Dual P-39 Build

Here's the Monogram P-39@ 90% built, painted, & weathered...

Some things I didn't like about the paint are being fixed now... I'll post those later later, after I've fixed them..  I painted with a combo of Tamiya and Testor's MM enamel and faded with a thined mix over Testor's Tan and added pastels...

I've got the Monogram bird at 95% now, and am doing some diorama lay-outs with it..

Looking good, Hans. What did you use to plumb the drop tank?
I like the PSP base. What brand is it? Scratch?

Another home run, Hammer!  Who says Monogram kits are no good?

Thanks, Shooter, Herr Baron..

Who says Monogram kits are no good?

HKShooter's "Kit-pickers" (Gawd, I love that handle for 'em, lol)...

What did you use to plumb the drop tank?

It's just a piece of stiff 26-guage wire bent into position and inserted into a pre-drilled hole in the tank.  Rather than mate it up with anothr hole in the plane, I just left it a little more than a 45-Deg angle and let it compress tight when I glued it into poition.

I like the PSP base. What brand is it? Scratch?

Yeah, scratch---more or less... I did it by burnishing aluminum foil down over an Eduard 1/48th PSP display base that I purchased back in '08... The bases themselves are too small even for an Airacobra to prevent the dreaded overhang, plus they're too expensive to buy each time I need one (16.00, IIRC).  So I did two sheets of foil, then cut them to size and glued it into place...  I then cut single planks of it and laid them out for the staggered ends on the edge.

I posted a "How To" in the Diorama Forum about a year & a half ago on how I made it.. I'll see if I can find it...

Search funtion is working again! Here's the link to the PSP thread:

/forums/p/104507/1034558.aspx#1034558

Hans, what paint did you use for the undersides?

Tamiya Neutral Grey..

Here's "Old Crow, the 1st", Bud Anderson's P-39 (Eduard P-39Q) as it appeared in early fall of 1943 while the unit was flying out of Tonopah AAF, NV.  I hit a stopping until  can either make some decals for the "OLD CROW" name, a/c and serial number, and squadron insignia, or order some.

The diorama base isn't anywhere near done, it and the figures are temporary, the figures are just for scale and visual interest right now...

It's painted with Testor's Model Master Olive Drab over Tamiya Neutral Grey, with Krylon Gloss Red on the tail & nose band.  It was oversprayed with Treehouse Acrylic gloss prior to decaling, followed by Treehouse Acrylic Flat.  There's only a little bit weathering so far, some exhaust staining and a few chips on the tail, and it won't receive much more since this was a Stateside-aircraft and was pretty well maintained.  All but the Tamiya paint was rattle-can applied...