The cockpit's looking excellent, especially the control panel and addition of the harnesses.
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i`m beginning to find that also vaughan,seems like you have to almost melt the plastic with the glue to get rid lol
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The fuselage halves are together, I used Mr Cement S for the first time and as people have said the capillary action is outstanding. I've only used Plastic Weld before but Mr Cement S is far superior you just have to be careful how far it does travel otherwise you can get into a sticky mess if your fingers are in the way. A small amount of sanding has been required on the seams but all looks good. The office is not yet glued in situ as I have read build reviews that say you have to put a plastic rod or a length of sprue to spread the wing roots otherwise there's an issue with the wing and large gaps. Will wait till I get to that stage before I make a decision. The section directly behind the pilot is a dry fit and as yet to be glued and sanded.
I've also made a start on the propeller and nose cone. The propeller was interesting in the fact that Hasegawa had moulded raised lines to show you where to paint the yellow tips these of course had to be sanded down. Anyway a light coat of white followed by some pre-shading before a final coat of yellow. The pre-shading is not very obvious in the photos but its there.
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absolutely fantastic,and do they think people are idiots lol
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Some progress today. A dry fit with the wings and the fuselage as far as I can see there will be no gaps once the wings are at the correct dihedral. The wheel bays are complete having a had a coat of zinc chromate green and are now clamped in situ in the lower section of the wing. Once dry the wing halves will be joined.
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This is an amazing looking build so far I can't wait to see more
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Superb job on the cockpit, great looking harness, really enjoying watching you work your magic on this kit. MComment
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It's looking great Vaughan. I really like the shape of a P40, nice work so far.
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I dont think I've ever built a P-40 and can only echo others on the fantastic job you've made so far.
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Thanks guys
More progress from yesterday and this morning. I spent most of yesterday fitting the wing armament. The kit comes with a choice of two options exposed gun barrels or recessed depending on the version you are building.This in it's self sounds ok but you are then presented with a block of plastic albeit shaped to fit the leading edge. The P40E has recessed barrels so that's the one I opted for. It doesn't matter how careful you are at fitting them there's always going to be gaps and steps. So it was a matter of sanding filling and sanding and so on but I got there in the end all looks flush and smooth now. Wings are still a dry fit I'm working up to gluing them. I haven't needed to spread the fuselage to take up any gaps at the wing roots as had been suggested on other forums so I'm pleased about that. A dry run with the canopy and it looks like a good fit. You have the option of open or closed using two different canopies. It looks ok but the only disappointment in having it open is the thickness of the clear plastic Hasegawa has used, it's totally out of scale they should have a look at what Trumpeter are producing in their kits.
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Gun ports came out tight and clean ! The build is looking great, looking forward to seeing the next update VaughanComment
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I don't normally say this Vaughan but, this is looking "sexy".
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Hi All
Not much has happened over the last couple of weeks and I was away on hols last week. So here's an update of what I have managed to do.
The area behind the pilots rear windows has been sprayed green zinc chromate in readiness for the windows. The reflector sight has been added and the front canopy is attached and masked ready for the interior colour and then some grey primer.
Wings and tail planes are now fitted and only required a smear of filler. The panels around the exhaust stacks are also in situ along with the intake cowling. The exhaust stacks will be added later.
Side windows are masked I used the thin strips of tape method which worked well.
They were then fitted to the fuselage there are some gaps that will have to be filled.
I have also adde some pre-shading.
I thought that I had sorted the gun barrels on the leading edges but they are going to need some extra filler I hadn't at this point sprayed them with primer and presumed they were ok, so I'm back to square one with them.
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Well I think I'm there, more filling and sanding and a coat of primer and all is well.
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Small update on my progress.
The underside has been sprayed with neutral grey and the pre-shading is nice and subtle not too over the top. I have also managed to spray the topside with olive drab again pre-shading has worked well so it doesn't appear as one solid colour. The rudder has been sprayed with a band of white then masked and spayed with olive drab. Just the fuselage band to add and then a coat of Klear this afternoon.
If I have time tomorrow I will start on the decals.
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