Greg in OK Posted April 29, 2016 Share Posted April 29, 2016 Hopefully this is the right place to post this but I finished (except for forgetting to paint the black leather headrest, which I will do this evening) my 1/72 Revell P-26 kit. I used Bestfong decals, which are nice but a bit see through so be sure to used the white blanks that come with the decals so you don't see the color of the paint coming through the white portions of the markings. Fun build, hope you like it. Greg in OK 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyTiger66 Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 That's my kind of plane Greg You've done a great job, a very nice paint finish. I have one in the stash to build as the sole example that went to Spain, this encourages me to do it soon! The rigging looks great, was it fiddly to do? That's a lovely model Best regards Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg in OK Posted April 30, 2016 Author Share Posted April 30, 2016 Rigging was not too bad. First, leave the engine off so you have an open nose. Then CA glue about a foot (1/3 meter, if you are on the other side of the pond) of fishing line to the holes in the upper inside landing gear, when the line is set pull it through the bottom of the landing gear wheel cover on the other side, then pull thru the bottom of the wing up to the top of the wing then the top of the wing the fuselage then out thru the nose (which is why you didn't put the engine in). Don't glue anything up except the first spot and the put a clamp (for constant tension) on to the line out if the nose, pull a little tension on it then go back and glue them in the same sequence that you used to thread them, each time making sure the line in the nose is under slight tension. When all on the line is glued in place then go back and do the next line the same what until you have done all 6 lines. (only 4 of them start from the upper side of the landing gear, one of them starts from the wheel cover). Trim them so they are neat inside the fuselage and THEN put the engine in place. A heads up. BEFORE you start make sure the holes in the match up, some of them did, some of them didn't and some of them just weren't there! I hope that helps! Greg in OK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CliffB Posted May 1, 2016 Share Posted May 1, 2016 An interesting plane, in an interesting scheme. Very nice Cliff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pauly Boy Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 Love it!! Great interest in the early Chinese/Pacific campaigns. Have a 1/72 and a 1/48 Peashooter in the stash. Time to start moving on them!! Cheers Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg in OK Posted May 3, 2016 Author Share Posted May 3, 2016 Great idea, get building then! Quick thing I forgot to mention, I didn't forget the radio, the Chinese version didn't have them. Also only one or two had the tube like telescopic gunsight so check any photos you can find (there are not many). Greg in OK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glatisant Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 A very nice model.The P26 makes a lovely kit in whatever scheme it gets done in.Nice job on the rigging.With regard to decals,the Print Scale P26 decals are excellent.Guaranteed to get you building P26's!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWM Posted May 5, 2016 Share Posted May 5, 2016 Nice work, but why not on RFI? Cheers Jerzy-Wojtek Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg in OK Posted May 6, 2016 Author Share Posted May 6, 2016 Nice work, but why not on RFI? Cheers Jerzy-Wojtek That's why my first post says 'hopefully in the right place'. I am pretty new to this site and should have put in RFI I guess. Greg in OK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
occa Posted May 10, 2016 Share Posted May 10, 2016 That's why my first post says 'hopefully in the right place'. I am pretty new to this site and should have put in RFI I guess. Greg in OK Use the report feature to ask the mods to move it into the RFI section Edit: I just did ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
occa Posted May 14, 2016 Share Posted May 14, 2016 Thanks for moving the threads mods Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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