moaning dolphin Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 Greetings, hope you are all doing well! This is my latest completion, Hasegawa 1:32 Boeing P26 A Pea Shooter. This is quite an old kit, the plastic was hard and brittle, one yellow sprue was more like bakelite. I built this as part of a club build and put in a bit more work for this one. Quite a bit of work went into the cockpit. The instrument panel was replaced with a spare Kingfisher decal and I built up a front piece for it. The seat was replaced with my first attempt at vac forming and the rest of the cockpit was embellished with various bits and bobs. Typically when the fuselage was closed up you couldn't see a lot so here are a couple of WIP shots The back cushion was shaped out of miliput and lap straps were meant to be made from tape but found some Corsair ones which looked much better. I also added some cockpit placards to add a bit more interest. The gun barrels were replaced with brass tube. The kit comes with raised detail but I removed this as the joins while being not bad werent really good enough to keep the detail. The panel lines and rivet detail was then redone, using the rivet wheel for the first time (a second first!). All the paint work is from the airbrush with copious amounts of masking tape and ALOT of patience! The only decals were the badge behind the cockpit, the '23' and the 'US ARMY' on the under side. For the engine I replaced the push rods and exhaust/inlet piping with brass rod and some wiring harnesses added. There is a lot mentioned regarding the fit of the cowling around the engine so with this in mind I added a couple of thin slivers to widen the cowl. This worked really well and I didn't have to do too much faffing around in fitting out the cowl. It was still a right pain though and had to be done slowly. For the rigging I opted for rigid stainless wire, cant remember the size but it was quite fine. I think it is slightly over scale but it serves its use. The kit comes with all the rigging holes open so its a big invite to throw it in there. I did simplify the rigging between the spats as there is a bullet shaped fairing where the wires crossed. This just got far too complex so was left out! I think that's about it, quite pleased with how it turned out especially after that paint job! Thanks for looking in! Bob 32 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janneman36 Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 You have done a fine job on that cockpit👍 Lovely to see that this still builds up into a very beautiful model! cheers, Jan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadbadge Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 Looks absolutely stunning, what great work. Chris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAT69 Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 What a truly beautiful model. No doubt it stands out most proudly in your collection. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichieW Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 What a stunner! You are right to be pleased with the paint job. It looks utterly perfect! Richie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertie McBoatface Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 That's a lovely museum style model. Well done! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kapam Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 Top job! The between-wars paint job and rigging are beautifully done - not to mention the cockpit! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doccur Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 I love it! Even if I do need my sunglasses on to look 😎 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remus389 Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 I like the paint job on it, thanks for sharing. 🙂👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 Beautifully done Bob,cockpit looks superb I must get one of these kits one day! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Epeeman Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 Superb, Bob - Great details added and I love the colour/marking scheme - very striking. Regards Dave 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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