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Whew, what a build. I guess these Valom kits are not for beginners. Sometime ago, a friend asked me to build this kit for him and I finally finished it this afternoon. He primarily builds Gundam. The kit contained styrene, resin and P.E.
The P-75 never saw combat but I was given artistic license and I built the kit to show how the airplane would have looked around D-Day. Someone said sometime ago that any aircraft looks better with Invasion Stripes.
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The NMF is AK Polished Aluminum, the rest of the paint are Tamiya colors. The squadron codes (JY * B) don't show up very well in this picture but they are my friend's initials. The name "Boricua" means a person from Puerto Rico by birth or decent. My friend is from San Juan. Everything is painted, there are no decals on this model.
Comments and constructive criticism welcome as always.
OK. In the stash: Way too much to build in one lifetime...
Looks great, and it's a fun obscure subject. How did you find the NMF paint? I haven't heard of that brand, but the results speak for themselves. Was it easy to work with or a pain?
Who keeps stepping on wings? Someone won't stay off the wings and now I have to apply all these tiny "NO STEP" decals.
Brhino Looks great, and it's a funy obscure subject. How did you find the NMF paint? I haven't heard of that brand, but the results speak for themselves. Was it easy to work with or a pain?
Looks great, and it's a funy obscure subject. How did you find the NMF paint? I haven't heard of that brand, but the results speak for themselves. Was it easy to work with or a pain?
Thanks, Brhino. The paint is AK Xtreme Metal. Very easy to work with. Check out this video: https://youtu.be/QBVC57hQA5o This may seem a little over complicated, but it works very well. Myself, I generally apply the gloss black base, spray the metallic paint, AK Xtreme Metal or Alclad metallic, then seal the paint with Tamiya X-22 Gloss Clear. After the Gloss Clear cures for a day or two, you can detail, apply decals, etc. Hope this helps.
I think I saw that one in the A.F. Museum back in late 1970 before I joined the A.F. after I got drafted. If I remember right, it only had its national markings and ID numbers on it. It was kind of an odd looking ship.
Very interesting aircraft and the natural metal finish is really good!
Nice job on a difficult model. I have one in the stash so I know what you were looking at going in.
The P-75 was one of the biggest boondoggles of WW II. It was supposed to be a quick build using the Allison V-3420, two 1710's bolted together, which of course did not work, at least by the time the war ended. The rest of the airplane was supposed to be built from parts of existing airplanes, the tail fin was originally from a Dauntless, but had to be modified. The outer wing panels were also from another airplane. Fisher was a division of General Motors and had the contract, the chief engineer was Donavan Berlin, late from Curtiss and the designer of the P-36 and P-40, who had worked with Jack Northrop earlier in his career. He should have known better than to get involved in the P-75 fiasco, but maybe the money was that good at GM.
John
To see build logs for my models: http://goldeneramodel.com/mymodels/mymodels.html
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