Thanks all for the kind & generous comments.
Pix: I used heavy bond paper cut to the desired patterns as masks, tacked in place with some liquid mask. If you spray at an angle, away from the mask edge, you get a very subtle soft edge without the paint build up you get using tape. Me and my Paasche H aren't quite up to all that work freehand, and it sorta replicates the way the real ones were factory painted.
jimz66: It's a really long story, but externally the P-400 is very similar to the P-39F only with a 20mm nose cannon instead of the 37mm. They were built for export to France, but Germany defeated France before delivery. The British then picked up the order and the aircraft were built and painted in RAF colors, but the Brit's cancelled out when the US Army wouldn't allow the AC to be supercharged. The aircraft were then sent to Russia and to the USAAF fighter groups in Australia, New Guinea, and Guadalcanal. The P-400 designation signified an aircraft built to export spec's, but used by the USAAF. The AC were delivered in the British camo schemes and gradually repainted in US Olive Drab/Neutral gray scheme.
Swanny: I used a Sakura "Micron" archival ink pen with a .005 nib. Just run it into the scribed lines, just like using a scribing tool. The black ink is a little stark on the lighter colored surfaces, but I tone it down with a little spray of Floquil Dust as a weathering aid. I also use a sludge wash on some models, very similar to what you have described on your web-site, but not on this particular model.
Melgyver: I think they are still available, although they were limited run kits issued in 2000. Great Models has them listed as available, but you never know with them. There were 4 kits issued, 2 as Profipacks with additional photoetch goodies, and virtually all P-39 variants could be modeled from these releases.
RICK
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