Eduard 1/48 Bell P-39L Airacobra

Great work!  That's a fun little kit.  Did you have any issues with the canopy being too narrow?

I'm relieved you mentioned that cause I thought it was my fault that it wouldn't fit right.  Anyway I did what I could.

Sure Looks pretty darn good to me!

That's quite impressive for your first airbrush kit. Congratulations. You should re-post this in the aircraft section so more people will see it.

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I'm relieved you mentioned that cause I thought it was my fault that it wouldn't fit right.  Anyway I did what I could.

 

Interesting.  Wonder if it's a flaw common to the kit..  I'm having the same issue on the P-400 on the bench right now.  It has me at a stopping point as I work on a solution.

DiscoStu

 

 

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I'm relieved you mentioned that cause I thought it was my fault that it wouldn't fit right.  Anyway I did what I could.

 

 

 

 

Interesting.  Wonder if it's a flaw common to the kit..  I'm having the same issue on the P-400 on the bench right now.  It has me at a stopping point as I work on a solution.

 

DiscoStu, if you're building the Hasegawa Bell P-400, when you go to attach the canopy you will need to squeeze the fuselage a little until the edge if the canopy and the fuselage edge match. Then you can glue the canopy to the fuselage. I had to hold the two together with a couple of Harbor Freight plastic clamps until the glue had set overnight. I used Tamiya Extra Thin to attach the canopy.

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DiscoStu

 

 

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I'm relieved you mentioned that cause I thought it was my fault that it wouldn't fit right.  Anyway I did what I could.

 

 

 

 

Interesting.  Wonder if it's a flaw common to the kit..  I'm having the same issue on the P-400 on the bench right now.  It has me at a stopping point as I work on a solution.

 

 

 

 

DiscoStu, if you're building the Hasegawa Bell P-400, when you go to attach the canopy you will need to squeeze the fuselage a little until the edge if the canopy and the fuselage edge match. Then you can glue the canopy to the fuselage. I had to hold the two together with a couple of Harbor Freight plastic clamps until the glue had set overnight. I used Tamiya Extra Thin to attach the canopy.

 

The Eduard P-400, actually.  It sounds like the same issue.  Yeah I've been kicking around using clamps.  I'll give your method a shot.