Paul J Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 Found this in my stash and looking a bit wanting! Very early Hasegawa release and lid type of boxing! True Details resin cockpit set for this and will have a go at using those Sky decals as illustrated at top of my first entrant. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Procopius Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 Are you converting it? I thought the P-40E and Kittyhawk III were in fact different types, was I mislead? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul J Posted January 26, 2015 Author Share Posted January 26, 2015 Are you converting it? I thought the P-40E and Kittyhawk III were in fact different types, was I mislead? Maybe I got my mark number wrong for it. It should be 1A. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazdot Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 looks old whats the plastic like? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul J Posted January 26, 2015 Author Share Posted January 26, 2015 As you can maybe make out its in a sandy pink colour. Looks a bit see through held up to the light but haven't examined it thoroughly yet as its still sealed in its cellophane bag with the decals. The box base is showing signs of foxing but still pretty sound since around 1972 ish when I first got it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazdot Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 Wow I was one!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul J Posted February 9, 2015 Author Share Posted February 9, 2015 Right then. Now my RCAF Ventura is out the way, time to get back and get on with this one. Emptied the cellophane packet to find something I haven't seen in ages in kits:Take a close look at the head rest end of the cockpit opening and then....... the bottom wing halves at the leading edges! Short moulding! No dramas! Its an easy fix, just a bit of thought on how to tackle them.Top wing part glued in place revealing the extent of the anomaly....And the fuselage held together dry fitted, showing the head rest fault line.Some fault line, but as I said not a major issue.Meanwhile, the True Details resin cockpit primed. Don't know what ever happened to this US aftermarket company. They seem to have shut shop? Some time ago too I recall.All painted up and ready for trimming and fitting.Found some ancient scraps of plastic card to use for the re build of the faulty area. Seeing as one side (portside) was sound, it was a good base for butting up the scrap plastic.From the rear side. Note another smaller piece to fill the small void behind the bigger piece.Here, you can see the repair starting to take shape.Before doing any more to the repair, the cockpit tub is prepared for fitting.A view from below. Here you can see I added a spare headrest(grey coloured plastic) that came from the P-40N build I finished recently. It added to the strength and support of the scrap plastic splicing.Another view of the 'tub' from the other side...... and the story so far.But I couldn't stop last night and was on a roll so I did more:Seeing as the repair had hardened enough, I set about completing the shaping of the headrest area. I also removed the kit moulded headrest as it would be difficult to replicate the original. I'll make a whole new one to replace it.From the other side. The tub is also fixed in place all nice and snug.Meanwhile work carried on with the wing while all the other work was setting. Another roughly cut piece of plastic card glued into the opening left by the bad moulding.....and another smaller, roughly shaped piece stuck to the other and blended in with some filler and a sand down cleanup saw to the fault. On the other wing, which was much less of a fault, some filler was added and smoothed up leaving a perfect wing!So tonight, I'm going to add the resin gunsight and prepare for fitting the wings and tailplanes and then prepare it all for some priming.Cheers.PS Another background quiz: In the last photo, What, whose and when will I reveal it?? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazdot Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 Now that looks good I like the resin work really nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vppelt68 Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 Nice save! V-P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul J Posted February 10, 2015 Author Share Posted February 10, 2015 Pics tonight, but only a little bit done. Cutaway the odd shaped gunsight and replaced it with the KMC resin one that vastly improves the look. Fitted the seat and finished the wing repairs where the short moulding occured. Hopefully I'll get the priming done and peruse the Sky Decals sheet and choose a finish for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul J Posted February 10, 2015 Author Share Posted February 10, 2015 Just a couple pics from last night. Wings and tailplanes fitted----and a very good too! Plus the resin seat and gunsight that can just be made out. Still need to make a new headrest before closing up this area. Not sure how much I'll get done this evening. Other serious things happening away from modelling. Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazdot Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 Looking nice and neat and tidy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul J Posted February 10, 2015 Author Share Posted February 10, 2015 A little bit from this evening. Found a bit of scrap plastic for the head rest. It may well not be right but its going to have to do. Its one of those tiny discs of sprue found attached to parts while on sprue and was thin enough and the right size for my needs.Canopy fixed in place and undercart all fitted in readiness for priming. Once the clear part is masked of course. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazdot Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 Don't hang around do you. That looks good to me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Lloyd Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 Nice panel beating. Well on the way now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jean Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 That has been an oldie but goldie swiftly dealt with! And it is scrubbing rather well. Good show all round! JR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul J Posted February 17, 2015 Author Share Posted February 17, 2015 Getting back into this slowly after all the trauma of lasst Saturday. Did some priming and masking: ..to get to this stage. I don't believe in using lashings of expensive Tamiya tape for areas like this and seen in some modelling magazines. Good ole cheap tape from local hardware store is perfectly adequate! Some masking on the way of being removed.... ... and my slightly unusual choice. Found pics and a few details of my chosen subject in the Osprey Aces book dealing with RAF and Commonwealth P-40 aces. My one will be the one with the red white checked rudder. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazdot Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 Looks good nice spray work well done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Lloyd Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 Just checked the gallery, lovely result and another cool desert Kitty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul J Posted February 21, 2015 Author Share Posted February 21, 2015 Last few pics of WIP. Decals all in place and pre weathering.... ....Also waiting on prop... ..... and wheels. Suitably matted down in two tones. I based this on the available photos to me in the Osprey book Commonweakth P-40 Aces. They show darker areasa and lighter areas with the reoalcement engine covers in different paintwork. Not sure about the starboard side soI left as is, seen below.... Did most of the weathering this evening and the top two pics here from a couple nights ago. By the way, the lightened faded look was achieved by adding a few dots of white paint into my W&N matt varnish thinned with W&N acrylic flow improver. First of the completed model. I attempted to represent the overspray of the yellow on the roundel with mid stone. Again. not certain about the other side due to lack of evidence so I left it alone. The rest of the finished work in the gallery. See you there! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazdot Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Lovely good work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookenbacher Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 I love your attention to detail regarding the scheme: the overspray, the faded and new paint next to each other, the green panel. Just fantastic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul J Posted February 27, 2015 Author Share Posted February 27, 2015 Just discovered something. The 'Eddie' Edwards who flew FZ-R in the desert as a sergeant pilot, is the same 'Stocky' Edwards of the Northern Europe campaign flying Spitfires and became a Wing Commander ! His personalised Spits coded JFE should ring a few bells. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Procopius Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 Just discovered something. The 'Eddie' Edwards who flew FZ-R in the desert as a sergeant pilot, is the same 'Stocky' Edwards of the Northern Europe campaign flying Spitfires and became a Wing Commander ! His personalised Spits coded JFE should ring a few bells. Yep, same man, one of the greatest allied pilots of the war, IMO. His record speaks for itself; one of the few men to have his score increased by postwar research. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 Nice Kittyhawk this, looking forward to seeing the complete article. Coincidentally, I've just read his biography, quite a guy & that was from a cadet edition. Steve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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