[Chris]

Well finally finished it .. not the best kit to build .. few problems but all sorted

[aeroeng]

Super nice Chris.

[bsmith13]

Nicely done! Which kit? And what were the problems?

[trex0770]

That's beautiful! Be nice as a diecast.

[Chris]

This is the Special Hobby kit .. problems were . locating pins (or lack off) .. gaps in wing roots .. i had 2.5 mm both sides ,used polysheet and filler. Prop is meant to be glued on .. i modified spinner so it turns and used polysheet cut into circle inside fuselage as a backing plate .. fuselage halves didnt line up that good .. resin exhausts were warped .. used a lot of nose weight to bring nose down .. (could do with metal u/c as part of kit instead of plastic).............paints used were Xrtacrylix XA1117 (interior)...XA1113 faded olive green ...XA1133 neutral grey ..yellow was humbrol enamel #24 .. then a brown wash (Flory Models weathering wash) sealed in with vallejo matt coat .. all brush painted.



For all you Helo fans .. am building old 1/32 Revell kit H-259..Bell UH-1D "Attack" chopper .. undecided on what weapons layout as yet .. so that will be next project

[bsmith13]

Originally Posted by Chris

This is the Special Hobby kit .. problems were . locating pins (or lack off) .. gaps in wing roots .. i had 2.5 mm both sides ,used polysheet and filler. Prop is meant to be glued on .. i modified spinner so it turns and used polysheet cut into circle inside fuselage as a backing plate .. fuselage halves didnt line up that good .. resin exhausts were warped .. used a lot of nose weight to bring nose down .. (could do with metal u/c as part of kit instead of plastic).............paints used were Xrtacrylix XA1117 (interior)...XA1113 faded olive green ...XA1133 neutral grey ..yellow was humbrol enamel #24 .. then a brown wash (Flory Models weathering wash) sealed in with vallejo matt coat .. all brush painted.

Very nicely done! I have tried major body work before, and I'm not good at it. It takes a lot of time, talent and patience to make a "fixer-upper" look as good as you made this look.

[Cruver Collecter]

Nice looking model. Is the canopy injection molded or vacuform?

[STARMAN 352ND]

Now that looks really nice.
Great job
JP

[Chris]

Canopy is inj moulded , also has choice of bomb or drop tank .. i chose none

[Steve1971]

Nice work. Hasegawa has just released their P-39 with decal options for Maj Bud Anderson's P-39 Old Crow! I would have bought it on the spot at my local hobby shop but they wanted $40 for a 1/48th scale model kit!!! The hobby is getting rediculous if you ask me. I normally build the Monogram 1/48th B-17G kits but those are going up in price as well so I havent built one in quite awhile. The last one I built was Chow Hound and thats currently hanging from my ceiling.