va that figures. always something.
folks my little bird has recieved paint.
next up…the landing gear.
joe
Looking good Joe. Around the turn & into the home stretch.
Regards, Rick
Damn…I even changed it to that spelling too…my spelling has been way off lately…perhaps it is laziness. LOL
VA tough break, I hope that she cooperates a bit more with ya on the fix!
Joe you are moving like a damn whirlwind. Looking really good!!
Eagle that plastic bag looks real…what did you use for material?! LOL [:p][:D][;)]
I got my various interior pieces painted zinc chromate and plan on doing some detailing this weekend. The zinc I got seems a lot more lime green. I’m not worried about it too much, as it will be plenty dark after some washes and pastels. I did one of those “paint too thick…add thinner…add thinner…add thinner…oh $@#^…paint too thin.” LOL Of course due to mixing in the cup. The only piece that it really affected was the cockpit floor with the seat…and once I sprayed I noticed I hadn’t washed off any resin dust…[:(!] leaving plenty of crap in the paint. I am now stripping it in some Simple green which should clean the dust off also. Luckily it goes in after the fuselage is together, so it isn’t going to keep me from starting on the filling, sanding, priming fun of the build! lol
I’ve got my kit for this build now. It is the new hasegawa P-40N Warhawk. Looks awesome in the box. I’ll start it in a few weeks once I get a couple of other builds out of the way.
Can’t wait to see some action Pingtang!!
Steve-O I found this cool page on a recovery of a P-40C and E in Russia…has some great photos of the recovery.
http://lend-lease.airforce.ru/english/articles/sheppard/p40recovery/
Pingtang, glad to hear you’re closer to being in the game!
Wayne, that’s a good start. Now to actually cut a piece or two off the sprues…
If you can tear yourself away from all the hectic and time consuming wedding plans, that is…
Joe, you go too fast for me guy. I wish I could build that fast but I can’t! Coming along nicely…
VA, tough luck man. That kinda stuff always happens when you least need or want it to and I think we should find that Murphy guy and do rude things to him…
Kik, sounds like you’re having fun! Well, you make it sound like fun anyway… oh, and thanks for the link. I’ve seen it before, it’s part of a website which is co-run by a friend of mine and who is in the local club. I thought I had included it on the Hawk’s Nest links page, but I guess not.
Uhhhh… that’s it… I think… now it’s off to clean the airbrush… [;)]
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well i did progress rather quickly but now that i have my builds to about where i want them i am going to take it slower. this is the update tonight. the landing gear are now constructed. the only piece of them that is from the kit is the green.
joe
Looking good Joe.
Regards, Rick
Great progress Joe. All that detailing looks super.
Unfortunately nothing progressing on my group build. Still trying to finish up a P-40 I started in January (but it’s almost done!). I’ve finally realized that I can only build one at a time if I hope to ever finish anything.
Mark
Joe, those gear legs look pretty good, guy!
Justen, I’ve only come across two photos of ‘O’Riley’s Daughter’ and they both show only the nose art. I can’t help thinking that I have more shots but I can’t seem to find 'em.
Anyhoo, here’s the profile of this ship from the Squadron book on the 49th FG…
Bryan, I’ve got three photos of Sidney Woods’ P-40E, although none which show the whole aircraft. But here’s a profile, also from the Squadron book on the 49th FG…
I have to say that I’m not a big fan of color profiles, or any artwork, as reference material. But sometimes it’s all one has to go on. These two profiles seem to me to be fairly reasonable, but they’re only an artist’s interpretation, much like a modeler’s interpretation.
The profile of Woods’ P-40E has one major mistake; the name ‘Arizona’ is too large and the letters were definitely not white. According to the caption of one of the photos I have, the name was green with red highlights.
I’ll post the photos I have of both these ships on the website in the next day or so…
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Thanks Steve. That’s better than the references that I have (pretty much the decals’ instructions, which in black and white and WRONG!) Every little bit helps.
Hey Steve-O !
I just ordered one of the new 1/48 Hasegawa P-40E kits. It will probably get here in a week or so. Even with a late start, I’m sure I could make the deadline. [;)]
Did I make it in time to join? [D)]
You’re good to go Pix!
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Joe - Your moving along nicely on your build, wish I could be.
Blackwolf - Thanks for the pic. I can’t wait to get to the painting portion of the build. Right now I am trying to fix the problem with the wing to fuselage fit right now.
Welcome aboard Pix. You’ll love the Hassie P-40E.
Regards, Rick
Okay, I was able to fire up the airbrush and get my girls wet! Here’s the first early stages of paint.
looks very good from my desk. great paint work.
joe
Looking good Hannaman. Keep us posted.
Regards, Rick
The preshading came out looking nice, Justen!
Here’s a link that might be of interest to someone building a P-40E:
http://www.cybermodeler.com/history/meteor/cresswell.shtml
I know I’ll be building it one day!
Mark
Hannaman they are looking great!! I do have a few questions for ya. Does pre-shading eliminate the need for doing a wash in the panel lines? When you pre-shade, do you paint your top coats lighter than you would if you were to wash the panel lines? And what did you use to mask your cockpit, is that a piece of scotch tape? I just like to know different techniques, and have been interested in trying some pre-shading.
Joe those are nicely built landing gear!! Your build is flying…lol no pun intended!
Welcome to the group Pix!!! Come on in, the compressor is pumpin’!
Here is what I got on the sides so far…just a couple tiny touch-ups, and then I will do a wash on 'em. I have found that the panel is actually pretty dull…not much going on color wise on the real plane, so I decided to stick with that as closely as possible. I did paint some hydro lines in the wheel bays, but it really isn’t that thrilling to look at…lol I am testing out a new weathering idea on some scratch plastic before I paint the cockpit seat and floor. If it works out, I will let you know what I did, otherwise it might not be worth explaining yet. I like to paint a bunch of things at once when I am spraying a color, so don’t mind the steering wheel, she was just along for the ride!! [:D][;)][:P]
