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1/18 Curtiss P40C - Finished :)


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thank you chaps - very kind and much appreciated :)

 

next up are the flaps...these were designed in PE a long time ago, so it was time to assemble them..

 

..lots and lots of folding..

 

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..about half the ribs adeed..

 

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..and then completed - each had the cap strip added which I have to say was about the most horrible modelling experience i have had for a while..

 

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..then the skins were made - there are 1,800 rivets in both - I know because I drew the layout and counted the objects..

 

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painted and with torque tubes & fittings added..

 

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so thats them done... and while there is still a great deal to do before this is complete, my eye has been wandering like a drunk at a wedding to what I might do next..I have a couple of parameters I think - 1) i need drawings, it's like my little drug..2) It needs to fit in my expensive show cabinet @ 55cm square...

 

happened upon this scheme when the Planes of fame F8F took it's first flight - a bare metal Bearcat..

 

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..it's got me thinking.. :)

 

i wanted to do a Sea Fury, but no drawings and its too big, so this might keep me happy for a while longer

 

TTFN
Peter

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thank you chaps :)

 

On 2/21/2023 at 8:28 AM, zaxos345 said:

One question, which interior green did you use for the flaps? I mean which brand!!

 

John

 

 

hi John, thanks for dropping in :) The green is a mix and when I look at the pot it is in Tamiya XF21 Sky, with yellow added, though i may have done more than that, I don't remember :coolio:

 

..back to the undersides and it was time to paint and sort the undercarriage... these had been made in brass months ago..

 

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all shot with alclad matt aluminium...

 

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..since then I added the pinions which I had 3D printed...

 

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..painted, assembled & weathered..

 

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..there are still many components to make, but a test fit in the airframe..

 

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TTFN

 

Peter

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