Azgaron Posted April 17 Share Posted April 17 Very nice work so far Kevin! Looks great! Håkan Martinnfb and LSP_K2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted April 18 Author Share Posted April 18 On 4/16/2024 at 8:39 PM, John1 said: Wonder if they just sprayed OD over the bombs with the clamps in place and the rings are just exposed primer? Doubtful, as the yellow bands and extensive bomb stenciling was added over the OD. Interesting thought though. On 4/17/2024 at 12:27 AM, MikeMaben said: Most P-40s I've seen in color or b/w, that area is the same as the exterior, even if cammo'd. I've read either is OK. I really have no idea what the reality was. MikeMaben 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted April 18 Author Share Posted April 18 Getting closer all the time; today my two bottles of OD 41 showed up. Once I find some medium green 42, I'll be set. scvrobeson, R Palimaka, BiggTim and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D Bellis Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 18 minutes ago, LSP_K2 said: I've read either is OK. A common fallacy, but that rear deck was always an exterior color, either OD of an OD airplane, or Sand for the desert scheme... HTH, D LSP_K2, John1, MikeMaben and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted April 18 Author Share Posted April 18 I've never heard of OD 6. Is it the same as OD 41? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D Bellis Posted April 19 Share Posted April 19 6 hours ago, LSP_K2 said: I've never heard of OD 6. That is straight off the factory blueprint. I'm not sure if that is a print dated after the official change to OD 613 (which was likely only applied to the last few batches of P-40Ns - if at all) and therefore the last 2 digits were lost somehow, or if that 6 refers to one of the print's notes. No matter, though, since that area was either OD or Sand (depending on the camo scheme) from the factory. HTH, D LSP_K2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted April 19 Author Share Posted April 19 49 minutes ago, D Bellis said: That is straight off the factory blueprint. I'm not sure if that is a print dated after the official change to OD 613 (which was likely only applied to the last few batches of P-40Ns - if at all) and therefore the last 2 digits were lost somehow, or if that 6 refers to one of the print's notes. No matter, though, since that area was either OD or Sand (depending on the camo scheme) from the factory. HTH, D Cool, that's what I'll go with then. Thanks for the assist. D Bellis 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted April 19 Author Share Posted April 19 OK, now I'm in business (more or less). Once I finish some minor scribing and now that I have the glass masks, I can finally prime and paint this bad boy. KUROK, LSP_Kevin, Azgaron and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scvrobeson Posted April 20 Share Posted April 20 So for camo'd planes, does that mean that the rear deck carried that camo demarcation, or is it a solid color? I've got a P-40E in the pipeline Matt LSP_K2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D Bellis Posted April 20 Share Posted April 20 1 hour ago, scvrobeson said: So for camo'd planes, does that mean that the rear deck carried that camo demarcation, or is it a solid color? I've seen it both ways. An AVG Hawk 81 sowing the color demarcation continuing through the area under the clear part: A P-40E with that area entirely Dark Earth (Dupont Equivalent): Best to use photos of the subject you intend to build, and to remember that the area in question was always an exterior color (never Interior Green). HTH, D LSP_K2, KUROK, J.J. and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted April 20 Author Share Posted April 20 Yep, I noticed much the same in my AVG book from Eagle Editions, D. D Bellis 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KUROK Posted April 20 Share Posted April 20 11 hours ago, D Bellis said: the area in question was always an exterior color (never Interior Green). HTH, D You are correct! It is often shown as interior green but photos have shown it is the exterior color. LSP_K2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted April 21 Author Share Posted April 21 Once again with the black wash, this time after adding back the lost rivets. Not perfect, but not too shabby either, I think. LSP_Kevin, scvrobeson, MikeMaben and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted April 21 Author Share Posted April 21 And yet another somewhat pathetic update. (At this point, I'm pretty happy to get any work done.) Since fuselage is coming along great, I decided to start cleaning up the wings. Here the gun inserts and some other faults, are addressed with liquid putty, as well as some Vallejo applied around the MLG knees. All of the ejector pin raised surface marring has now been sanded from the port wing. Starboard side still yet to be addressed. I also noticed that the port wingtip needed some help, so after some Tamiya cement, the tip was clamped together. Landrotten Highlander, Shoggz, R Palimaka and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archimedes Posted April 22 Share Posted April 22 Kevin Nice work on the fuselage demarcation. Well done on restoring the rivets! Kind regards, Paul LSP_K2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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