Winenut Posted October 29, 2017 Share Posted October 29, 2017 After vowing not to start another WIP after my recent Huey build I immediately went out and started........ a new WIP. Oh dear. Anyway here it is. I'm continuing my Aussie theme and building Academy's P-40N. After being terribly ham fisted and heavy handed with the Huey I'm going to try for a little more .....well....."restraint" this time around I'm underway so here's some photos.... Chocks away! This is the version I'm doing Sorry that photo was a bit hopeless IP came up well just with some black and then a white dry brush highlight. I'm going to "dab" a little gloss clear onto the dials for fun but I'm sure they'll never be visible when assembled! And this is the rest of the bits and pieces before starting main assembly Might pick a few highlights out before it get's buttoned up....again just for fun. Thanks for looking Here we go again! Cheers Bruce 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giemme Posted October 29, 2017 Share Posted October 29, 2017 Looks like a nice little kit, Bruce The IP looks terrific, with a drop of glossy stuff on the bezels it's going to be perfect Following Ciao 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beard Posted October 29, 2017 Share Posted October 29, 2017 I've got one of these in the stash, but haven't got round to doing it as I got some Hasegawa ones cheap, so I'm interested to see how it goes together. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bungalow_Bill Posted October 29, 2017 Share Posted October 29, 2017 Looking forward to this! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(ex)Sgtrafman Posted October 29, 2017 Share Posted October 29, 2017 Morning Bruce Looking good mate. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DennisTheBear Posted October 29, 2017 Share Posted October 29, 2017 Like Beard I have one in the stash so I'm in! DennisTheBear 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winenut Posted October 29, 2017 Author Share Posted October 29, 2017 2 hours ago, giemme said: Looks like a nice little kit, Bruce The IP looks terrific, with a drop of glossy stuff on the bezels it's going to be perfect Following Ciao Thanks Giorgio ...I'll try and keep myself under some sort of control after the Huey lol 2 hours ago, Beard said: I've got one of these in the stash, but haven't got round to doing it as I got some Hasegawa ones cheap, so I'm interested to see how it goes together. I think it will go together okay....I tend to find Academy pretty smooth and good value 2 hours ago, Bungalow_Bill said: Looking forward to this! Cheers Bill! 2 hours ago, (ex)Sgtrafman said: Morning Bruce Looking good mate. Thanks .....Hopefully I don't bugger it all up like I often do ! 2 hours ago, DennisTheBear said: Like Beard I have one in the stash so I'm in! DennisTheBear Good one Dennis....enjoy the ride Cheers all 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamden Posted October 29, 2017 Share Posted October 29, 2017 Nice start Roger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookenbacher Posted October 29, 2017 Share Posted October 29, 2017 Off to an excellent start Bruce, and I'm really looking forward to that scheme. I've been dreaming of building an RAAF Kittyhawk for a long time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
propforward Posted October 29, 2017 Share Posted October 29, 2017 Tasty! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted October 29, 2017 Share Posted October 29, 2017 (edited) Takes me back the best part of half a century Airfix Mag had drawings to convert the Airfix P-40 into a N So I extended the tail and painted her in darkly green It'll be nice to see 'how she should have looked' I'm along with you K Edited October 29, 2017 by perdu 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winenut Posted October 30, 2017 Author Share Posted October 30, 2017 Well a bit more progress was made so here we go.. I had some little seat belts and since there's a fair sized canopy I whacked them in These are the belts.. This is the packety thing they come in I just cut them out and put a bit of silver on the buckles with this Bought it at the local art shop.... Ended up looking a bit like this after I wrangled and bent them in a few places and secured them with a bit of CNO CYA CNY YMCA.... whatever the superglue acronym is I fiddled a bit with the IP and popped some Future (Pledge in Australia these days) on the "bezels" (which is a fancy word for dials I learned from Giemme.....bless him and his knowledge and modelling skills!) Here it is.....pity you'll never see it once installed Now to actually try and be useful instead of just a self absorbed modelling tosser I actually have a tip for anyone building this kit When it comes to buttoning everything up you can get the IP and the Cockpit Assembly into the fuse very easily from "underneath".....in fact the cockpit assembly should go in that way. I started from the front and got the cowling and radiator glued Once I'd done that I ran glue along the top and bottom of the nose section from the inside to keep the joins neat. I then glued in the IP which was simple.....note in the photo above the points ("lugs") on the fuselage sides to locate the floor of the cockpit.... particularly the back two. I kept the glue away from the section aft of the cockpit for the time being I then fixed in the cockpit floor assembly from underneath ....there are specific locators for the back lugs but not the forward ones It might be a bit hard to see but this is how the locator at the rear of the cockpit floor should fit together (just two bumps of three visible near the very end of the cockpit floor) ....the gaps looks a bit weird between the cockpit floor and fuse but it is correct I dry fitted the rear cockpit/fuselage insert to check the whole thing was aligned correctly.....looked like everything was located okay Once that was done I started working my way along the fuselage towards the rear I lined up the join/gap at the tail end of the aircraft and then ran some thin glue along the seam. This seemed to work fine Once it was all buttoned up she sort of looked like this.. That's it for now I'm having a good time with this so far and the kit seems to fit quite nicely which is great. Thanks for looking 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beard Posted October 30, 2017 Share Posted October 30, 2017 That looks like it's going together easily enough. