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1/18 Curtiss P40C - Finished :)


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Peter - another example of model detailing that withstands the effects of macro lens pictures.  I can detail - but the truth comes out under magnification.  Honestly I don't know how you do it.....  

 

Can you explain to us how you do those fuselage frames?   They look pretty good to me, and infinitely better than what I do (typically a block of plastic stock).  

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This isn't modeling, this is magic and I'm not only impressed with your skilled updates, but your growth as a modeler/magician.  You are trying new stuff all the time which has to be super interesting and rewarding.  You continue to enrich this forum at a super high level and I thank you for your contributions.

 

Cheers,

Chuck

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3 minutes ago, chuck540z3 said:

This isn't modeling, this is magic and I'm not only impressed with your skilled updates, but your growth as a modeler/magician.  You are trying new stuff all the time which has to be super interesting and rewarding.  You continue to enrich this forum at a super high level and I thank you for your contributions.

 

Cheers,

Chuck

I am totally with Chuck here!!!

 

John

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1 hour ago, chuck540z3 said:

This isn't modeling, this is magic and I'm not only impressed with your skilled updates, but your growth as a modeler/magician.  You are trying new stuff all the time which has to be super interesting and rewarding.  You continue to enrich this forum at a super high level and I thank you for your contributions.

 

Cheers,

Chuck

 

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howdy folks :)

 

On 1/26/2022 at 8:20 PM, JayW said:

Peter - another example of model detailing that withstands the effects of macro lens pictures.  I can detail - but the truth comes out under magnification.  Honestly I don't know how you do it.....  

 

Can you explain to us how you do those fuselage frames?   They look pretty good to me, and infinitely better than what I do (typically a block of plastic stock).  

 

Hey Jay - the fuselage frames are PE laminates taken from the Curtiss drawings on aircorps library, with a thin strip of litho on their edge as you can't add a folding edge to a curve... it's all well and good, but it does require the skin to be exactly the same profile as the drawing and mine weren't so they needed reworking.

 

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On 1/28/2022 at 4:46 AM, chuck540z3 said:

This isn't modeling, this is magic and I'm not only impressed with your skilled updates, but your growth as a modeler/magician.  You are trying new stuff all the time which has to be super interesting and rewarding.  You continue to enrich this forum at a super high level and I thank you for your contributions.

 

Cheers,

Chuck

 

..now Chuck, I can assure you that quite apart from blushing when I read this, the feeling is entirely mutual for you and many other fine modellers we are fortunate to have grace this place :)

 

so, I started to complete the fuselage sidewalls with the remaining structural details and some of the components - including the canopy retraction wheel - this is a superb pic kindly supplied by Jennings..

 

..you can see not only the wheel, but the curved guard panel that covers the cables to it's right..

 

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..I made this up from PE and other bits, also made the map case and got them ready for priming..

 

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..the right side is structurally complete with mounts for various things, stringers, formers etc and that guard for the canpoy winder thing..

 

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..and the other side, which has a guard for the elevator / rudder trim control cables...

 

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..after priming with mr surfacer, it was all given a basecoat as soon I won't be able to get in all the nooks & crannies..

 

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..temporarily mounted the wheel for the pic and added the map case - this seems to be in different positions on early models so I went with the one that gave most clearance with the seat..

 

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..the green seems very olive drab in the pics, but i think its the lighting or blue background washing it out..

 

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..still an awful lot left to do..

 

TTFN

Peter

 

 

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