Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 (edited) Hello Everyone ... This is a placeholder for my build. I will be using this kit. I am a bonafide Cobra lover and have built almost as many of these as I’ve built Corsair’s. I will be building an Airacobra 1 of #601 Squadron. Hoping to look like this profile from “Boxart Den.” However I found this photo at boxart den and I may go this route ? It seems the Royal Navy used a couple of these for trials ? The kits on its way and when it gets here i will post the sprue shots. I will make up the decals from my spares or painted with masks. Dennis Edited August 20, 2018 by Corsairfoxfouruncle 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickyrich Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 welcome aboard Dennis, you do like these models don't you? They're fairly basic model but am interested to see what you do with it, plus I do like the scheme you have chosen. Well good luck with the build, it'll be one to follow and I look forward to seeing her in the gallery. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted August 21, 2018 Author Share Posted August 21, 2018 (edited) Im learning to like them. This will be my 3rd one. They make cheap starting points to modify or detail. They're also fairly detailed straight out of the box. With my yearly budget less than $200 i need to get every last bit of value from those funds i can. I would've much preferred to build an eduard, hasegawa, or monogram in 1/48th. I sadly don't have any in the stash and couldn't spend the $ this time around. If i cant succesfully pull this off for either variant, i will of course back out of the build. Dennis Edited August 21, 2018 by Corsairfoxfouruncle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 I'll be keen to see this come together Dennis, the RSmodels kit comes with the trials markings & I'm keen on a couple of these HB kits to use them further. Steve. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickyrich Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 you are 100% right is saying they're a great starting point for either modifying or super detailing a model. Plus you stand a much better chance of actually finishing your build than some of us with the monsters we bring along! Ultimately it's all about joining in and having fun rather than what you bring along. It is nice to see these and the wee 1/144th models in any GB, a great chance to show what came be done with these models. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted August 25, 2018 Author Share Posted August 25, 2018 Hello everyone ... Well as promised and as required here are the sprue shots. The decals from the kit are Soviet of course. I have a set of 601 Squadrons markings in the stash, i need to dig them out and photograph them. Questions, comments, or jokes ? Dennis 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted August 25, 2018 Author Share Posted August 25, 2018 Hello everyone well I took a quick look and did a couple things since this is officially up and running. The kits decent not perfect for a Generic P-39. I filled the two holes in the lower wing that hobbyboss would have you mount the “Q” gun pods in. Excepts this is an “N” kit which didnt use the gun pods ? Two the nose guns are absent so I drilled them out and will use brass tubing to represent the barrels. Likewise I will do the same with the 20mm cannon in the nose. I will take some photographs in the morning. Dennis 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 Good tips there Dennis, carry on, I'm all eyes on this one. Steve. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickyrich Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 sounds like you have it all planned out. All the basics are there ready for some nice detailing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted August 26, 2018 Author Share Posted August 26, 2018 Hello Everybody ... Rich @trickyrich ... yeah i have a map sort of planned out. Heres the plane as of right now. I spent some time today getting weight set up for the nose. I filled the available voids ahead of the instrument panel & above the nose gear. But i may need to stuff the nose gear bay as well ? Dennis 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted August 26, 2018 Author Share Posted August 26, 2018 Hello Everybody ... Well i got a good start on this. I painted and built up the little cockpit for this. But im stuck on two points ? Did these use sutton harness ? Im thinking yes. Two im not sure if these carried a radio on the turtle deck behind the armor on top of the engine. This is where it sits currently. She’ll need some filler but not to much. The pit as she sits. She needs a little filler around the seams but shes not to bad. I added the weight in the nose. Before i glued her together. Questions, comments, or jokes ? Dennis 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickyrich Posted August 26, 2018 Share Posted August 26, 2018 she's coming along nicely. for that gap, I'd try filling with some sprue that's been stretched to the same width (it may take a couple of goes). It'll save you heaps of time with filling and sanding back, plus it'll give you a really nice join that doesn't shrink. Are there two different types of seat harness??? