I’m building this for the P-40 group build, and thought I’d post here also for critique. It’s ye olde Monogram (ignore the box label) 1/48 P-40.
Working first on the cockpit, I used the floor from an Accurate Miniatures P-51 kit that I also had the sidewalls, and instrument panel decals for; the seat is a resin one that belonged to something else, and had a square backrest that I rounded off. I’m making a sandwich instrument panel based off what I saw in a picture:
Thanks for any feedback to help improve it.
Glenn
Glenn, here’s a link to my build log on that kit:
www.yolo.net/…/monop40b.htm
Nice pit Glenn. Its amazing that in 1964 that cockpit was state of the art…lol. Can’t wait to see more of the only accurate P-40 B in any scale…
I’m looking forward to this! It’ll be a lot of fun seeing what you do with that one. Here’s mine:
http://cs.finescale.com/fsm/modeling_subjects/f/2/t/143417.aspx?sort=ASC&pi240=1
Thanks for the comments. I hope you’ll take some time and look at Theuns’ P-40 group build page. There’s some really good builds happening there.
Tex, that’s a beautiful bird!
Wow, it’s been a month since I worked on it enough to post again…I finally got the cockpit finished, here’s the instrument panel…didn’t do such a good job of centering the dials:
This is the cockpit with everything attached and painted:
I hogged out the intake scoop underneath and made some baffles/bulkhead to block off the light. It’s not nearly as good as Jeatons (check his build log in a previous post…it’s good stuff!), but on the shelf, it’ll look better than a painted piece of plastic. I also hogged out the exhaust pipes:
Finally, on Bvallots WIP post, Shipwreck noted that the railing along the cockpit sill is actually part of the canopy, not the fuselage, and shouldn’t be in that position when the canopy is open, so I sanded mine off (thanks for the heads up, y’all):
Nice kitbashing to make a more detailed cockpit. Pretty good work on the panel as well, even if the dials aren’t perfect. Can’t wait to see more!
One of my all time favorite aircraft. .keep up the good work
Don’t forget to place the small part of the windscreen back on. =] It’ll be just a sliver and it’ll butt up against the canopy when it closes.
Are you sanding all of your panel lines as well. I’m thinking about leaving mine. I’m a bit undecided. I may pass a razor just behind/on top of all these raised lines…something to hold a pigment. We’ll see. I think I want to keep the rivets.
Thanks for the heads up on the windscreen, BV. I am sanding off all the panel lines and rescribing, which is going to need some more work. I passed on the rivets for now, and I’ve gone undecided on whether to keep the flaps up or down. That would save some work and get the build finished. I have that 1/32 Tamiya Corsair waitin’ on me!!
Small update; it’s beginning to take too long. I decided to cut corners and glue the flaps up instead of detailing and dropping them. I’m starting to box in the wheel wells, they may end up too shallow; I’m crossing my fingers on that one. The scribing isn’t what I had hoped, I’ll run some rivet lines around the cowling area.
Someone may have to correct me 'cause I’m sure no expert, but isn’t it true that this Monogram kit, old as it is, is still the most accurate, shape-wise, P-40B in 1/48? Nice progress too.[Y]
Gary
Looking pretty sweet Glenn! I meant to ask if you’ve found any trouble with the wing root at all yet?
I haven’t had any trouble with the wing root! Of course I haven’t started that yet[:D]
Well, c’mon! We’ve got some catching up to do! lol =D
Dude, you’re in my head…now gimme back my bullets!
Lol! For your Saturday night special?[:D]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWBoeY0AAec
