Wolf Buddee Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 ... And then there is the question of how a Soviet female pilot would use the relief tube ... Love the cockpit ! Hubert I suspect the female pilot would have to hold it a little closer Hubert........... Cheers, Wolf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quang Posted March 20, 2016 Author Share Posted March 20, 2016 The subject may sound trivial but it's not when one realises that most of the ferry flights – from the point of manufacture to locations where they were shipped overseas – were done by women pilots. To close the matter on relief tubes, here's the one found in Baranovski's salvaged P-39 (next to the control stick) Cheers, Q Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quang Posted March 20, 2016 Author Share Posted March 20, 2016 @david: It does make sense. Thank you for your input, Sincerely, Quang Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Posted March 22, 2016 Share Posted March 22, 2016 A question for all P-39 modellers if I may..... On the Kittyhawk kit there is a fairing on the bottom fuselage just behind the wing. It's the attachment point for the radio direction finding loop antenna. I cannot find any photos of this fairing on US operated Airacobras. Good photos of the ventral surfaces are scarce, but even good profile shots from a slightly below angle do not show this fairing. I'm guessing that this fairing would not be on US Pacific Theater P-39's that do not have the RDF loop. I'm 'thiiiissss' close to shaving the fairing off of my model. Can anyone either confirm my hypothesis or warn me off of the surgery. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quang Posted March 23, 2016 Author Share Posted March 23, 2016 Hi Tom, For all I know, only P-39's in Soviet service had the RDF loop. But I may be wrong. Hopefully Cobra experts will chime in and come to your rescue. Sincerely, Quang Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quang Posted March 23, 2016 Author Share Posted March 23, 2016 (edited) A quick update on my status The cockpit is nearly done. Still some shading and highlighting left to do and I can go to the next step: wheel wells! Below is a photo of the IP in situ. I fell obliged to add the two dampening pads as per Martin's photo of the cockpit. Please excuse the fuzziness and the washed out colours on the photo. It's a quick, hand-held shot under my work lamp light. I used water-based Gunze Mr Hobby over Vallejo black primer for the main airbrush work. Details, shadows and hightlights were hand-brushed with Vallejo and Prince August acrylics. Until next time, Cheers, Quang Edited March 23, 2016 by quang dutik, jgrease, David Hansen and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Hansen Posted March 23, 2016 Share Posted March 23, 2016 I think your cockpit looks quite nice and the photography is good. I'm shopping round for a new camera myself, but not aggressively. I'm sure once the rest of the fuselage is wrapped up around that with all the other stuff thrown in, it will look great. david Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quang Posted March 24, 2016 Author Share Posted March 24, 2016 (edited) Thank you for your kind words, David. The radio apparatus was often removed on VVS Cobras so I sanded the upper decking behind the cockpit bare and added some structure from plastic strips. Note the silent blocks bushes on which the original radio transmitter was mounted. Thank you for looking. Sincerely, Quang Edited March 28, 2016 by quang Hubert Boillot 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn M Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 very nice work there Quang Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinnfb Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 Very nice work Q. . This is shaping up so fast , way to go Sir! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quang Posted March 25, 2016 Author Share Posted March 25, 2016 Thank you Shawn and Martin for your kind words. The upper deck has been given a first coat of green. Shading and highlighting come next. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinnfb Posted March 28, 2016 Share Posted March 28, 2016 Looking sharp Q. looking sharp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quang Posted March 28, 2016 Author Share Posted March 28, 2016 Thank you Martin. Look what the good bunny brought me Happy Easter everybody! Cheers, Q jgrease 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quang Posted April 18, 2016 Author Share Posted April 18, 2016 (edited) Dear comrades, I'm back from the Eastern front with some news. The seat is painted and weathered. Shoulder straps courtesy of Fine Molds Models. Lap belts are masking tape with Eduard photo-etched buckles. Kitty Hawk provides us with 2 different gunsights: N2 and N3. The N2 is passable while the N3 is downright psychedelic! Of course, it's the N3 that I needed so I built it from scratch. I also corrected the dorsal air intake which is undersized and of the wrong shape. Still have to add the splitter plate. Next episode: the wheel wells See you then Cheers, Quang Edited April 18, 2016 by quang Kagemusha, Fooesboy and tucohoward 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinnfb Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 Fantastic work Q , the cockpit looks spot on, so as the sucker . Keep it up. Cheers M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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