dodgem37 Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 Great show, Peter. Sincerely, Mark Martinnfb and airscale 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airscale Posted January 3, 2022 Author Share Posted January 3, 2022 Thank you very much for all the kind comments chaps, I am really enjoying this one 18 hours ago, KiwiZac said: My thoughts exactly. I love how well this one's progressing, Peter! Well, it was progressing fine until I went to post last nights update - in doing so I was going to add a picture of the radiator area to show what I was doing - this one actually.. ..it was then i noticed something and realised I had just learned (or re-learned as I have done this before) an important lesson... ..always check references... I had used jumpeii Temma's plans as reference for the formers & layout around the nose and had spent all of yesterday buiding the intakes to those drawings look at how they compare to the trace I took from a combination of photographs.. ..look at where the vertical duct seperations are vs the blue overlay version. I posted anyway and thought initially I could live with it - well you don't spend a thousand hours on a model and get the face wrong, so after sleeping on it, the whole lot was ripped out and another 6 hrs spent doing it all again today.. ..you live and learn as they say... Peter Out2gtcha, Brett M, chukw and 18 others 21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chukw Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 Just tuned in to this broadcast, Peter- WOW!! Reworking that chin radiator is the way of a a true master. Cheers! Martinnfb, airscale and ctayfor 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayW Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 Hat is off to you Peter. My brain has a real problem with doing something over again. Hard to understand - a few hours here and there should not be something to fret over. But I do. I would have never known BTW. I have very little expertise on the P-40. The P-51 OTOH, I notice just about everything....a curse. But you would have known. Martinnfb and airscale 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monthebiff Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 Love your subject choice Peter and superb start indeed! I do hope you complete your Firefly in the future though as your progress has been super impressive so far. Regards. Andy Martinnfb and airscale 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Landrotten Highlander Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 Massive improvement. as you say, looking at the 'face' of the plane defines its character so it is important to get that right. Martinnfb, airscale and JayW 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Smith Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 Goodness me. This is exceptional and inspiring. I look forward to this build and learning a ton of new stuff. Martinnfb and airscale 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodgem37 Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 (edited) The dividers' inner line meets the centerline at the spinner bottom. Good show, Peter. Nice capture. What is the angle off centerline? Thank you. Sincerely, Mark Edited January 4, 2022 by dodgem37 Martinnfb and airscale 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KiwiZac Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 Good catch and save, Peter! The chin really is a make-or-break for the look of any P-40 and I'm glad you were able to get that before too long into the build. Martinnfb and airscale 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonH Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 Oh words fail me already. I will have to use English understatement. Not too bad at all Peter. Good effort. KiwiZac, Martinnfb, ctayfor and 2 others 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airscale Posted January 5, 2022 Author Share Posted January 5, 2022 Hi all, thanks for your kind comments not back at work yet after a long Xmas break so got some good benchtime in Wanted to get the rear of the chin intake sorted - a few things to note.. see the big natural metal duct that takes the air out of the upper two radiators to the exit ..and the rads themselves are mounted in a bulkhead behind the lower ring former that holds the cowl flaps.. you can also see the ducting here with holes in for the cowl flap control rods.. ..I started by nicking one of Mrs airscales mascaras as it was the right diameter to give me good forms to start making a mould to form the duct over - she put up a small fight, but with a promise to buy her a better one, it was soon cut to bits.. I made up a plastic card 'bath', put the sectioned mascara tubes in it and filled it with P38 filler - that gave me a good basis to make the mould which I later pulled a vacform over.. ..as the real one is natural metal, I needed to skin this part, so while it was still on the mould I started working some annealed litho.. ..the main tools of the trade here are a tiny ball pein hammer and a coffee stick.. ..after working it, sanding it and wire wooling it, the part was getting near to being finished.. ..the three components - it took me way longer to make the mould bits than the part itself.. ..added the holes and rivets that hold this panel.. ..to actually integrate it into the airframe I had to section the keel and remove a section so I could fettle it and get it in position.. ..also started on the bulkhead.. ..added a black plastic card backing to the bulkhead and cemented it all in place.. the radiators themselves and some of the fittings are in the monster PE set I have coming from PPD next week ..it was quite a job to get all this to line up - especially the angles and sit of where the duct meets the rads.. ..next up, I am going to try filling the fuselage with this sculpting foam and then a skin of P38 before skinning the airframe in metal.. ..should be interesting - hope it works out TTFN Peter Martinnfb, Scotsman, Antonio Argudo and 25 others 28 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antonio Argudo Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 2 hours ago, airscale said: ..should be interesting - hope it works out very interesting material, expecting to see if indeed does the trick, cheers Martinnfb and airscale 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony in NZ Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 I'm in love Peter! Thats modelling at it's finest, there is just no other word. I love the way you problem solve and the final results really look like the real thing. You have a rare talent! Cheers Anthony IainM, airscale and Martinnfb 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Molitor Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 Brilliant to follow along Peter. Thanks for sharing this will us. Loving the switch to the -40. airscale, IainM and Martinnfb 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KUROK Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 Just joined for a ride along. P-40 is a favorite of mine. Jumpei's drawings are very good and I'm glad you have them. Seems like he may have missed the shape of the intake diverter as he perhaps used a drawing reference that had an older prototype shape there. Who knows but glad you caught it early!!! Nice job so far. That intake exit trunking is nicknamed the "nun's hat" for obvious reasons! airscale and Martinnfb 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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