Gary Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 Hi, A friend recently send me the 1/32nd scale Hasegawa P-26. The kit, although about thirty years old, still gets pretty good reviews even now, so I'm starting to gather build information. Won't be for a while, but it's definitely on the radar. I note that the kit is not listed in the article column, so I assume that either no one has built the kit (not too likely) or hasn't posted a build result. I'd like to know if anyone has used the Lone Star resin cockpit for the -26, and how it all worked out. Any recommendation for a decent reference or two would also be welcome. TIA for any information. Cheers, Gary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tnarg Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 This is a great kit. Lone Star's interior looks nice. I haven't yet fit mine into the plane, but it looks a lot better than the kit parts. I am considering replacing the instrument faces with Aeroscale dials, because Mike's have raised detail which take narrow brushes and a steady hand to get done. (I may have to make a punched panel to do that). Other than that, the rest is really fine, especially the seat, as he captured that much better than the generic one in the kit. Yellow wings did three great decal sets covering the California Bear, Thunderbird and Kicking Mule insignia. Starfighter Decals did a double sheet with some colorful ones also. Silicon valley scale modelers have a great gallery with four people's walkarounds: http://svsm.org/gallery/p26a You could check my walkaround on LSP (from NASM, Udvar-Hazy): http://www.largescaleplanes.com/walkaround/wk.php?wid=97 I like the Aerofax #8 P-26 book, maybe out of print, but shows up on ebay regularly, as well as in the local second hand bookstore once in a while. I am very impressed with the interior shots for every version and good detail photos in that book. Abe books listed several for $12 to under $20, and they are still out there, even if out of print. Finally, if you were so inclined, you could even make your own like this guy is.. amazing detail of two replicas in progress: http://www.peashooter.net/ Have fun with this one. It is a beautiful plane and a pretty good kit, amazingly good for its age. Tnarg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 Hi Gary, I have that kit in the stash too. When I saw your comment about there not being any builds of it on the website, I couldn't believe it! But it appears to be true. Here's the only build I could find in the WiP forum: Boeing P-26/Model 281 Peashooter - Canton Air Force This really surprises me. I'd love to drag mine out of the stash, but there are just too many builds ahead of it in the queue. Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Posted July 11, 2013 Author Share Posted July 11, 2013 Thanks, guys. Not sure about what markings I'll apply. I'm interested in a Philippine pilot named Villamor who apparently brought down two Japanese a/c on one mission, one of them a Zero of all things: this guy was good. But I may have to paint the markings on as I have yet to find an aftermarket sheet with the Philippines insignia. The kit I have has them but they are really thick. Again,thinks for the leads! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Posted July 12, 2013 Author Share Posted July 12, 2013 Kev, Thx for the link to the WIP thread. That is one very nice Peashooter, and would look just fine of the LSP build column! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astro32 Posted July 12, 2013 Share Posted July 12, 2013 But I may have to paint the markings on as I have yet to find an aftermarket sheet with the Philippines insignia. The kit I have has them but they are really thick. I built the -26 years ago for a gal I was dating. Her dad was in the P.A.F. The kit decals were quite good except the white elements of the national insignia weren't there. Easy enough fix. The decals disappeared under flat clear quite nicely. I used Solvaset and it worked well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Mike Posted July 12, 2013 Share Posted July 12, 2013 Just to be clear, there was a release with PAF markings. And yes, I too have one in the stash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Molitor Posted July 12, 2013 Share Posted July 12, 2013 Gary, I have one up on bench now at about 70%. I put in the Lone Star cockpit set. I highly recomend the resin set. It fits like a glove. I didn't do anything to the intrument panel ( Resin panel suplied in the Lone Star set) becuase you can't really see anything in the tiny cocpit once the fuselage halves are put together... Radu makes some great flying wires if you want to go all out? The P-26 had flat flying wires in different sizes from the wings to fusealge attachment point and the gear bracing was also a difffernt size, if not mistaken. . Fine kit for its age. Enjoy.... regards Troy . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DougN Posted July 12, 2013 Share Posted July 12, 2013 Check the link in my signature for a build (currently in progress) for the P26. I am not using any aftermarket other than some Airscale instrument decals to dress up the very visible IP Doug Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted July 12, 2013 Share Posted July 12, 2013 Check the link in my signature for a build (currently in progress) for the P26. I am not using any aftermarket other than some Airscale instrument decals to dress up the very visible IP Doug Doug, why not post it here too? Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richter111 Posted July 13, 2013 Share Posted July 13, 2013 Weiredest thing ever, a few years ago I tried building one, cleaned the kit with superclean then prepped it with an alcohol rubdown. I could not get paint to dry on it, no matter what I tried. It remained tacky and even greasy at times Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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