Not a bad start, Hammer, and a good job of dealing with the problems as they came up!
Still don’t know what I’m gonna do about that missing stab… Shot another Email off to Eduard, but I ain’t holdin’ my breath… I hate the idea off ripping off the the left one to cast another…
So you’re saying that the AM kit is the Eduard kit? What about the wings? The Eduard kit’s are so thick it looks like the 'Cobra had trailing edges two inches thick…
One more thing to add… The mai gear wells, lol… I didn’t RTFI, so when I closed up the wing-halves, I looked at the wheel wells and saw no detail… No problem, thought I, I’ll just add some strip & sprue… I like doing that anyway… So I started to do so, then I noticed that that the sprue with what I THOUGHT was a set of closed gear doors were actually the INSIDE wheel well parts! D’OH!! They had a flange around them to glue the parts onto the top of the wells, but never mind… I just cut & sanded them flush, then pushed them into the gear bays after the fact…
*RTFI, peopl, RTFI…
- Read The Frickin’ Instructions!!
Monogrm P-39…
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Note that wing/fuselage fit…
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Side-by-side:
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Nice work on the cobras Hans.
I’m sorry about the missing clear and stabilizer. I was not aware of those problems. It kind of erks me that the kit was shorted as the shop I bought the kit at had a habit of opening the kits instead of leaving them sealed for the customer. I took for granted it was complete but for the PSP piece which I knew about.
If the shop was still in buisness I’d go request a replacement part for you. But Hobbyland in Ft Wayne went out of buisness a couple of years ago.
I don’t have that kit in the stash in any of it’s forms or I’d offer you the stabilizer. The local Hobby Lobby has the racing version in stock though and I could grab a coupon and go get the kit. I could have a friend of mine cast me a resin part and I could send you the styrene version. Just say the word. I’d like to have another anyway.
Ain’t YOUR fault, Shooter…
I thought about the Racer too, but the thing was gone when I went to HL to do just that… FIgures… Noone wanted it, it sat there over a year until I needed it…
Man, I’d love to get a replacemant stab… Whichever’s easier for ya…
I’ll get right on it, Hans. I have a plan and I’ll keep you updated.
Yes, AM’s P-39 is the Eduard kit.
Regards,
Brad
Hans, I got a lead on a kit have the ball rolling on that stabilizer. If this is gonna work I should have the part in my hand Friday.
Tausend Dank, Herr Shooter!
Here’s the Monogram P-39@ 90% built, painted, & weathered…
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Some things I didn’t like about the paint are being fixed now… I’ll post those later later, after I’ve fixed them… I painted with a combo of Tamiya and Testor’s MM enamel and faded with a thined mix over Testor’s Tan and added pastels…
I’ve got the Monogram bird at 95% now, and am doing some diorama lay-outs with it…
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Looking good, Hans. What did you use to plumb the drop tank?
I like the PSP base. What brand is it? Scratch?
Another home run, Hammer! Who says Monogram kits are no good?
Thanks, Shooter, Herr Baron…
HKShooter’s “Kit-pickers” (Gawd, I love that handle for 'em, lol)… [B]
It’s just a piece of stiff 26-guage wire bent into position and inserted into a pre-drilled hole in the tank. Rather than mate it up with anothr hole in the plane, I just left it a little more than a 45-Deg angle and let it compress tight when I glued it into poition.
Yeah, scratch—more or less… I did it by burnishing aluminum foil down over an Eduard 1/48th PSP display base that I purchased back in '08… The bases themselves are too small even for an Airacobra to prevent the dreaded overhang, plus they’re too expensive to buy each time I need one (16.00, IIRC). So I did two sheets of foil, then cut them to size and glued it into place… I then cut single planks of it and laid them out for the staggered ends on the edge.
I posted a “How To” in the Diorama Forum about a year & a half ago on how I made it… I’ll see if I can find it…
Search funtion is working again! Here’s the link to the PSP thread:
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Hans, what paint did you use for the undersides?
Tamiya Neutral Grey…
Here’s “Old Crow, the 1st”, Bud Anderson’s P-39 (Eduard P-39Q) as it appeared in early fall of 1943 while the unit was flying out of Tonopah AAF, NV. I hit a stopping until can either make some decals for the “OLD CROW” name, a/c and serial number, and squadron insignia, or order some.
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The diorama base isn’t anywhere near done, it and the figures are temporary, the figures are just for scale and visual interest right now…
It’s painted with Testor’s Model Master Olive Drab over Tamiya Neutral Grey, with Krylon Gloss Red on the tail & nose band. It was oversprayed with Treehouse Acrylic gloss prior to decaling, followed by Treehouse Acrylic Flat. There’s only a little bit weathering so far, some exhaust staining and a few chips on the tail, and it won’t receive much more since this was a Stateside-aircraft and was pretty well maintained. All but the Tamiya paint was rattle-can applied…