Courageous Posted September 19, 2022 Share Posted September 19, 2022 My second is this offering from Dora Wings, a P-63 Kingcobra. Box art. And the goodies. Stuart 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted September 19, 2022 Share Posted September 19, 2022 Excellent choice. This is the only Dora P-63 Available locally, I wonder does it have both standard and shortened wings ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courageous Posted September 19, 2022 Author Share Posted September 19, 2022 1 hour ago, Corsairfoxfouruncle said: both standard and shortened wings ? I believe that it comes with the short only. instructions say that the wingspan is 96mm (1/72) making it 6.9m full scale against wiki's 11.68m standard? Stuart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col. Posted September 20, 2022 Share Posted September 20, 2022 Great subject choice Stuart. This one will look rather different to a standard P-63, itself a rare subject, with the race colour-scheme and markings alone far less those stubby wings 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ModelingEdmontonian Posted September 20, 2022 Share Posted September 20, 2022 Cool choice, this will be great! Will definitely be following along. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Posted September 21, 2022 Share Posted September 21, 2022 Nice, I have one of the 1/48 ones. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courageous Posted September 23, 2022 Author Share Posted September 23, 2022 On 9/19/2022 at 9:26 PM, Corsairfoxfouruncle said: I wonder does it have both standard and shortened wings ? I've taken a better look at this kit and the kit comes with two wings. '55' is from the Sohio Handicap Trophy Race in 1948, '87' is also from the Sohio Handicap Trophy Race but from 1949 and the shorter wing variant is from the Thomson Trophy in 1947. Stuart 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courageous Posted September 24, 2022 Author Share Posted September 24, 2022 And away we go... 12 steps to build this pesky cockpit. The PE is quite hard and didn't want to bend, particularly the belts, so the buckles were removed and placed onto masking tape, much more agreeable. Stuart 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted September 24, 2022 Share Posted September 24, 2022 2 hours ago, Courageous said: And away we go... 12 steps to build this pesky cockpit. The PE is quite hard and didn't want to bend, particularly the belts, so the buckles were removed and placed onto masking tape, much more agreeable. Stuart Are they pre-painted or raw steel ? If raw then I suggest annealing them for a few seconds with a lighter or candle. That will allow the metal to become soft and pliable. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col. Posted September 25, 2022 Share Posted September 25, 2022 There's no lack of detail in there. Hopefully it all fits between the fuselage halves. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courageous Posted September 25, 2022 Author Share Posted September 25, 2022 23 hours ago, Corsairfoxfouruncle said: suggest annealing The PE is raw, haven't heard about 'annealing' as I hadn't encountered this problem before...now noted. 2 hours ago, Col. said: There's no lack of detail in there. Hopefully it all fits between the fuselage halves. It does look busy and hopefully a bit of paint will bring it out more. Stuart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted September 25, 2022 Share Posted September 25, 2022 1 hour ago, Courageous said: The PE is raw, haven't heard about 'annealing' as I hadn't encountered this problem before...now noted. It does look busy and hopefully a bit of paint will bring it out more. Stuart Yeah it works Ive done it before, it doesn't take long with photo-etch so just a few seconds and let it cool naturally. If its not enough you can always repeat the process. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightningboy2000 Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 This looks like a very nice kit & those short wings are very stubby compared to the full span. One tool I've always kept in the toolbox is a lighter for annealing etch. Good for making etch conform to curves. The only thing I use it for, feels odd buying lighters as I've never smoked! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courageous Posted September 27, 2022 Author Share Posted September 27, 2022 More bits... Tricycle undercarriage fitted to its well. Required parts removed from sprues and readied for priming except the wings. Decided to go for the 1948 version that required resin wing extensions to be added and needless to say I have given myself some work to do to fair these into the wing...a PITA. Stuart 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courageous Posted September 27, 2022 Author Share Posted September 27, 2022 I wonder if someone can help. Would the .50 cal gun ports in the nose be present on this racer? The part says yes but I haven't seen any clear pics on the 'net to confirm/deny this. Stuart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courageous Posted September 28, 2022 Author Share Posted September 28, 2022 Moving forward... Cockpit, wheel wells and undercarriage painted green. I say green as it seems Bell had their own idea of interior green and like 'olive drab', it's still being debated, so I decided on this NATO green from AK, I/P painted black and dry brushed grey and details painted. Cockpit/wheel well assy fitted into fuselage...nice fit. The other fuselage half was fitted with no problems except for the upper nose area but that's simple enough to sort. The engine intake section behind cockpit had the expected gap along the seam. The intake is a separate section to cater for another variant and the instructions tell you to make this separately, then add it later. Experience has taught me not do this but to fit the intake section to its fuselage half, hopefully fitting nicely on three sides and if there are any problems, like the seam, it'll be easier to sort and I did with a thin shim of plasicard. Wings fitted beautifully with only a few minors to sort. Nose fairing fitted. It was shortly after I'd done this that I stumbled across 1/48 build of a P-39 Racer where it was stated(ish) what had to be done to turn it into a racer. The obvious thing like weapons were removed but also things like the propeller boss got its cannon hole removed, .50 cal ports were blocked off, radio removed plus other stuff. The observant of you will see that the radio on my build is still in place. I have tried to remove but no, it's staying where it is. The will be easy enough to sort as will the mg ports on the nose. Stuart 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadbadge Posted September 28, 2022 Share Posted September 28, 2022 Nice start, ghis is coming together very quickly too. Great job 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimJ Posted September 28, 2022 Share Posted September 28, 2022 Nice work so far, it's coming together well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courageous Posted October 4, 2022 Author Share Posted October 4, 2022 This should be a relatively quick but some reason... Tail feathers on and all poseable but seeing that I've already set the stick to neutral ... Seat in and the two pieces of glazing also fitted. Just waiting for it to dry before masking and painting the framing green. Stuart 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MARADER Posted October 4, 2022 Share Posted October 4, 2022 Good job! Armored seat back - was it on a racing airplane? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courageous Posted October 4, 2022 Author Share Posted October 4, 2022 1 minute ago, MARADER said: was it on a racing airplane? Most likely not but its fitted and that's where its staying. Yet another let down with this kit. Stuart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody37 Posted October 4, 2022 Share Posted October 4, 2022 Another aircraft I never knew existed (the racing version), great progress. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted October 4, 2022 Share Posted October 4, 2022 9 hours ago, Courageous said: Most likely not but its fitted and that's where its staying. Yet another let down with this kit. Stuart Its ok we all goof. If anyone asks just call it a secondary fire barrier between the pilot and the engine. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courageous Posted October 5, 2022 Author Share Posted October 5, 2022 9 hours ago, Corsairfoxfouruncle said: Its ok we all goof. We do, just proves again that you can't always trust the instructions, so far: Instructions show incorrect location of throttle quadrant. Remove cannon from propeller boss. Fill in .50 cal mg ports Do not fit radio behind pilot Do not fit armoured plate behind seat Stuart 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RidgeRunner Posted October 5, 2022 Share Posted October 5, 2022 6 minutes ago, Courageous said: Fill in .50 cal mg ports Do not fit radio behind pilot Do not fit armoured plate behind seat Good to remember too for post-WW2 export and civiliam P-51s ;). I learned the hard way before 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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