TheKinksFan Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 DK Decals will release seven different sheets for P-39/P-400/Airacobra Mk I in 1/72. Five of them will contain 10 schemes, one 12 schemes and one 16 schemes. This is excellent news, I was just lamenting how few options there are for non-soviet schemes. It says 'in preparation', hopefully they will be released soon. http://www.dkdecals.cz/ 4 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Thompson Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 A total of 78 schemes?! And here I only ordered two kits! Just deciding which sheet(s) to order will be tough enough, never mind deciding which option to build - I might have to buy all seven of them. John 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheKinksFan Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 Very true, it will be difficult to decide which sheets to order. I think decal sheets like these that have so many tempting schemes partly explain why the kit stash keeps growing. I'm tempted by their P-40 sheets, and keep thinking that I should order more Special Hobby's P-40s, although I already have four of them in the stash. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trenton guy Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 OK, it is now not mid-September, October, in fact. Where is it . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seboo Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 2 minutes ago, Trenton guy said: OK, it is now not mid-September, October, in fact. Where is it . On previous page RunRookieRun posted a link to the update from Arma's blog🤔: https://www.armahobby.com/blog/delivery-of-the-p-39q-and-p-51b-models Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Thompson Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 1 hour ago, TheKinksFan said: Very true, it will be difficult to decide which sheets to order. I think decal sheets like these that have so many tempting schemes partly explain why the kit stash keeps growing. I'm tempted by their P-40 sheets, and keep thinking that I should order more Special Hobby's P-40s, although I already have four of them in the stash. I like Begemot's approach - just put all of them on one sheet. For example, the Begemot 1/72 I-16 decal set had ~100 options, and it wasn't expensive, either. John @kotey 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tbolt Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 1 hour ago, John Thompson said: A total of 78 schemes?! And here I only ordered two kits! Just deciding which sheet(s) to order will be tough enough, never mind deciding which option to build - I might have to buy all seven of them. John The Foxbat one to start with, if you can get it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piotr Mikolajski Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 7 minutes ago, Tbolt said: The Foxbat one to start with, if you can get it. Foxbot These are their two sets for the P-39, both available at the moment. I bought the exploitation inscriptions for RS Models, a very nice and useful set. https://www.mojehobby.pl/products/Red-Snake-Soviet-P-39-Airacobras.html https://www.mojehobby.pl/products/Stencils-for-P-39-Airacobra.html 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tbolt Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 7 minutes ago, Piotr Mikolajski said: Foxbot These are their two sets for the P-39, both available at the moment. I bought the exploitation inscriptions for RS Models, a very nice and useful set. https://www.mojehobby.pl/products/Red-Snake-Soviet-P-39-Airacobras.html https://www.mojehobby.pl/products/Stencils-for-P-39-Airacobra.html That's auto correct for you! I was going to try and find one in the UK at a sensible price, but that's a good price anyway so it's tempting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piotr Mikolajski Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 4 minutes ago, Tbolt said: That's auto correct for you! What my fingers or the dictionary on my phone meant by "exploitation inscriptions" I don't know, but my facepalm was loud. That's how it is when you compare front line reports in Russian and Ukrainian, check Eduard's news in Czech, write on BM in English, and think about coffee in your native Polish Still, these stencils are really good, especially when someone would like to build factory fresh aircraft. 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tbolt Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 2 minutes ago, Piotr Mikolajski said: What my fingers or the dictionary on my phone meant by "exploitation inscriptions" I don't know, but my facepalm was loud. That's how it is when you compare front line reports in Russian and Ukrainian, check Eduard's news in Czech, write on BM in English, and think about coffee in your native Polish Still, these stencils are really good, especially when someone would like to build factory fresh aircraft. I was also going to get one of the 1/48th scale sets as I have a few larger Airacobras to build as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alt-92 Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 2 hours ago, TheKinksFan said: although I already have four of them in the stash. Only four? /runs 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VMA131Marine Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 On 4/17/2022 at 6:21 AM, steh2o said: It'd be time someone does a decent Mc.202/205! (Arma are you reading?) Only if it includes smoke ring decals for the camouflage scheme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheKinksFan Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 9 minutes ago, alt-92 said: Only four? You have a point. That problem needs to be addressed ASAP. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cammer625 Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 Arghhhhhh now you made go look at The DK site and I see other must have sheets (RAAF 77 Squadron and the RAAF Meteors) and the RAAF & RAF P-39 sheet. I blame you and them for increasing one’s stash, yet again. Expensive times ahead. 🤑 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seboo Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 Kagero has some decals on offer too: https://www.plastmodel.pl/p/1306/67374/kagero-kd72008-p-39-airacobra-pacific-theatre-1-72-kagero-decals-additional-accessories.html 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheKinksFan Posted October 5, 2022 Share Posted October 5, 2022 Concerning the DK Decals P-39 sheets that are in preparation, I asked them about the release schedule. Their reply: "the sheets should be ready at the end of November/December, they will come out, unless something goes wrong, all at once." 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheKinksFan Posted October 5, 2022 Share Posted October 5, 2022 (edited) Now available on Mojehobby.pl. https://www.mojehobby.pl/products/P-39Q-Airacobra-48115907.html I just received an email from Arma Hobby that my kits have been dispatched. There's a short in-box video on YouTube. Edited October 6, 2022 by TheKinksFan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheKinksFan Posted October 6, 2022 Share Posted October 6, 2022 More comprehensive in-box video in Polish. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silenoz Posted October 7, 2022 Share Posted October 7, 2022 mine is underway... looking forward. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojtek Bulhak Posted October 7, 2022 Share Posted October 7, 2022 (edited) Just built my first P-39Q Airacobra last night. I forgot time going, just had a lot of fun building this week. Painted with Hataka lacquers. Fit is very good, You need to clean paint on some details to put them together (MGs in cockpit, front wheel leg support). I glued rear canopy with an offset to right and had to correct it after dry (Ultra Glue is forgiving). The only assembly problem is swap of main wheels in instruction. Flattened tires didn't match ground so filled them in superglue and painted. More, including open doors trick you can find on my blog post link Edited October 8, 2022 by Wojtek Bulhak photo upgrade 18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojtek Bulhak Posted October 7, 2022 Share Posted October 7, 2022 17 minutes ago, Wojtek Bulhak said: Just built my first P-39Q Airacobra last night. I forgot time going, just had a lot of fun building this week. Painted with Hataka lacquers. Finally found out where to post gallery on Britmodeller, more photos here: 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted October 7, 2022 Share Posted October 7, 2022 30 minutes ago, Wojtek Bulhak said: Finally found out where to post gallery on Britmodeller, more photos here: Beautiful Ive been wanting to build this Airacobra for years now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tbolt Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 https://www.facebook.com/ArmaHobby/posts/534945945311558 “It was a huge challenge for me to work out the interior of the front of the fuselage to fit all the details that are visible there. An additional difficulty were those, already famous on the Internet, "balls of steel". Thanks to the smart division into parts, it was possible to reproduce many important details such as the engine shaft, the bottom of the cannon with its mounting hardware and ammunition feeders, ammunition boxes for fuselage mounted .50 MGs, the wall between this compartment and the cockpit with niches for rudder pedals, the shelf with front-wheel recess, frame and rear wall of the wheel bay. Everything was detailed with rivets and spars. The upper shelf with a relief imitating the cannon is also a “home” for three steel balls to balance the model.” 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RunRookieRun Posted October 13, 2022 Share Posted October 13, 2022 All sounding great so far. Mailman needs to hurry up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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