Vadim Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 (edited) Hello everyone! Here is… after 7 months I finally finished my first 1/32 model. It was my wife’s present to my birthday (she simply liked the nose art, and I do too J). So, I didn’t want to disappoint her and put all my efforts to make this model as good as possible. I tried to show this famous Air-a-cutie hard weathered in its condition prior to be repainted in her final known “white tail livery” J The only available pictures show different nose arts thus there are lot of opinions either there were one or more Air-a-cuties. Another thing which still produces lot of debates – is it P-39 or P-400?.. Another feature of the build was an IFF SCR-535 set with installed antennas - Thanks to the US Army CECOM Historical Office who provided me a full operational manual. I used photoetched parts for the cockpit and planned to install brass armament but was so tired in the end of building process… and decided just to put those simple plastic parts from the box. But it would definitely improve the model appearance. May be next time J Also, I admit the final result is not ideal, but I learnt lot of good practices and would like to thank all of those modellers who supported me during this build. The entire building process can be seen here: Edited December 13, 2016 by Vadim 31 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polo1112 Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 SUPERB !!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spitfire Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 Most impressive Cheers Dennis 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russ c Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 Fantastic job on the Airacobra, looks superb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billydick Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 Got to love the Airacobra and you've done really well with this ! BillyD 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squibby Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 Fantastic work on this one. So delightfully grubby and looking closer it's clear that a lot of thought and expert execution has gone into the weathering. Well done! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOUSTON Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 Vadim, IMPECCABLE build NOICE ....Really pretty COOL! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BerndM Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 Outstanding result, details, paint job and the weathering spot on. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hewy Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 Yes vadim yes very nice finish Glynn 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartinSK Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 Great P-39 with fantastic finish and realistic looking weathering. And super scheme too. Martin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bangor Lad Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 You've built a stunner there sir! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spruecutter Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 A beautiful result - it looks very realistic. Regards Richard C 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr B Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 lovely weathering n finish rgds 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devilfish Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 Excellent job. I have built this kit too, but not to your standard. Is there any particular reason why the main gear doors are missing? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vadim Posted December 14, 2016 Author Share Posted December 14, 2016 Thank you very much (to all of you) for all your kind words! I am very pleased to read all these comments! There was a question about main gear doors: 2 hours ago, Devilfish said: Is there any particular reason why the main gear doors are missing? Yes, available Air-a-cutie pictures show no main gear doors. As I know, it was a quite common practice in New Guinea as those doors prevented to easily pull airplanes out of the mud on the airfields. If someone knows another reason please share your thoughts here. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 Outstanding build and finish Vadim,lovely! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texan76 Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 Excellent work! Question, for the overall dirty appearance, did you use oils, pigments? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vadim Posted December 14, 2016 Author Share Posted December 14, 2016 1 hour ago, Texan76 said: Excellent work! Question, for the overall dirty appearance, did you use oils, pigments? Thanks for your kind words mate! Yes, you are right, the overall dirty appearance made by oils. However I did it in few steps: panel lines wash, panel fading with oil dots, then stains and leakage, then few oil filters to blend all the effects. I didn't make step by step pictures of each stage, just these two : Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Val Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 Beautiful model! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
celt Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 Cutie by name,cutie by nature.Well tidy mun. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devilfish Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 23 hours ago, Vadim said: Thank you very much (to all of you) for all your kind words! I am very pleased to read all these comments! There was a question about main gear doors: Yes, available Air-a-cutie pictures show no main gear doors. As I know, it was a quite common practice in New Guinea as those doors prevented to easily pull airplanes out of the mud on the airfields. If someone knows another reason please share your thoughts here. Fascinating! It's always good to learn things like this! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy wood Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 Beautifully, wonderfully weathered! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheStig Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 Seriously nice work! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeaton01 Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 Nicely done, the weathering is great. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One-Two Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 Beautiful model, great weathering Congrats 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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