SiMCard25 Posted January 2, 2014 Share Posted January 2, 2014 Happy New Year all! Mrs Card kindly got this one off my wishlist for a Chrimble prezzie. Wanted to do it as never built a Hasegawa before and everyone (surely?) has a Warhawk in their collection. Anyway - progress so far. Just using a phone camera, so pics not great, but I hope it's all bearable... Box & most of the sprues: Cockpit & radiator: Went together well - it's one of those 'test fit the whole thing' before touching the glue jobbies. Nearly screwed the seat mounting up, but spotted my mistake just in time. Used the instrument-only decals - there are decals with background and instruments supplied as well. Sight was painted later. Dirtied up the radiator prior to fitting with some weathering powders. Test fit & actual build of fuselage halves: Some filling & sanding needed (mostly fixing my overenthusiastic sprue mark sanding): Added tail unit - I like the linkages between the control surfaces - wondering whether to highlight them when painting: Built the wings - again, nice fit after some testing: Airframe built - some gaps but I have filler and new tools to fill with. This is nearly as far as I've got... Just added some underside paraphernalia: Now starting the basic paint job - underside colour is causing a bit of a headache. Says 'Neutral Gray' in the destructions - Tamiya's Neutral and Light Greys are far too dark for my eye - going for Humbrol's US Gull Grey. We'll see how it pans out. Cheers Si M... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOUSTON Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 (edited) Si M... Awesome start... Very neatly done.. Good photos too.. Looking impressive to ME.. Keep up the Edited January 12, 2014 by HOUSTON Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Live_bait Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 Nice P-40, great advance and pace. Are you going to dress her OOB? Cheers Mauricio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiMCard25 Posted January 13, 2014 Author Share Posted January 13, 2014 Apologies for the gap. Been a bit manic at Chez Card. Have worked on this sporadically and only just realised how far I've got and forgot to photo... Grrr. Yes, it is OOB, but I've been a bit liberal with the colours, that is I've used those I liked the look of rather than following the instructions. Basic colours done, varnish and decals applied, weathering (still developing some techniques) done. Unfortunately, the satin varnish coat has gone horribly wrong -I'll post a pic later. Insufficient agitation - totally mea culpa. So next job is correction of varnish... Thanks for the comments. As noted above I do get a little intimidated by the sheer quality of work in some of these threads - that's not a 'poor me' - more like eye boggling astonishment at the builds which I hope one day to emulate. Once transferred & cropped, I'll post some more snaps. Cheers again Si M... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shalako Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 Great job lad!!!! I have heard some very good comments about Alclad's varnishes. Maybe you should give them a try Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiMCard25 Posted January 13, 2014 Author Share Posted January 13, 2014 (edited) Cheers, Shalako. Also heard good things re: Alclad - not just their varnishes - will definitely give them a go on the next flyer. Anyhow, promised photos... Where I'm up to... and the offending varnish skulking in the background... The disastrous effect... Otherwise, I quite like it Reasonably pleased with colour choice (US Gull Grey - a little 'blue', but not too much) and 'dirtying' on the underside. Personally prefer the gunsmoke on the starboard wing to the port side. A pose that shows the good, bad & ugly: For the eagle-eyed - yes, that is a scratch pitot tube. The original disintegrated on me so I hacked a spare aerial from the sprue into a similar shape. Hopefully I'll get a chance to have a go correcting the varnish this week. I'll let you know how I get on. Si M... Edited January 13, 2014 by SiMCard25 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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