ajmm Posted August 11, 2016 Share Posted August 11, 2016 First post of a build since joining. Bit of whim building this - the first kit from the stash that I grabbed after a 1 year break from the hobby. WiP on the KG144 forum. Comes as a bonus kit in the Lockheed XB-30 box. I'm also building the large bird at the moment. Anigrand also produce a 1:72 kit of this. XP-62 was basically a monster B-29 Superfort engine and eight 20mm Hispanos with a pilot and some wings. Oh and some contra-props. It was never actually tested properly because Curtiss-Wright were drafted into build additional P-47 Thunderbolts. The engine and cabin pressurisation systems were truculent and that really screwed the project from the start. It first flew in July 1943 but was scrapped in late-1943 after the contract was cancelled that September. Good kit - goes together well with no real vices and decent level of detail. Small argument with canopy, with some fairing in to do with Vallejo filler, but much better than a lot of kits of this scale that I've played with. Otherwise pretty sweet. Humbrol and Tamiya paints used. Markings were very unexciting on the real thing so just a few stars to contend with. It's a very, very ugly aircraft. But possibly one of the only ones built in this scale. Which is nice. A quick and painless build to ease me back into the hobby. Thanks for looking! Angus 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russ c Posted August 11, 2016 Share Posted August 11, 2016 That`s something different, loads of character despite it`s ugliness Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajmm Posted August 11, 2016 Author Share Posted August 11, 2016 Thanks Russ! It's certainly a brute. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bootneck Posted August 11, 2016 Share Posted August 11, 2016 Nice to see a bonus kit built and presented as well as this Angus. Mike Go 144 ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWM Posted August 12, 2016 Share Posted August 12, 2016 Nice to see this forgoten prototype made so well. In curves of tail you see the same constructor hand as in C-46 or Helldiver J-W 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buzby061 Posted August 12, 2016 Share Posted August 12, 2016 Nice to see this forgoten prototype made so well. In curves of tail you see the same constructor hand as in C-46 or Helldiver J-W My thoughts when I saw that first picture. It's a beast, very nicely done. Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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