Two great looking birds there John. The parrot nose art really adds a lot of color.
[:O]Wow, that really looks great.
Thanks to both of you!
Very nice job on both those birds. Gotta say, that parrot head is a real show stopper. Could not have been easy to get those decals on and looking so good! Great job!!
What fine looking models! Super work!
Thanks, Dwayne. Yes, the mouth had to be held right while putting on those decals. It helped to make sure they were very slippery on the decal paper before trying to move them, and then keeping a lot of moisture under them until they were in place correctly. Easy to stretch them out of shape!
Note: The next paragraph is out of date as I have re-photographed all of the finished model pictures with the frames corrected.
(One more photo to correct an error I made on the aft canopy framing, as it is only the top longitudinal framing that is inside and is glued on plexiglas. The two vertical frames are straps over the outside and are metal, and should be painted. Took it back to the paint shop and painted them.) In the process the pitot tube went south so I made up a new one with .032 music wire, some scrap pe, some soldering, and some filing to shape. Actually I smashed the end of the music wire with a hammer to get that flattened part on the front, then pointed it with the bench grinder.
A replacement photo here with 4 of my P-40’s, from lower right cw: AVG P-40B, 75 Sq, RAAF P-40E, 502FS/337FG P-40N, and the P-40Q.
Thanks, Mike.