Crossofiron Posted July 28, 2018 Author Share Posted July 28, 2018 Thanks for all the encouraging words all. Keeps me going... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crossofiron Posted July 29, 2018 Author Share Posted July 29, 2018 (edited) Had another thought on the 'AN-AP5-13 RADIO" Decal and wasn't really happy with what I did. If in doubt, cover it with a photo of Jane Russell; Here is the Instrument Panel etc. with Airscale's excellent decals which are a joy to work with. There are also Airscale Cockpit Decals dotted around the place with the exception of the Rear Compartment which are bespoke. I did some research into the panel on this one and learnt that US Night Fighter instrument faces were manufactured by DuPont with a special print media which was a precursor to luminous paint. Therefore the Pledge Floor Care used to create the lenses had the slightest amount of clear green. Spot the deliberate ******* mistakes... Didn't spot until this photo, will have to sort with an Airscale... Here is a test fit of the Floor; Starting to get a little tight... Edited July 29, 2018 by Crossofiron NukerDan, Rocat, F-4Phanwell and 12 others 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimW Posted July 29, 2018 Share Posted July 29, 2018 Beautiful work! Very inspiring. Crossofiron 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Maxim Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 Really nice work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Night Fighter Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 Curious, what color are fire extinguishers in England? American fire extinguishers are bright red. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crossofiron Posted July 30, 2018 Author Share Posted July 30, 2018 The colour coding of Fire Extinguishers is a post war thing. Indeed, our Fire Extinguishers are Red like our American Cousins. WWII US Fire Extinguishers were generally natural brass or nickel plated. Randolph Fire Extinguishers however (which mine is) were painted in Olive Drab or Black and I went for black. The only colour coding as standard were the fire extinguishers for the engines. These were color coded according to the coded per country; red for french and german, stripes red/white for british The US did not colour code. The only coding of cylinders in red were french which denotes hydrogen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerhard Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 Stunning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Paxton Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 Oh, My, Word The amount of detail you get in 1/32nd scale......stunning sir Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theseeker Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 Great attention to detail! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kagemusha Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 Fantastic work, did the decals arrive? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misha71 Posted July 31, 2018 Share Posted July 31, 2018 beautiful you are real artist Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Night Fighter Posted July 31, 2018 Share Posted July 31, 2018 Thanks, that is good to know. I have no references to fire extinguishers except whatever color photo I can find. The flightline extinguishers were red, I have color photos of them, but didn't really know about inside the aircraft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crossofiron Posted July 31, 2018 Author Share Posted July 31, 2018 Thank you all for your kind words. Really appreciate it. Some news however, I have to shelve this one for a bit. A friend of mine and fellow enthusiast has been taken ill and has asked me to build him the P-51D 'Big Beautiful Doll' Something I cannot refuse. So this is not the end of this thread, just an interval, will post the P-51!!! Cheers Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hubert Boillot Posted July 31, 2018 Share Posted July 31, 2018 Very nice detailing work A nitpicking comment. Did you notice you put the « No hand hold » and the « map case » decals upside down (really need some macro photo to see it though ) Hubert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shark64 Posted July 31, 2018 Share Posted July 31, 2018 this is looking rather sweet. Such a cool airplane. beautiful cockpit work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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