Joe,

Nice detailing!  That's going to be spectacular when finished.

I'm not sure if you've seen this, but since you're starting on the cockpit, I thought I would mention that the NAS museum has a virtual cockpit for the P-40B in their collection.

Just follow the link, scroll down to the bottom and rotate away!

http://www.navalaviationmuseum.org/attractions/aircraft-exhibits/item/?item=p-40b_tomahawk

Gary

Just a quick update.  

Spent some time getting some of the internal details constructed.  Again they are not 100% but they will work for what I need.

The hydraulic pump.

And the landing gear/flap unit

I have also begun to frame in the cockpit.

I will be doing some crossmembers for the stringers.  These will only be there to make sure the detail has a place to anchor.

All comments, critiques, and criticism are encouraged.

Joe

Jay I am glad I could help ease your frustration a little.

Gamera you really have not missed much to this point.  Still a long road to travel.

Joe

Wow, how on earth did I miss this till now- fantastic work!!! 

Ok Joe,

Ty so much for easing my frustration during searches . I now know better how to do it.

Very very kind, thank you.

Jay researching is much of the fun of these for me.  Google and Ebay can be your close friends with it.  For me it starts with something simple such as, "P-40 Hydraulic system".  If such a search is empty play with the wording.  Somewhere you will find names for equipment, at that point you are golden.  Just keep searching for the different equipment and make sure you save the searches in a folder.  

Joe

Very impressive and wonderful scratch building job !

Thanks to your videos I understand how to build the various equipment etc.

My question is where do you find the information as to what radios, gear  etc. go into the aircraft?

So cool.

BK

You are all very kind.  Thank you.

Joe

Fantastic work, I cant wait for some more.

Wow Joe!!! Your build is amazing!!! I will definitely be watching every second of this build. BRAVO Sir, BRAVO 

If I had a third thumb...it'd be up too!

Moving right along with the interior work.

First up was to clean up the access door and then attach a backing plate.

Once that was completed I moved on to putting the stringers in place.  These are .020 hex rod.  

With that done the part of the builds that I truly enjoy could begin.  The interior work.

First up was to prep bulkheads 8 and 9 for radio equipment.  I took some time and set up the racks to mimic what I have seen in pictures.

The next step of course was to actually build up the radio equipment.  Now indulge me on this.  

From left to right.  Radio boxes both recieving and transmitting, dynamotor and antenna switch box, junction box, and the reciever and transmitter.

Now with that ready, before I can add the wiring, I am going to need to do some painting I think.  I may just move on and continue the construction of interior assemblies.  Thinking on this.

All comments, critiques, and criticism are encouraged.

Joe

Wow.  It really is amazing what can happen when we move past a stumbling block.

Just a bit of an update:

Work has commenced on the interior begining with the tail wheel assembly.  This does not represent 100% accuracy as I needed to make sure there was stability and strength as well.  

Before I go too far I really need to open up the access door on the fuselage.  For that first a template is made out of aluminium foil which is taped to an aluminium can, cut out, and cleaned up a bit.

Next is to drill out the door.  Let the drilling begin.

And drilled out.

Next will be to clean up the cut and then I can put in stringers and back plates.

All comments, critiques, and criticism are encouraged.

Joe

Many many thanks.

Joe

If you dont call this "perfectionism," well....

Im very impressed with your work on this bird.

Many many thanks.

Joe

Coming along there Joe. =]

Joe,

Some really nice work going on here.  Glad you found the P-40 Blender file helpful. 

Gary

Watching you do this makes me think doing the full PE F6F would be a breeze. Your skills here are amazing.

BK

Many thanks to both of you.

Now...

Bonus material time....

As I started out today I thought why not show what I was doing.  Just a small assembly but it is worth the time.

Today I began by cleaning up the bulkheads.  Remember those....

Well I began with punching out a hole, the largest my punch set has, and then using the dremel I worked the bulkheads out to where they looked more like they do in my drawings.  I then went in with 320 sandpaper and cleaned them up.

Once that was done I was able to start on the fuel cell.  Using bulkhead #7 as a reference I sketched out the form, that was cut out, cleaned up, and then used as a master to form 3 pieces of sheet styrene.  I then cut two pieces of tube styrene, size isnt important as long as it fits.  I glued the tube to the sheet and then put them all together.

I then used .010 sheet styrene and skinned the framework.  Also using the same bulkhead I fashioned a stand to keep the fuel cell in place.

Just that simple.  

Ok next will be to continue to work the interior, most likely starting with the tail and moving forward.  I do need to add detail to most of the bulkheads as well as the fuel cell.

I hope you enjoyed the bonus.

All comments, critiques, and criticism are encouraged.

Joe

This build is amazing!

Toshi

Joe, this project is really looking swell from here.  Keep up the great work, its going to be a great looking representation when finished and worth the effort.  Also, thanks for the resource of the Blender 3D model, I was looking for it a while back and somehow couldn't find it.

Scott

Well it happened yet again.

Wing work volume 2.  

The ammo chute is redone, two frames are redone, and the stringers are now redone.  Seems every step forward is followed by two or ten steps back.

First was to strip out the offending parts.

Than with everything replaced.

I also had worked some on the flap interiors.

Now to move forward.  

All comments, critiques, and criticism are encouraged.

Joe

You are very kind, many thanks.  I am glad you find inspiration in my attempts.

Fermis actually not OCD, more of I did a video and had to clean up the bench a bit to be able to film it without knocking everything onto the floor.

Joe

You do such great work. You inspire me to try similar things on my builds. This is pretty cool to watch.

BK

fightnjoe

 

All comments, critiques, and criticism are encouraged.

 

Joe

I was hoping to find some mess on/around your bench to criticize, but looks like your OCD is stronger than mine!!!

 Very fine work good sir!