tigger Posted March 14, 2016 Share Posted March 14, 2016 Latest model from my workbench it is the 1/32 scale KittyHawk Models P-39 Airocobra built almost from the box with the addition of the HGW seat belts. Kit decals used. Hope you like here as she is hopefully going to be a build article in a future issue of Tamiya Model Magazine. 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheStig Posted March 14, 2016 Share Posted March 14, 2016 Very nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike DeTorrice Posted March 14, 2016 Share Posted March 14, 2016 A remarkable model of this Airacobra ! A real museum-quality replica. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted March 14, 2016 Share Posted March 14, 2016 Fantastic paint and weathering,a masterpiece Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Habu12 Posted March 15, 2016 Share Posted March 15, 2016 Dirty and Russian! I dig! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Learstang Posted March 15, 2016 Share Posted March 15, 2016 Nice to see you did it in Soviet markings. I've always thought of the P-39 'Kobra' as being more Soviet than American, despite its manufacture. Did you work off of a photograph for the weathering? I don't remember ever seeing a Kobra that weathered (except for one that was pulled from a northern Russian lake some years back). Regards, Jason 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batcode Posted March 15, 2016 Share Posted March 15, 2016 very nice work indeed.....looks great nice job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boom.boom Posted March 16, 2016 Share Posted March 16, 2016 Hmmm, why she is so much weathered!? In matter of fact they were in pretty decent conditions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red five Posted March 16, 2016 Share Posted March 16, 2016 Russians don't know how to look after an aeroplane...looks excellent. Very realistic Well done. Andrew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilHoff Posted March 16, 2016 Share Posted March 16, 2016 Hello, A great exercise in weathering, indeed, but completely unrealistic for my taste. Filatov's plane, like most soviet P-39, was well maintained and far for beeing that scruffy: Source: http://www.modellismopiu.it/modules/newbb_plus/print.php?forum=132&topic_id=117352 But once again, this is a matter of personal taste, and the work to obtain that finish is certainely interesting, (to depict an airplane abandoned for years in the tundra, IMHO). Philippe 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madcop Posted March 16, 2016 Share Posted March 16, 2016 Russians don't know how to look after an aeroplane...looks excellent. Very realistic Well done. Andrew Yes, I must agree with you especially when you know they had to work bare hands on the open by minus 30-40°C on crap airplanes that the West didn't want to use. As you want to be a pilot , I just hope you'll have the same courage and competence as the Russian pilots and their dedicated crewmen had during the WWII. Your assertion is certainly far from being " Very realistic ", just a little bit insulting. Take a little time to browse and look for American or whatever allied aircraft serving in the Aleutians, Pacific or desert and you'll see what I mean ! Just my two cents. Madcop ( I am not Russian ) PS. I still consider this model as being representative of a good technique mastering. But as usual, technique is not all ! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc72 Posted March 16, 2016 Share Posted March 16, 2016 (edited) Well, I would also say it looks like an aircraft recovered from a peat bog decades after the war, but I really like the effect of fading and chipping. Can you tell us something about your technique? Hairspray/chipping fluid most likely, and spraying thin coates of OD irregularily over some strongly faded OD? Edited March 16, 2016 by Doc72 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red five Posted March 16, 2016 Share Posted March 16, 2016 (edited) I still think it looks very good. Edited March 16, 2016 by Red five Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reini78 Posted March 16, 2016 Share Posted March 16, 2016 good looking Rat-Cobra fine weathering methods Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod bettencourt Posted March 16, 2016 Share Posted March 16, 2016 Very cool. Rod Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madcop Posted March 16, 2016 Share Posted March 16, 2016 I still think it looks very good. ... especially with factory fresh propeller blades !(Tongue in cheek.) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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