China-Burma-India Theater GB 2006-2007

Uh, what were you building?

Looking forward to seeing your build Tanky.

Regards,  Rick

Hang in there Tanky-I'm looking forward to seeing your finished build.  I love the AM Mustang, but the two that I have build gave me fits.

I have my Academy P-40c on the bookcase, without the canopy attached, missing the landing gear covers (one of them is MIA) or any weathering done.  Maybe one of these days...

I'm not dead yet!!!!!

I have the airframe assembled, I just neeed to rescribe a few lines and fix some canopy fit problems, then I can paint!!

Whew, now that AP/SAT/SATII are over, it's build time!  

rjkplasticmod wrote:

There was an animated Badge proposed early on, but I could never get it to work on my rig. Regards,  Rick

k, no worries.  I just wanted to update my animated GB badge .gif and wanted to make sure I didn't miss any. 

And thanks for the comments guys.

There was an animated Badge proposed early on, but I could never get it to work on my rig.

Regards,  Rick

That looks beautiful!!

Sorry for not checking in here guys, but life has really caught up with these past few weeks.

Thanks Bob and Rick, I appreciate the comments.  I've been pushing myself with every build, trying to improve my skills and I must say I learned a lot on this one.  I tried to do a decent job on the seams, and all that practice filling and sanding is really paying off now on my CA 1/48 Bf109D.    This P-40 had a few new firsts for me, silly putty technique for the fuselage camo, first PE seatbelts and first serious seamwork. 

I'm going to take some more pictures on Sunday if I get some time and try to improve the lighting.  I was just using the overhead lights in my spray booth and a reading/desk lamp that my daughter was kind enough to position and hold for me while was taking the shots.  I need a few more lights to help eliminate the shadows.

The effort certainly paid off Scott.  Very nice build.

Regards,  Rick

Hey guys, here are a few of the final photos.  Most of you know I like to do a full write up on the plane, pilot and the kit, including trouble spots etc.  I'm booked solid for the next 48 hours, so hopefully I can have the full write up posted by Sunday. 

Anyway, here is my final submission for this build.  Thanks to everyone for their help, input and moral support, I really appreciate it!  And again, sorry for being late.  I really enjoyed this build. 

Finished!!!! 

Pics to follow shortly, the white glue on a couple of the clear lenses hasn't dried/turned clear yet.  Going to go eat dinner now before my wife kills me. 

arki30 wrote:

Hey, Scott, don't forget to attach the canopy!

heh heh heh 

Glad you remembered the gun sight Scott, although it would have been more fun if you had forgotten .

Looking forward to the finished build pics.

Regards,  Rick

Hey!  Look what I remembered to attach before I installed the canopy! 

This puppy is all done!  Final pics will be posted tomorrow when the canopy glue is all dried. 

But Columbus, the worlda.... she is a flat! 

Here's the P-40E after the flat coat.  I used about a 5 to 1 ratio of Future to Tamiya Flat Base X21.  (remember to install the gunsight.... remember to install the gunsight... remember....)

rjkplasticmod wrote:

Looks real good Scott. BTW, Don't forget to install the gun sight before installing the canopy . Regards,  Rick

I just know I'm gonna forget... LOL, wouldn't be the first time. 

Looks real good Scott.

BTW, Don't forget to install the gun sight before installing the canopy .

Regards,  Rick