Bell P-39 Airacobra
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P-39 Airacobra Kitty Hawk
Another model goes to my shelf. This time, a design that appears at competitions quite sporadically, namely the P-39 Airacobra. The model itself is quite nice, but I added Eduard plates, HGW belts, Master barrels and Eduard exhaust pipes. [...]
“Cobra II” P-39 air racer – 1946 Thompson Trophy winner
"Cobra II” at the 1946 Thompson Trophy Race:
The P-39 known as “Cobra II,” was a Bell P-39Q-10BE, AAF 42-20869, assigned to the 430th Army Air Force Base Unit, Ephrata AAB, Washington, a Combat Crew Training Station, in April [...]
THE RED COBRA.
I had no problem building these three 1/48 scale P-39 models as they were all "O.O.B." Like the yellow racer, I had no instrument panel dials nor any of the Waldron p.e. stuff.
I used Tamiya paints and the kit decals. The end [...]
My Yellow Cobra Racer.
This 1/48 scale model is made by a different company than what I wrote in my bare metal P-39 story yesterday. I liked the pre-cut mask's for the windscreen, canopy and the door's as they fit perfectly. The modeler, (ME) had the option to [...]
1/48 Scale P-39 Airacobra.
This is "eduards" 1/48 scale model kit. I built it right out of the box and used the kit decals. I added Waldron belt buckles with some home made paper straps. I used different colors of Tamiya paint.
I liked the model so well [...]
P-39Q Airacobra – Academy 1/72
I have had a passion for the P-39 since I was a child, when my oldest brother (80 old now) bought the Revell P-39 kit in the 1960s. That was indeed the first kit I saw in my life, and I have fond memories of that time.
The Academy's P-39 D [...]
Hasegawa 1/48 Airacobra Mk.I
Used Ultracast seat, Vector .30 cal. gun barrels, Eduard Zoom cockpit and some resin from the Aires set. 20 mm canon barrel from brass tubing. Color of Eagles and Pollyscale paints used as well as Tamiya weathering powder. Note on the [...]
1/48 Eduard P-39N/L Aircobra USSR
Hello Folks
My completed last mouth P-39N Aircobra in Soviet Air Force markings.
Model goes together very well, no real problems with the fit or so.
As profi pack kit I added PE parts in the cockpit and used masks for canopy. In addition [...]
A Monogram Holiday portrait, my latest Blue Box find, and a Phantom update
Happy Holidays iModelers! Here is the family portrait of my Monogram kits, many of the originals were added this year, including the DO-335, B-29, B-25H, P-39 and Typhoon, the Typhoon I just added today, still in the cello wrap! On to [...]
Eduard 1/48 P-39Q
Eduard 1/48, P-39Q, 42-19995, CPT William A. Shomo, 71st TRS, 82nd TRG, New Guinea, 1944. CPT (later MAJ) Shomo was nicknamed the “Flying Undertaker” because he actually trained and worked as a mortician in Pittsburgh before the war. [...]