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giemme Posted October 30, 2017 Share Posted October 30, 2017 Excellent progress, Bruce 1 hour ago, Winenut said: the "bezels" (which is a fancy word for dials I learned from Giemme.....bless him and his knowledge and modelling skills!) I learned that word right here on BM, from a fellow modeler commenting on my Spitfire MkVb IP Yours looks just great with Pledge on, BTW Ciao 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(ex)Sgtrafman Posted October 30, 2017 Share Posted October 30, 2017 Hey Bruce well look at you the scale modeller.....great work mate coming along great guns 👍😱 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted October 30, 2017 Share Posted October 30, 2017 Looks nice, I do like those seat harnesses 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bungalow_Bill Posted October 31, 2017 Share Posted October 31, 2017 Man, those 1/72 scale seatbelts look better than any I've done in larger scales. Gaz 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winenut Posted October 31, 2017 Author Share Posted October 31, 2017 4 hours ago, Bungalow_Bill said: Man, those 1/72 scale seatbelts look better than any I've done in larger scales. Gaz Thanks Bill. You can get them for $5.72 INC GST! I got mine at the SAPMA EXPO in Adelaide about 2 years ago. A wonderful friend and fantastic modeller Paulo (Armoured Sprue) put me onto them. I bought a packet of each major air power from WWII lol!!!! (RAF, USAF, LUFTW, JAPAN etc etc ) Cheers Bruce 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winenut Posted October 31, 2017 Author Share Posted October 31, 2017 Okay .... in no apparent order this is the next stuff The kit is very, very friendly The fit is really good and with just a bit of simple care she glues up nicely indeed. Nothing scary at all. Here's the next batch of photos with the bottom wing section put in and then the top wing section installed Bit of a dry fit first..... Looks okay Ran some Tamiya Thin Glue along the joins Just needs a little more glue and a press together Looking okay Then its onto the top wing sections.... here's one in place.. And the other... I trimmed up the sprues and this is what I have left to finish her up So far so good....fingers crossed it comes together with some ease My great mate Jay and his youngest boy Per are about to land in OZ all the way from Gy in Switzerland.....I'm going to get off the modelling tools at some time soon and get onto the stoves to cook up our visitors some tasty food! Cheers Bruce 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giemme Posted October 31, 2017 Share Posted October 31, 2017 Steady progress there, Chef Bruce Ciao 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winenut Posted October 31, 2017 Author Share Posted October 31, 2017 42 minutes ago, giemme said: Steady progress there, Chef Bruce Ciao LOL Giorgio! I seem to be moving faster than I ever have with a build! No idea why...... maybe it's just that the Academy P-40 is a nice easy kit......which it does seem to be Don't worry .....I'll hit a hurdle with the canopy masking I'm sure! Happy Halloween from Down Under! Cheers Bruce 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArmouredSprue Posted November 1, 2017 Share Posted November 1, 2017 looking really good mate. I can't wait to see some paint on it 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winenut Posted November 1, 2017 Author Share Posted November 1, 2017 1 hour ago, ArmouredSprue said: looking really good mate. I can't wait to see some paint on it Thanks Paulo......me too! LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winenut Posted November 12, 2017 Author Share Posted November 12, 2017 I've been really slack and made almost no progress Nevertheless a few little tips The bottom wings don't seal up perfectly around the guns. I've ended up with two gaps on the right of the picture and one on the left. Also in the wings roots there are gaps but from a bit of research it appears these are correct. Also they were too well defined and proportioned on both ring roots to be just a "poor" fit The wing roots on the kit do need a bit of attention to tidy them up but not much...there's a bit of putty to be sanded on the left side in the picture above I filled the gun gaps with a bit of putty but it wasn't great. I found it easier to just drop in a bit of Mr Surfacer 500 and then smooth it with a bit of a wet finger Still needs a bit of smoothing/sanding/polishing but sort of looks like this now. The leading edge of the wings between the fuse and the guns looks like it needs a sand and polish too! I tidied up the interior green on the cockpit area and mounted the gun sight I've done most of the fiddly bits, wheels, tail wheel, prop etc. When the time comes I'll gloss them and weather them with the rest of the aircraft Right now it's really time for masking the canopy (which is probably why the project has ground to a halt) I'll push through that awful process and get it on and hopefully be in a position to do some pre-shading Cheers Bruce 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giemme Posted November 12, 2017 Share Posted November 12, 2017 Looks like great progress to me, Bruce! Looking forward to priming stage (and fingers crossed for the canopy masking) Ciao 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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