1/48 ERTL/Esci Curtiss P-36A Hawk (Completed pg. 6)

Thanks, Bob. It's burried under the coaming now lol. It's still viewable from the right angle though, so the effort isnt wasted.  :)

stikpusher

 

M. Brindos

Surprisingly I've not seen any Mongram kits in 1/72 that I can remember.

I just remember the 1/48 aircraft.

 

 

 

 

Oh they had a VERY nice 1/72 line up.... Between the wars, WWII, post WWII, Vietnam, late Cold War... from the tiny P-6 and F4B to the massive B-52 and B-36.... 

 

That pit looks great Mike! I'm with all the guys on that IP as well.

M. Brindos

Thats weird. I didn't even know they made those. (scratches head)

 

then you missed some fine models my friend. Have a look see if 1/72 is your stomping ground. There were more than easily listed...

You well know I love to dabble with 1/72 lol. I will be looking for them now.  :)

My wife has set us up with an Amazon Prime account. I wonder what I may find :D

On another note, I did some panel scribing around the engine and glued the wings on. I had to work the wing roots over to get the dihedral set correctly, so it's sitting all taped up for the night. 

Pictures will be coming later.  :)

M. Brindos

You well know I love to dabble with 1/72 lol. I will be looking for them now.  :)

My wife has set us up with an Amazon Prime account. I wonder what I may find :D

 

Well considering that Monogram merged with Revell nearly 30 years ago, you're more likely to find their stuff on eBay than Amazon. At least from the line up of the stuff we are reminiscing over here. 

Looking forward to the progress photos...  

Noted. I'll check Scalemates to see if Revell has still got any of them in production.

stikpusher

 

 

M. Brindos

You well know I love to dabble with 1/72 lol. I will be looking for them now.  :)

My wife has set us up with an Amazon Prime account. I wonder what I may find :D

 

 

 

 

Well considering that Monogram merged with Revell nearly 30 years ago, you're more likely to find their stuff on eBay than Amazon. At least from the line up of the stuff we are reminiscing over here. 

Looking forward to the progress photos...  

 

RM is repopping a lot of it under the original Monogram label such as the F-82 so you can buy both old and new on Ebay.  But a lot of molds are showing their age such as the 1/48 AVG P-40B.

Well today is a new day and I've got a lot of alignment issues to deal with. The landing gear covers are way too small and I'm attempting to compensate for that problem. The tail feathers fit okay, but will need some filler to plug some small gaps.

The canopy from the Airfix P-40 is a bit wide so that will require some interesting re-engineering as well.

Basically, I'm waiting for a lot of glue to cure before I can proceed.

I've got more pictures to upload, but the net out here is sluggish at best.

Tiny landing gear covers. I suppose Esci/ERTL never actually test built this model. I have no idea how models were engineered in the 70's, but this is a VERY POOR example of it.

This mess is going to take a lot of work to correct.

I've made a patch for the from cowling under the windscreen and I will have to doo some very careful trimming and sanding to get this to look right again.

I randomly picked this up a couple of days ago and started sanding just to keep my hands busy while I've been dealing with some stress. After a while I noticed that I had run out of things to sand. Well, I put a first coat of primer on it yesterday and I think its looking pretty good. Another shot of primer and I should be ready for some chrome silver. 

Wow how can I have missed this beautiful 

It has been out of the spotlight for a while. Its not a great kit and it's been a challenge to get this far. It will probably look like crap after I paint it silver lol.

M. Brindos

It has been out of the spotlight for a while. Its not a great kit and it's been a challenge to get this far. It will probably look like crap after I paint it silver lol.

 

somehow I doubt that... we've all seen your work...

Thanks, Stik. I'm still having problems with silver and we all know how it exposes even the smallest flaws. This kit has been a total dog so far and it has lots of flaws. That's why I've assigned it as a ceiling hanger so it can be viewed from a distance.

I'm still holding my perverbial breath for Airfix to make a new tool P-36A/C. With three different markings options (U.S. pre-war, Pearl Harbor - O.D./Grey, and French Vichy) they would be the top seller of P-36 kits. Since really, there isn't much to chose from at this time.

True... in 1/48 there is this kit and the Hobbycraft P-36/Hawk family. Which has been reboxed by Academy.

I knew about the Hobby Craft/ Academy, but is this ertl/esci kit still in production? Remember, I found this one in a retro/used toy store.

This is the original 1977 AMT P-36 before AMT was bought by ERTL, and then repopped by ESCI after they were bought by ERTL.  Wiki for all three for info.

Yup, your kit is the original 1/48 P-36 kit. Before that one came out, one had to backdate conversion the Monogram P-40.

That's funny, I was thinking about how much work that conversion would take. 

So yeah, a new  tool of the P-36 would be well received. I hope someone is listening lol. I imagine Tamiya would make a mint on this one lol.

Or Hasegawa... they already have some P-40 molds. It's an evolutionary design. So the backdate... Aside from British  Mohawks, and at Pearl Harbor, (and Chinese Hawks) they did not fight the Japanese. Which I have come to surmise can be an issue with Tamiya for subject choices. 

It's great to see you back at this kit.  I'd like to se you work your Brindos Magic on it.

toshi

Thanks Toshi. :)

I'm going to give this one a TON of curing time. Last time I started touching this paint waaaaay too soon.

MM gloss black and Rustoleum chrome. Looks shiny enough. Right???

It will be a while before I can slap the decals on this one lol!

Wow! Let me put on my shades...

LOL!

Good thing that wasn't in full sunlight lol.

Now it's rust proof.  LOL!  Seriously, that's a beautiful finish!  Thinking out of the box.

Toshi

Thanks, Toshi lol! We will see if it holds up to the rest of the processes I will be putting it through, and if I can get that shine back in the end.