Well guys, finished my Eduard P-400 a couple of days ago.  Here's a few pics:

You can see the fit of the right door was pretty lousy.  Of course, after I glued it closed I learned that most P-39/P-400 pilots used the right door for entry and left the left door closed due to the throttle location.  Live and learn. 

Its not evident on these side photos, but the Eduard supplied window masks on the front quarter windows peeled up a little during the painting process, and allowed some overspray, though not too bad.  I'll use Tamiya tape all over next time.  I did appreciate the masks, though for painting the shark mouth black background and the black wing walkways.

Not perfect by any means, but I'm pretty satisfied with it overall.   This was my first Eduard model, and I was very impressed with it.  I've been back in the hobby for a little over a year now, and the tips and techniques I've picked up from you guys and others on this board have greatly improved my modeling.  Look forward to seeing the rest of your builds!

Looks great!  Sorry to see you had problems with the right door.  But it still looks great, nicely done! 

Well besides the door ( that you can still fix ) its looks great to me. I think you should be proud of it. I say go for both doors open.

 I still have not unpacked mine from the move yet. So no progress for me.

you gotta ask yourself, why did they put doors on both sides? there is so little structure going on there, the whole thing must have been flexible as heck. Seal up that door and strengthen the whole structure up. In fact, loose the doors on both sides, triangulatesome structure down both sides with rigid skin and put a sliding or side hinged canopy on it. Much stronger andmaybe it would have become the world speed record holder instead of a Mustang . . .
Think of the stiffness of a Porsche Targa, vs a Porsche Coupe. Or a 5.0 Mustang convertible vs a hard top. Flexible might not be so good.

Hi all, I was part of this GB and I had to leave it because I could not get a P-39 Kit. But a friend on here sent me one and after all this time I got it done.

Enjoy

This is 1/72, Small but still a sweet Build

Thanks again all

Bud

Definately looks like it got a good home. Looks really good Bud.

Hey bud looks great, and its in 1/72. very nice

 

I do have progress on my P 39. I have found the box and unpacked it. (moving really &%$#)

Is it OK if I ask all of you P-39 nuts a question?  How does a pilot bail out of a P-39?  I mean, it must have been hard to open one of the doors at speed.  Just opening a door on my car a little to pull it closed at 45mph is tough, how the heck did they manage it at the speeds they were flying?

I finally have an update on my P 39. It has been officialy unpacked and placed on the workbench, I will continue to update you on any further developements as information becomes availible.

Way to go, MPH. I like the camo scheme you went with! Very nice build.