Rick K Posted January 24, 2017 Posted January 24, 2017 (edited) I cracked this open mid summer '16 with hopes to finish by 7 Dec for 75 anniversary. Pearl Harbor P36, P40B, A6M2b. As usual, life, family and another wrecked knee kept my bench-time to a minimum. My bench is configured as a 36" (91cm) tall standing bench. The wrecked knee dictated my time to no more than 30 minute sessions. Trumpy's P40B with all it's known short comings. Will address cockpit, wheel well, fabric and rivet issues. P40B "White 300" based at Bellows Field 7 Dec, 1941. This Bellows Field post 7 Dec P40B has seen better days. The cockpit is short so I secured Lone Star resin correction set. Lone Star's resin sidewall correction (left) and kit. Depth difference is markable. The casting of Lone Star's correction is showing it's age. Soft detail and lots of bubbles/imperfections. That said I have decided to scratch build the deeper cockpit. Using Lone Star parts as template I draw on styrene card stock. Apologizes for the photo quality. Edited March 15, 2018 by Rick K tucohoward, D.B. Andrus, tomv87 and 4 others 7
Rick K Posted January 24, 2017 Author Posted January 24, 2017 Will be enhancing cockpit detail with Eduards PE interior set. Kit floor is cut at ammo tray. Save ammo tray mount as will be used. Prototype cut kit floor in position. Kit floor taped to prototype and final size is drawn. Mounting holes for seat frame, control stick are matched from kit floor and drilled out. Harold, mpk, tucohoward and 1 other 4
Rick K Posted January 24, 2017 Author Posted January 24, 2017 Floor test fit. Seat bulkhead modified after the Lone Star part. Eduard PE parts added. Will paint and begin detail work such as wiring, hoses, etc. tucohoward, tomv87, Jan_G and 11 others 14
Guest Peterpools Posted January 24, 2017 Posted January 24, 2017 Rick Very nice work on adding the resin front office parts and the sheet floor. Keep 'em coming Peter
Guyman1 Posted January 24, 2017 Posted January 24, 2017 Nice work on the pit walls this is already shaping up nicely looking forward to more updates Guy mpk 1
LSP_K2 Posted January 24, 2017 Posted January 24, 2017 Nice start. I'll be looking forward to seeing this move forward. mpk 1
TorbenD Posted January 24, 2017 Posted January 24, 2017 Oooooh... luuurvly start with some super scratching Torben mpk 1
dennismcc Posted January 25, 2017 Posted January 25, 2017 Looking good it reminded me that I have some CMK cockpit detail parts and a Trump P-40 somewhere. Cheers Dennis mpk 1
Nillus Posted January 25, 2017 Posted January 25, 2017 This is great modelling. Thanks for sharing your progress. mpk 1
tomv87 Posted January 25, 2017 Posted January 25, 2017 I love where this is going. Excellent work Rick. mpk 1
Rick K Posted January 26, 2017 Author Posted January 26, 2017 On 1/24/2017 at 2:19 PM, etendard said: :popcorn: :popcorn: no popcorn mess ok? On 1/24/2017 at 3:28 PM, Peterpools said: Rick Very nice work on adding the resin front office parts and the sheet floor. Keep 'em coming Peter ha, those resin parts were quite bad. they made great templates though. On 1/24/2017 at 4:03 PM, Guyman1 said: Nice work on the pit walls this is already shaping up nicely looking forward to more updates Guy Thanks Guy. It's a labor of love. I just hope the hell it looks ok. On 1/24/2017 at 5:10 PM, LSP_Typhoonattack said: Nice start. I'll be looking forward to seeing this move forward. Cheers! On 1/24/2017 at 8:01 PM, LSP_Kevin said: Very nice work, Rick! Kev Thanks Kev On 1/24/2017 at 8:15 PM, TorbenD said: Oooooh... luuurvly start with some super scratching Torben A little scratch is always good. Thanks Toben. On 1/25/2017 at 6:45 PM, MARU5137 said: Rick, Majestic start ..VERY NICE. looking great from here. to your scratch building. Majestic? Just hope it does not turn into a piece for the shelf of doom. On 1/25/2017 at 7:06 PM, dennismcc said: Looking good it reminded me that I have some CMK cockpit detail parts and a Trump P-40 somewhere. Cheers Dennis Unpack those puppies and get to work Dennis! On 1/25/2017 at 11:06 PM, Nillus said: This is great modelling. Thanks for sharing your progress. Cheers Nillus! On 1/25/2017 at 11:11 PM, tomv87 said: I love where this is going. Excellent work Rick. Thanks Tom! I'm pretty stoked with progress so far. I need to post updates. mpk and Shaka HI 2
ClumsyDude Posted January 26, 2017 Posted January 26, 2017 Love the scratch work - great inventiveness! Jim mpk and Rick K 2
Rick K Posted January 30, 2017 Author Posted January 30, 2017 On 1/26/2017 at 4:41 AM, ClumsyDude said: Love the scratch work - great inventiveness! Jim Cheers Jim! mpk 1
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