Romeo Alpha Yankee Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 My second build will be another 10 Squadron aircraft to complement Graeme's Mustang. I will be using the Hasegawa kit and decals from a RAAF P-3 anniversary sheet by DekLS, the second one down in the image below 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 Nice choice 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graeme H Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 Must confess to not knowing about that anniversary scheme, very nice on those boring grey machines as a side note it always amazes me that they have such low viz markings on these and even the new P-8's, who are they hiding from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pacificmustang Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 the green tail looks nice ray........jus' sayin' Bruce Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Alpha Yankee Posted January 18, 2018 Author Share Posted January 18, 2018 Just now, pacificmustang said: the green tail looks nice ray........jus' sayin' Bruce That is being built as well Bruce, well the second rendition of it for the 11SQN farewell. More involved as it has all the AP-3C lumps and bumps. I can build this one almost OOB. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dermo245 Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 at the ready, look forward to following this one Ray. Dermot 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Alpha Yankee Posted January 18, 2018 Author Share Posted January 18, 2018 22 hours ago, Graeme H said: Must confess to not knowing about that anniversary scheme, very nice on those boring grey machines as a side note it always amazes me that they have such low viz markings on these and even the new P-8's, who are they hiding from? Yes, this one flew under the radar Graeme, I have only seen one image of this aircraft and that was just the tail. Since my lad is at 10SQN now I thought I'd better build at least one 10SQN P-3. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zebra Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 Good choice Ray. Hadn't seen the anniversary scheme before - nice change from the standard RAAF Orion scheme which has to be one of the more boring colour schemes around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandboof Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 Nice one Ray Hope to see both done No pressure there Martin H Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Alpha Yankee Posted February 2, 2018 Author Share Posted February 2, 2018 And we are off I started with the wings this time around (having built almost half a dozen of these now). I am going to give this one a war load as well and have added most of the weapons pylons There was some flash to contend with Engines got the treatment next, just basic assembly and clean up will come later Props got some attention, more flash And since they look a bit anaemic in back I have added some putty to fill them out a bit. The excess will be tidied up and no doubt a little more filler required. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin W Posted February 2, 2018 Share Posted February 2, 2018 A great kit , I can understand why you have built a few. I didn't like the greys scheme but built a kiwi one in the white over grey about 15 years ago. Still looking forward to seeing this done with a splash of colour to the finish. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Alpha Yankee Posted February 8, 2018 Author Share Posted February 8, 2018 Had some time to work on the P-3 Engines attached and props assembled The other engines on and fuselage removed from sprues and cleaned up Started on the cockpit, I have an Eduard clour etch set, but not sure if I will use it at this stage Some other bits cleaned up and assembled 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CliffB Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 An excellent choice Ray Cliff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandboof Posted February 9, 2018 Share Posted February 9, 2018 Looking good Ray Martin H 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calum Posted February 9, 2018 Share Posted February 9, 2018 Nice Ray. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Alpha Yankee Posted February 27, 2018 Author Share Posted February 27, 2018 Been chugging along with the Orion, Added some etch to the cockpit Added the cockpit to the fuselage along with some nose weight and paint and then it went together with a bit of seam reinforcing and the wings found their way to the fuselage and some more putty was needed on the nacelles This has been the easiest P-3 build so far, I suppose having and 5 under the belt has helped. Next to clean up the seams and putty and see how it looks. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CliffB Posted February 27, 2018 Share Posted February 27, 2018 It's coming together nicely Ray and good use of an old glass bottle. Reduce, Reuse, Recycle! Cliff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabba Posted February 27, 2018 Share Posted February 27, 2018 Coming along a treat. A novel way in which to add weight to a model. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Alpha Yankee Posted February 27, 2018 Author Share Posted February 27, 2018 Thanks guys, Not my idea original for the nose weight, saw someone else do the same with a Gunze/Tamiya bottle. So when the fuselage is large enough I try and reuse my empties. Incidentally, the instructions suggested 30g of weight and the bottle was 33g 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Alpha Yankee Posted February 28, 2018 Author Share Posted February 28, 2018 Tape has been removed and seams tidied. I also managed to get the tail bits on. Now to get in on its feet so I can get all the antenna on. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Alpha Yankee Posted March 1, 2018 Author Share Posted March 1, 2018 On it feet now and the weight was not quite enough So I stuffed some more weight into the radome (I knew there was a reason I left it off before fitting the gear) Then I added the antenna, the RAAF fit is slightly different to the USN version in the kit, I had to add one antenna and replace 2 others with a different sized blade, all were included in the kit. I also found one antenna called out as the wrong number in the instructions as well. The only carpet monster casualty was the lower anticol beacon which I had to replace with some rod. Its funny, out of all the 5 P-3s I have built so far this is the first one where I added all the antennas as per the instructions ( well close enough). 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandboof Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 Looking good Ray Sorry to see them go . Great progress Martin H Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Alpha Yankee Posted March 1, 2018 Author Share Posted March 1, 2018 5 hours ago, Grandboof said: Looking good Ray Sorry to see them go . Great progress Martin H Thanks, me too. Fortunately, there will be one flying after retirement with HARS at Illawarra Airport (which is a couple of hours from here). So I will be able to get some T56 goodness from time to time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Alpha Yankee Posted March 2, 2018 Author Share Posted March 2, 2018 There I was cruising along with this build and I realised when checking one of only 2 images of this aircraft in this scheme that it was not a vanilla P-3C. Turns out it had a few of the early mods that would eventually make it an AP-3C. So out with the AP-3C conversion set and some other refs I have and it looks like some scratch building will be required to add some lumps, new wingtips and a bunch of antennas. This will actually help me with 1 or 2 future builds that will have the full AP-3C configuration. Another thing I have realised with the conversion set is that some parts are not quite the right shape which I will be able correct for this and the future AP-3C builds. No mods yet, just the last picture I took prior to some puttying 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandboof Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 On 3/2/2018 at 8:19 AM, Romeo Alpha Yankee said: Thanks, me too. Fortunately, there will be one flying after retirement with HARS at Illawarra Airport (which is a couple of hours from here). So I will be able to get some T56 goodness from time to time. Also one retiring to Caloundra ( out of hours) Martin H Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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