your progress on this build, the level of detail is outstanding. Keep it up, I'm enjoying the view.

John that is coming along beautifully. I don’t know what you’re using to glue all those pieces together but I hope that it’s not just superglue and that plastic is actually melted to plastic because I would hate to see a bump on the road to the nationals break off the whole nose section! Speaking at nationals, now that your life has been spared, perhaps you could get to work and finish this beauty by August so I can see it. 🙂