Angus Tura Posted August 27, 2019 Share Posted August 27, 2019 Patrice, I wonder if you can accept this: The reason I wonder is that I started it in the Sharkmouth GB. I think it's less than 25% complete but let me know. I wanted the canopy open and have spent quite a bit of time sawing the windscreen and canopy apart and sanding the spine and quarterlight windows to let the canopy fit properly. I've also built up the canopy rails to support the canopy: The glazing still needs some polishing. Otherwise the current state of play is this, albeit I'm going to replace the exhausts, seat and pitot with some after-market: I hope you'll think this is OK, but please let me know, Thanks, Alan 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted August 28, 2019 Share Posted August 28, 2019 Good morning Alan Welcome aboard , your build is far less than 25% .. Have fun with it All the best Patrice 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angus Tura Posted August 28, 2019 Author Share Posted August 28, 2019 Patrice, Thanks. I'm relieved that all that transparency-polishing hasn't gone to waste, groupbuildwise, Alan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angus Tura Posted September 7, 2019 Author Share Posted September 7, 2019 Hi, So, having got this to the point above I found a big gap: I couldn't really live with this with the cockpit open, but didn't have any epoxy putty to deal with the problem. So it is now dealt with. I built up the floor to the sides and used the wings to guide a cocktail stick to shape the putty and then carved it back to fit with the fuselage : Then a couple of sausages of magic-Sculpt to the fuselage and using the cockpit floor to shape those: The clingfilm draped over the floor before taping on the fuselage stops the putty sticking together. Then plenty of carving and sanding and it's done: What a kerfuffle! Alan 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted September 8, 2019 Share Posted September 8, 2019 Stick with it Alan she's coming along nicely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin W Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 Looks like a lot of work there in the interior, are you sure that the floor went full width? Some planes of this era didn't even have a floor, e.g. Spitfire and Hurricane. One of these in the stash so interesting to know. Colin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gingerbob Posted September 21, 2019 Share Posted September 21, 2019 The floor of the P-40 was the top surface of the wing, so yes, it most definitely "went full width"! I held together the parts on my 72nd kit, and there is a small gap. I think I'll take a lazier approach. There looks to be a slight gap in the wheel well between the canvas (bottom part) and top (top part) inboard also. Perhaps I can kill both with one... something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angus Tura Posted October 20, 2019 Author Share Posted October 20, 2019 (edited) ...pot of Magic-sculp! Hello. Sorry I missed this activity on here. The floor was the top of the wing and there are many good photos showing the floor meeting the walls. It turns out all that canopy polishing was futile. I trod on the canopy, which I had previously thinned out and polished, a little. Only so much that one of the little spikes on the canopy broke off. Nothing daunted I stuck it back on and smoothed it in and repolished the canopy and... Or flipping blink, if you prefer. This mark seems to have got into the plastic itself and I can't get it out for love or money, or Tamiya compounds or a coat of AK Gauzy. Very annoying. I'll get another one but it will need the same thinning-out/polishing. Alan Edited October 20, 2019 by Angus Tura typo 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angus Tura Posted November 12, 2019 Author Share Posted November 12, 2019 More agony! I got the quarter-light bits (I believe that is the correct terminology) painted read to stick on the quarter lights: ...when my chum David (of this parish) pointed out to me that the colours are the wrong way round and that the edges between to colours should nearly certainly be soft. I remained calm, if less than civil. I think this one is rapidly heading for KUTA GB. Angus (more bitter than ever) Tura. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Boak Posted November 12, 2019 Share Posted November 12, 2019 Quarter lights are the transparencies each side of the windshield. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angus Tura Posted November 13, 2019 Author Share Posted November 13, 2019 Ah! So, not quarter-light bits. What are they called? Alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted November 13, 2019 Share Posted November 13, 2019 (edited) 5 hours ago, Angus Tura said: The red one is a fuel tank, the second one which is yellow is a reservoir for radiator fluid. The P-40 had additional fuel tank fill points in the wing roots under doors. Edited November 13, 2019 by Corsairfoxfouruncle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CliffB Posted November 13, 2019 Share Posted November 13, 2019 Sorry to see that this one's fighting you Alan. I'm sure it will be worth it in the end though Cliff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angus Tura Posted November 14, 2019 Author Share Posted November 14, 2019 Cheers Cliff. I'm not sure who's fighting whom! If I had just built it and painted it, I would have saved myself a lot of fuss. Alan 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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