1/48 Accurate Miniatures P-39M Airacobra

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Just finished this fantastic kit. A rebox of the Eduard P-39.

345thFS/350thFG Algeria 1943

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Heard of N’s and Q’s but I don’t recall knowing about an M P-39. Looks real nice, John.

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Great job. I love the weathering. Always liked the car doors on that plane.

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The M was an upgrade of the L with an engine supposedly better at altitude. Better prop. Most were still used in ground attack because of the heavy armament. Only 240 built

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Was Beginning to think I went overboard. But I think it looks good. The desert is an unforgiving environment.

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Thanks, TJ.

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Nice job!!! Great fitting kit…just lovely…except for all the clear parts. They SUCKED.
I found that if you carefully scribe a line just below the door window, you can bend them in so that they touch the canopy. Otherwise, if you don’t and try to glue the doors shut, there’s a gap a 48th scale pilot could put his arm through.
The echaust staining is great - looks very realistic.

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Thanks

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Nice work on your Cobra. I don’t think your weathering is overdone at all. The North African desert was unforgiving; I would expect any warbird used there to be dirty.

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Excellent weathering!! I like your fading and streaking.

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Thanks. That was the thought process I had when I was weathering it

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Thanks. The fuel streaks were an idea because the it has so many tanks. Lots of places to drip. Especially since they were probably filling with a hand crank from a 55 gallon drum

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Nicely built! Construction looks great, and the weathering looks appropriate, too! These planes got such a bad rap, but certainly excelled in capable hands. I’m thinking about building one of these in the near future, I’ve got a boxing with Bud Anderson’s markings from his training squadron. Might look cool next to an Old Crow Mustang!

Thanks for sharing.

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Excellent work on an under built aircraft. Very nice work.

BK

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Thanks guys.

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Excellent work Johnny. I’m build the Eduard P-400 right now which is almost at the paint stage. I hope turns out half that good.

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Joe it’s the same kit. This was Accurate Miniatures P-400 but you can make any variant with what’s included in the box. I found a chart online that lists the proper parts for each variant