fightnjoe Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 (edited) Well folks I just had to jump again. This subject is another attempt at my first cut away. The 1/32 Trumpeter P-40B. I will be trying to improve. More to come. Joe Edited June 11, 2016 by fightnjoe Zero77 and mywifehatesmodels 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 Alright Joe ! This will be killer....Harv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 Nice choice, Joe! What happened with the Mustang? Last I saw, it looked pretty close to being finished. Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fightnjoe Posted December 14, 2015 Author Share Posted December 14, 2015 Many thanks for looking in. Kev the Mustang is finished and awaiting a yes or no from the Editor. Joe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 Many thanks for looking in. Kev the Mustang is finished and awaiting a yes or no from the Editor. Joe Ah, cool! I missed that somehow. Good luck! Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fightnjoe Posted December 17, 2015 Author Share Posted December 17, 2015 Many thanks Kev. I hope to hear something after the first of the year about it. Joe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fightnjoe Posted December 28, 2015 Author Share Posted December 28, 2015 After a couple of weeks of nothing here I am again. Where to begin? First up is to mock up the firewall, cockpit floor, and bulkhead #6 which is the aft bulkhead of the cockpit. A touch of modification as the cockpit floor is actually the top of the wing. Trumpeter actually has this much too high in the pit. A piece of strip on the back of the firewall will help in position. Two strips of styrene glued as a cross section of the pit floor will help as well. An extension is needed on the aft bulkhead to get it to match up to the floor. Work is begun on the bulkheads aft the pit. This begins with getting the shape with a contour guage, tracing the shape to paper, rough fitting to the interior of the fuselage side, tracing to a piece of sheet styrene, cutting it out, sanding to shape. Easy enough. These are just a rough cut of the bulkheads, there is much detailing to do yet to these. They are roughed and ready. I have now the bulkheads #7 to #14 which puts them to the tail wheel. Next up will be to work on the wing. This will be the first of the cutting and reconstruction. Have not even scratched the surface yet. All comments, critiques, and criticism are welcome. Joe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 Nice progress, Joe! Will this be another cutaway? Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fightnjoe Posted December 29, 2015 Author Share Posted December 29, 2015 Kev many thanks. Yes I am planning to do a cut away with this one. Joe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loic Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 Sound like a great project Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 Indeed - great project. I really don't have the patience to do all the interior gubbins and open up for all to view - but always great inspiration!! Iain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fightnjoe Posted January 2, 2016 Author Share Posted January 2, 2016 Many many thanks. Joe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fightnjoe Posted January 2, 2016 Author Share Posted January 2, 2016 To keep in line with how I want to present this I bring to you a small update. Prior to cutting any holes in the wing or fuselage I made some rough bulkheads. One of the latest sessions saw the use of Dremmel and knives to cut away sections of the fuselage. First uncut. Then after a bit of time, the cuts. Some little stuff was accomplished prior to the cutting as well. I have some frames roughed for the wing. Now after the cutting and grinding was done I test fit the roughed bulkheads and found that several were much too small. So much for measure twice and cut once. My next step is to redo the bulkheads. I also need to work a bit on the pit floor to extend it to the back of the wing root. All comments, critiques, and criticism are encouraged. Joe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 Awesome work, Joe! I wish I had the time, patience, and skill to do what you're doing. Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fightnjoe Posted January 3, 2016 Author Share Posted January 3, 2016 Kevin so do I. I have no patience, little time, and what feels to be a serious lack of skills. Many thanks. Joe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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