TEMPESTMK5 Posted September 4, 2022 Share Posted September 4, 2022 Good morning For this Gb I will build the Academy P 38 J , I will build "Mon Amy" as flown by 2nd Lt. Herbert 'Stub' Hatch of the 71st Fighter Squadron / 1st Figther Group he managed to shot down 5 IAR 80 on June 10th 1944 during during a mission to Ploesti .. The Aircraft The pilot A profile The Superscale decals sheet My référence The box art The sprues Best Regards Patrice 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickyrich Posted September 7, 2022 Share Posted September 7, 2022 welcome along Patrice, glad you could join us. Will be interesting to see what scheme you go for as there are thousands of great ones out there. Good luck with the build. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted September 11, 2022 Author Share Posted September 11, 2022 Good afternoon Today I placed the Eduard belts on the seat I also glued the Eduard Instrument panel on its support and some parts on the sidewalls Best regards Patrice 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
81-er Posted September 11, 2022 Share Posted September 11, 2022 Nice work as ever, Patrice. I really enjoy seeing your builds James 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christer A Posted September 11, 2022 Share Posted September 11, 2022 Now that is one promising start! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted September 12, 2022 Author Share Posted September 12, 2022 Good morning my friends Thank yoiu for your comments .. Best regards Patrice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted September 15, 2022 Author Share Posted September 15, 2022 Good evening Today I glued the seat and the control column on the floor and then I glued the sidewalls Patrice 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
81-er Posted September 16, 2022 Share Posted September 16, 2022 Very neat, Patrice James 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickyrich Posted September 17, 2022 Share Posted September 17, 2022 you're off to a great start Patrice, I do like the cockpit a lot, very nicely done. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted September 18, 2022 Author Share Posted September 18, 2022 Good evening Today I glued the ''cockpit'' on the lower wing And I also started to work on the engine booms Patrice 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
81-er Posted September 18, 2022 Share Posted September 18, 2022 Very tidy, Patrice James 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted September 21, 2022 Author Share Posted September 21, 2022 Good evening Yesterday after a few dry fitting tests I placed some weight on the nose and glued the wings halves together Best Regards Patrice 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PattheCat Posted September 23, 2022 Share Posted September 23, 2022 A neat job. Really nice pit. With the booms done it will soon look like a fork-tailed devil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted September 23, 2022 Author Share Posted September 23, 2022 5 hours ago, PattheCat said: A neat job. Really nice pit. With the booms done it will soon look like a fork-tailed devil. Good evening Thank yoiu for your comment I will try to place the booms tomorrow so it will look like a real fork tailed devil .. Best regards Patrice 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted September 24, 2022 Author Share Posted September 24, 2022 Good evening Today I glued the booms to the wings Patrice 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted September 25, 2022 Author Share Posted September 25, 2022 Good evening Today I started the painting job Patrice 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PattheCat Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 I can't shed the impression that a NMF is making the P-38 look at it's best. Perfect natural metal painting here. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
81-er Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 She's looking very fine with the paint going on now, Patrice, nicely done James 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted September 26, 2022 Author Share Posted September 26, 2022 6 hours ago, PattheCat said: I can't shed the impression that a NMF is making the P-38 look at it's best. Perfect natural metal painting here. 6 hours ago, 81-er said: She's looking very fine with the paint going on now, Patrice, nicely done James Good evening PattheCat and James Thank you very much for your comments Best Regards Patrice 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christer A Posted September 27, 2022 Share Posted September 27, 2022 Very neat paintjob Patrice! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickyrich Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 wow you have made some serious progress since last I looked and wow that paint job/finish is really nice, well done! A Nice NMF is never easy to do either, great job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted October 2, 2022 Author Share Posted October 2, 2022 Good morning Rich Thank you very much for your comment .. Best Regards Patrice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted October 2, 2022 Author Share Posted October 2, 2022 Good evening Yesterday I painted the back of the booms in Black and today I glued the canopy and placed the decals Best regards Patrice 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
81-er Posted October 2, 2022 Share Posted October 2, 2022 Looking very sharp, Patrice James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted October 2, 2022 Author Share Posted October 2, 2022 Good evening James Thank you very much for ypur comment Best Regards Patrice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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