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FINISHED AIRFIX P40B 1/48

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Posted by Jay Jay on Monday, June 26, 2017 9:45 AM

Nice job especially impressive since it's hand painted. This one's on my bucket list.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Posted by DasBeav on Sunday, June 25, 2017 5:54 PM

Turned out great, Piper. To be honest, I kind of miss the days of hand painting. Camoflauging took some creativity. Must be my inner child. With ABing, masks, future, washes, etc.....it's more of a process. Still fun, just different I guess.

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Posted by ManCityFan on Sunday, June 25, 2017 4:43 PM
That looks really good! Hope you have somewhere to show it off.

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Posted by 7474 on Sunday, June 25, 2017 4:08 PM
Great job, I'm working on this one, but will do an all NMF
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Posted by M. Brindos on Sunday, June 25, 2017 1:00 PM

Looks good, Piper! I bet you're happy to have that one on display.  :)

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Posted by BrandonK on Sunday, June 25, 2017 11:14 AM

Oh ya, I like that alot. You can't go wrong with an AVG P-40. Well done.

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Posted by iampiper13 on Sunday, June 25, 2017 11:12 AM

Its finished! A very nice kit most of the problems I mentioned were because of me and not really the kit. I didn't put a fair amount of the small decals on mostly because my eyes and fingers don't like them lol.

 

 

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Posted by iampiper13 on Saturday, June 24, 2017 8:23 PM

Thanks guys that means a lot!

I started adding decals as I could today when my daughter would allow me to lol. My biggest problem was the mouths I didn't realize they weren't connected so it was a surprise when I went to slide the first one on and the top and bottom went separate ways ugh. I repaired it ok but the other side went way out of wack, I think I got it so it's hard to tell, I'll include a picture of it next time.

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Posted by Toshi on Saturday, June 24, 2017 10:26 AM

I second Uncle Jay Jay!  Looks like you AB the kit.  What a great job you've done.  Looking great!

Toshi

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Posted by iampiper13 on Saturday, June 24, 2017 8:38 AM

Jay Jay

Man you are an expert at hand brush painting. Looks like an air brush job to me. WELL DONE Mate.Beer

 

Thank you :)

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Posted by iampiper13 on Saturday, June 24, 2017 8:04 AM

Canopy is on, I think so far the only complaint I have is that it seems the clear parts are too light/thin but most of that may be that I'm a klutz lol I'm hoping to get the decals on today.

 

 

 

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Posted by Jay Jay on Thursday, June 22, 2017 9:25 AM

Man you are an expert at hand brush painting. Looks like an air brush job to me. WELL DONE Mate.Beer

 

 

 

 

 

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Posted by M. Brindos on Wednesday, June 21, 2017 5:08 PM

The filler caps can either be red or black for the fuel cap and yellow or aluminum for the glycol cap. For the AVG I have seen combinations of those. For a regular -B/C they were black and aluminum.

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Posted by iampiper13 on Wednesday, June 21, 2017 4:21 PM

Thanks, I keep thinking of going with an airbrush but can't really afford that right now and hand painting is really enjoyable to me.

So I'm going to try and be lazy lol I know I've seen in other P40 WIPs about the color of the filler caps behind the pit, whats the colors for the AVG model?

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Posted by M. Brindos on Wednesday, June 21, 2017 3:21 PM

Still looking pretty good, Piper. Not bad at all for hand painting.  :)

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Posted by iampiper13 on Wednesday, June 21, 2017 8:19 AM

Final  coat of dark green on, I used MM.

 

 

 

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Posted by M. Brindos on Monday, June 19, 2017 2:37 PM

iampiper13

 

 
M. Brindos

If you don't have any Micro Set and Sol you should add those to your future aquisitions list. They help a lot!

 

 

 

MicroSet Setting Solution?

 

Yes, that stuff. :)

That light earth looks about the right color in thos pictures. I think you have a very good grasp on this kit, Piper. You're doing really, really well!  :D

- Mike Brindos "Lost Boy"

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Posted by iampiper13 on Monday, June 19, 2017 12:47 PM

M. Brindos

If you don't have any Micro Set and Sol you should add those to your future aquisitions list. They help a lot!

 

MicroSet Setting Solution?

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Posted by iampiper13 on Monday, June 19, 2017 12:24 PM

As far as I know its fine, I've doen it before and should have on this....

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Posted by jmoran426 on Monday, June 19, 2017 8:59 AM
Just an "in general" question about using body putty...but is it an accepted practice to use masking tape on either side of a major joining seam to help keep the putty from getting too far from the target area? I did this technique on a 1:48 O-1 with pretty good results. Kept the putty from straying into recessed panel lines and the like, and made finish sanding easier. I'm not sure this is mostly done.

jmoran426

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Posted by jmoran426 on Monday, June 19, 2017 8:42 AM
Excellent work on the pilot.

jmoran426

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Posted by iampiper13 on Monday, June 19, 2017 7:17 AM

First coat of light earth is on! 

 

 

 

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Posted by Toshi on Sunday, June 18, 2017 4:42 AM

Looking forward to more rounds sir.  Great job so far.

Toshi

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Posted by iampiper13 on Saturday, June 17, 2017 1:51 PM

That's a crappy picture sorry

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Posted by M. Brindos on Saturday, June 17, 2017 1:40 PM

I believe that will pass. :)

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Posted by iampiper13 on Saturday, June 17, 2017 7:27 AM

M. Brindos

Looks too light. Add more Dark Earth.

 

Cone is painted with adjusted paint, better? And thanks for your help! 

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Posted by M. Brindos on Friday, June 16, 2017 5:55 PM

Looks too light. Add more Dark Earth.

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Posted by iampiper13 on Friday, June 16, 2017 5:02 PM

How's this look for light earth?

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Posted by iampiper13 on Friday, June 16, 2017 7:08 AM

Bottom is painted, I used MM camouflage grey rattle can. I did mix up some light earth and used it for the prop covers I'll get a picture of that when it dries.

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