Hey all....progress in very small steps.  P-40 is full of putty-ended up having to do a lot of work around the wheel flaring.  I haven't sanded it out yet-tomorrow am hopefully.  Hope to have a coat of primer on it by end of the day tomorrow.

I didn't realize that Revell/Monogram had put their 'stamp' into the wheel well until I had it painted and assembled......  One of these days I hope to take this same kit and do it up right.

bobbaily- Your making some great progress! Sorry to hear about the Revell marking in the wheel-well......though not that many folks will look in there.

stikpusher- Ouuuu, it's so close to being finished and it looks amazing. Thus I can't wait to see it all weathered up!

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bobbaily wrote:

Hey all.  Paint is on....hopefully a coat of Future tomorrow, decals Thursday, more Future and then some weathering.  I think I'm going to try the oil dot method that is very popular with the armour folks.   OT- Mg-When do you start college?

Lookin' forward to seeing the plane finished, which looks like it could be very soon.

I'll be starting college on August 24th.

****I just learned I'll be going to the WWII Victory Musuem in Auburn either Friday or Saturday, if nothing comes up. Mmmm........tons of armor. Can't wait to take tons of pics!!*****

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dupes wrote:

mg.mikael wrote: Mikael - GREAT finish! Your M3 really came out well. Stikpusher and Bob - keep up the good work. You guys are looking great as well. Sadly for me, summer has hit hard, and I've had zero time for the forum OR building...went in my modeling room yesterday - the calendar is still on June. Ugh. Also the first time I've been on the forum in almost three weeks. By far my longest hiatus ever. Not something I was looking forward to! I will indeed finish up my Sov Sherman at some point, but don't hold your breath. I'm quite disappointed, I'm really interested in the whole Lend/Lease idea and wanted to contribute. Promise I'll fire up some pics when it is indeed finished.

Thanks for checkin' in and for the kind comments dupes! Hope to see your Lend-Lease Sherman(finished) some time in the near future. But alas, no worries this thread isn't going anywhere(will be starting a new GB with 'feeler' threads out in the fall, but that's another story.)

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stikpusher wrote:

I am oh so close now.. the weathing wash is done so now all that is left is final top coat, removing the canopy masks, painting the navagation lights, adding the soot stains for exhaust, the antenna wire, and the exhausts. Not gonna say when to jinx myself, but real soon...

Ouuuu, I'm really lookin' forward to seeing your Airacobra all finished up!

I'm also lookin' forward to going to the WWII Victory Musuem tommorrow! I can't wait, I can't wait!! All those restored vehicles........man my camera is gonna be used well tommorrow.......I think I better re-charge my batteries tonight. (gonna leave at 7:00 or so in the morning so I can get there at opening time)

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Your Lend-Lease Airacobra looks fantastic, stikpusher!! I love the look of the propeller and exhausts, they have a great rough and used look to them. Your cockpit control panel also looks amazing, good thing you left the door open.

I've already updated the first page. Feel free to claim the badge, you've certainly earned it.

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Mg-congrats on making the Tips sections of FSM.  Usually the check comes after the magazine.  Go figure.

Saw your post over in the armour section regarding your road trip-glad to hear that you had a great time.

The P-40 is painted & decaled.  Canopy has been Futured and is drying. The Chinese insignia was from the old Academy kit-some silvering.  The openings for the kit gun sights are big...but not as big as the sights themselves.  I think I'll fill them in and touch-up the paint.  May use some leftover PE sights.  Also, the paint is a bit darker than most other P-40 models that I have seen.  However, since this plane was orginially an RAF plane, I thought the colors may have been closer to RAF spec.  Also, the few B&W pics that I have seen of the early AVG P-40's are very dark.  I may either try some lighter pastel chalk weathering or the oil dot technique that is popular with the armour folks.

So..............remember a while back I mentioned I was hoping to start another GB in the coming months(not sure of the start date yet) and I left that teaser saying if you like post-WWII Soviet armor & aircraft you'll like this GB? Well, if you do remember good for you, and if you don't then here's the big moment(a treat for those following the Lend-Lease GB.)

Without further ado, I hope to start a GB on the Soviet-Afghan War......look for the 'feeler/interest' threads out in early September. I hope this topic spikes some interest and gets folks talking, that way this GB will get off the ground.

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Ah...updates...yes.....err...no.  No progress-busy looking for employment.  Hope to get the canopy masked and painted by the end of the weekend.  Probably only an hour's total work left, just hard to get started.

Your GB idea is pretty cool & unique.  Hope you get a lot of interest/participation.  Unfortunatly, I'm limited to building only what is in the stash and there is nothing there that fits.