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted August 26, 2018 Author Share Posted August 26, 2018 I might just go ahead and do the sprue thing Rich. Ive tried stretching sprue in the past with not much success. Maybe its time to revisit that idea. Yes there were two types the standard U.S. option and the Sutton harness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted August 27, 2018 Author Share Posted August 27, 2018 Hello everyone .. So Ive been reliably informed these definitely used the Sutton harnesses. I suspected so and now i will do my best to represent it in the tiny seat. Still curious about the radio but its less likely they had one behind the armor. Dennis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 I have a couple of these on the go Dennis great little kit's, at least you won't need a lead fishing weight as you do to keepthe 1/32 scale kit on the front wheel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted August 28, 2018 Author Share Posted August 28, 2018 (edited) Hello everyone ... Today i added an instrument panel decal. It looked a little plain in the pit. I will add my best interpratation of a “Sutton” harness tomorrow to finish off the office. I did a rough sand overall, and filled the wing gap with plastic strip. Once done with that i used some Tamiya putty to fill what was left. Did the other gaps as well. Once all of that was finished i added the horizontal stabs. Now its on to sanding/polishing so boring stuff = no photos for a day or two. Dennis Edited August 29, 2018 by Corsairfoxfouruncle 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickyrich Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 those joins came out pretty good, cleaning them all up should take to long. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Procopius Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 Hey Dennis, I pulled out my copy of Air Enthusiast August 1971, which has an article on RAF Airacobras, and while most photos show nothing there (except two parallel rail-type structures), this one, of the second delivered airframe, shows what appears to be black boxes of some sort: 2018-08-28_09-32-00 by Edward IX, on Flickr The engine is directly below that shelf-like area, though, so I'm not sure what that was. A cutaway drawing of the Airacobra I in the same source puts the radio receiver and transmitter inside the fuselage abaft the airscoop, almost directly in front of the fin. Interestingly enough, the RAF found in trials that the Airacobra could out-turn a Bf109E and catch it in a dive of over 4,000 feet, but that it couldn't out-turn or out-climb a Spitfire Vb. At 15,000 feet or below, it was faster than the Spitfire Vb by about 18 MPH, but of course over France at this time they were routinely fighting at 24,000 feet (which must have been very unpleasant), where the Spitfire was 55 MPH (!) faster than the Airacobra I. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted August 29, 2018 Author Share Posted August 29, 2018 (edited) Hello PC ... Thanks for the photo. I believe the boxes on the turtle deck are connected to the IFF System. The rails i believe are part of the rollover cage. I plan on doing both to this build. Though i have read that IFF was not used in airacobra’s ? I cant believe that would be correct in an active combat theater. Where the enemy was cross-chanel hit and run raiding with fighter bombers. I had read about the comparisons between the 109 and Mk.V Edited August 29, 2018 by Corsairfoxfouruncle 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted August 29, 2018 Author Share Posted August 29, 2018 Tonights progress .. I did the Sutton harness for the pit. Added the IFF boxes on the turtle-deck. Mounted what looks like a fairly detailed airscoop as well. And i cut the two brass rods for the rollover bars. These will get added last just before the canopy. Enough for tonight. Dennis 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 Really coming together Dennis, excellent work my friend. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickyrich Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 wow you are moving along quickly with this build, the little extras you're doing look great! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Fleming Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 Eric Brown landed AH574 on a carrier - he was supposed to just do touch and goes but invented an 'emergency' so he could land and take off again. If you google AH574,. there are some nice pifc of the hook, and one showing the starboard side http://www.aviationphotocompany.com/p892481436/h3767F73 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted August 31, 2018 Author Share Posted August 31, 2018 (edited) Did a little work on this today. Cut and mounted the nose guns & cannon. I realized the gun troughs were a bit oversized but thats the smallest drill bit i have. So i mounted and have backfilled a portion of the trough. Then i drilled the spinner and added the cannon barrel. I dont have anything small enough for the .303’s in the wing, i cant replace those. Dennis Edited August 31, 2018 by Corsairfoxfouruncle 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killingholme Posted September 2, 2018 Share Posted September 2, 2018 I'm sure you've got it covered, but remember to mask the forward wheel well- the moulding is open back to the cockpit. When I sprayed the undersides of my model, I also sprayed the inside of the canopy.... Will 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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