Rick K Posted February 22, 2018 Author Share Posted February 22, 2018 Quite a few personal curve balls thrown my way these past few months. i'm happy to resume some much needed bench time. Roy launched the release of his P40B wheel set. I was planning on using HAS P40 "smooth" wheels to replace the hideous TRU kit wheels. The HAS wheels are good. The Barracuda P40B wheels knock everything available out of the park. I'll compare the Barracuda wheels with the TRU P40B kit wheels. Mr. Color 1500 Black Primer applied. Time to lay some paint. Whitey, sandokan, r0t0rdr1ver and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick K Posted February 22, 2018 Author Share Posted February 22, 2018 (edited) I'm a fan of Black Basing/Marbling technique. It works well for me. All paints are Mr. Color 306 Gray and 304 Olive Drab diluted 1:2 with Mr. Color Leveling Thinner. Mr. Color 306 Gray applied using my Mr. Color/Creos PS770 airbrush. Then Mr. Color 304 Olive Drab. Then a thinned 1:3 Mr. Color 306 Gray/Mr. Leveling Thinner on the lower and thinned 1:3 Mr. Color 304 Olive Drab/Mr. Leveling Thinner layered and blended on the appropriate marbled color. Thinned Tamiya Smoke has been applied aft of the cooling flaps. This is phase one of weathering for this area. Exhaust NobleKraft NK3201 P40B resin exhausts replace kit multi piece nightmare. Canopy masked inside and out then painted. Edited February 23, 2018 by Rick K sandokan, Allan Peters, MikeMaben and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 Very nice work, Rick! Rick K 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 Great work! Rick K 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick K Posted February 23, 2018 Author Share Posted February 23, 2018 (edited) Using Montex Masks the insignias and related markings are applied. Colors used are Mr. Color 69 Off White, 326 Blue "Thunderbirds', 327 Red "Thunderbirds" all thinned 1:2 paint/Mr Color Leveling Thinner. The engine panel will be glued. I gave the engine a quick paint as it can be seen through the exhaust and cooling flap openings. Start off with off white for ID number and national insignias. After 24 hour cure for the off white I begin adding the blue. Some lifting on the "S" will touch up later. After cure will add red on insignias. Edited February 23, 2018 by Rick K Trak-Tor, Whitey, BiggTim and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick K Posted February 23, 2018 Author Share Posted February 23, 2018 Very nice work, Rick! Cheers Gazzas. Great work! Thanks Brian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alaninaustria Posted February 23, 2018 Share Posted February 23, 2018 Nice work so far Rick! I really like your masking skills - good work! Cheers Alan Rick K 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1to1scale Posted February 23, 2018 Share Posted February 23, 2018 LOL. Talk about Deja-vu! I thuroughly enjoyed my build, and I enjoyed going through yours. I love the Trumpy P-40! Rick K 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trak-Tor Posted February 23, 2018 Share Posted February 23, 2018 Yet another great looking P-40!Never enough! Juraj Rick K 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waroff Posted February 23, 2018 Share Posted February 23, 2018 great work on this P40 Trump model.The P40B,C hadn't recognition lights. It will be from P40E1 that reco lights will be fitted. Raf type: 1 white, upper on to fuselage aft the canopy and 1 amber under the right rear wing fillet or US army type: 1 white, upper on to fuselage aft the canopy & R under the rear keel fairing, G & A under the rear fuselage Rick K 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick K Posted February 23, 2018 Author Share Posted February 23, 2018 great work on this P40 Trump model. The P40B,C hadn't recognition lights. It will be from P40E1 that reco lights will be fitted. Raf type: 1 white, upper on to fuselage aft the canopy and 1 amber under the right rear wing fillet or US army type: 1 white, upper on to fuselage aft the canopy & R under the rear keel fairing, G & A under the rear fuselage ah, thanks for the information. This will be our little secret, ok? waroff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted February 23, 2018 Share Posted February 23, 2018 Terrific work, Rick! Kev Rick K 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick K Posted February 26, 2018 Author Share Posted February 26, 2018 (edited) Seeing red. Red dot applied to the national insignia as well as tail stencil data. Mr. Color 327 Red "Thunderbirds" thinned 1:2 paint/Mr Color Leveling Thinner. I use multiple thin passes to prevent any bleeding through the mask. Masked removed. Minor lifting to be addressed later. Happy with results, now on to the tail stencil. Mask applied to tail. Tamiya NATO Black XF69 thinned with Mr Leveling Thinner 1:3 and... Masked removed then Mr. Color 123 RLM 83 Dark Green to cover pursuit squadron number. This method also applied to cover pursuit squadron number on inside wing. Next is prep for panel line and washes. Also give prop and landing gear some love too. P40B "White 300" at Bellows Field shows paint applied to cover pursuit squadron number and some mild weathering. Interesting to note the surface of aircraft is super flat while the surface around the prop hub back just beyond exhaust stacks has a slight sheen. Certainly from ground grew guys servicing engine and nose guns. What's with those shiny tires? The pre-war red dot not visible on fuselage national insignia. If you look real close you can see the slight image of the red dot on the under wing national insignia. Note the absence of the "iron sights" in front of windscreen. Edited February 26, 2018 by Rick K sandokan, MikeMaben, LSP_Kevin and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodgem37 Posted February 26, 2018 Share Posted February 26, 2018 That looks GREAT! Sincerely, Mark Rick K 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick K Posted March 15, 2018 Author Share Posted March 15, 2018 Terrific work, Rick! Kev Cheers Kev! That looks GREAT! Sincerely, Mark Thanks Mark! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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