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Thehannaman2

Member since
August 2004
From: Buffalo NY

Posted by Thehannaman2 on Saturday, September 3, 2005 1:46 PM

Mark, looks great! And the photos look supoob! I gots to gets me one of tham there blue backdrops. Really, make your handywork look that much more impressive and professional. Well done.

Joe, lookin' good so far. Paint looks nice and even. But it looks like those decals silvered up on you. A little touch-up with the green can hide that pretty easily though. Can't wait to see her done!

Well, after a summer's worth of dragging my feet on the canopy and the detail-work, I finally have the finished pics of my 1/72nd Academy P-40N. Overall, I'm happy with her, considering that this is my first foray into the world of wee scale in 12 years and my first EVER vacuum-formed canopy. I hope you enjoy, and as always, comments and critques are appreciated.

O'Riley's Daughter ladies and gentlemen................

Justen

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dragonfly

Member since
September 2003
From: N.E. Ohio

Posted by dragonfly on Saturday, September 3, 2005 4:23 PM

I'll say it again...that is one fine addition to this GB. Excellent work.

Jerry

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, September 3, 2005 5:11 PM

Nice work Mark, Joe, and the hannaman ! This seems to be the day to finish the P-40s !

I finished Hasegawa's 1/48 P-40E, using Eduard's photoetched detail set and Eduard decals. The markings are for an Aleutian Tiger, stationed on the island of Kiska in 1943.

The decals needed touchup with paint in places, including overpainting the translucent tail numbers. They conformed to the surface detail very well.

The gear doors, trim tab actuators, radiator flaps, and gunsights are PE. The kit exhausts were bored out with a #11 blade. After the photos were taken, I realized that I forgot to install the light lens on the right landing gear fairing.

This is a great kit, and I highly recommend it along with Eduard's PE set. Thanks for letting me share the build with you !

You can see the prevoius progress pics here: http://www.pix.prettyneatinc.com/p40build.htm

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Mark Joyce

Member since
March 2004
From: Placerville, CA USA

Posted by Mark Joyce on Saturday, September 3, 2005 6:08 PM

QUOTE: Originally posted by thehannaman

Mark, looks great! And the photos look supoob! I gots to gets me one of tham there blue backdrops. Really, make your handywork look that much more impressive and professional. Well done.

Thanks Justen! I've seen how well the pictures that others post using a blue background turn out, so decided to give it a try. I simply bought a large piece of blue construction paper in the office section of Wal Mart, then cut it up to cover the inside of my spray booth for the pictures. Cheap and easy.

Your "O'Riley's Daughter" came out looking fantastic. Nice to see another 49th FG P-40 completed!

Bill, thanks for the compliment. As I said in the Aircraft Forum, beautiful build!

Mark

Ignorance is bliss

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rjkplasticmod

Member since
February 2003
From: A Spartan in the Wolverine State

Posted by rjkplasticmod on Saturday, September 3, 2005 6:30 PM

Pix, excellent work as usual. Great model.

Justin, Great work, especially for 1/72 scale. Looks like a real keeper.

Regards, Rick

RICK

At My Age, I've Seen It All, Done It All, But I Don't Remember It All...

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arki30

Member since
February 2004
From: Second City

Posted by arki30 on Saturday, September 3, 2005 11:31 PM

It's a whole slew of great looking finished builds! Congratulations and well done on the completed models Thumbs Up [tup]

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waikong

Member since
December 2002
From: NYC, USA

Posted by waikong on Sunday, September 4, 2005 12:10 PM

Wow, quite an impressive showing the last 3 days. Congrats Mark, Hanaman, FIghting Joe, & Pixalator.

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Thehannaman2

Member since
August 2004
From: Buffalo NY

Posted by Thehannaman2 on Sunday, September 4, 2005 12:51 PM

Thanks guys, it means alot.

Pix, again great work! Looks awesome.

Mark, thanks for the advise, Michael's here I come!

Justen

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rjkplasticmod

Member since
February 2003
From: A Spartan in the Wolverine State

Posted by rjkplasticmod on Sunday, September 4, 2005 3:49 PM

Finished my build a few days ago & finally got the pics taken & uploaded to the host. Hasegawa 1/48 P-40E kit with the Eduard color PE detail set, Ultracast exhausts & Cutting Edge decals. Painted with ModelMaster enamels. Pix & I can start an Aleutian Tiger Squadron Big Smile [:D]

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Hope you like the build, I enjoyed it.

Regards, Rick

RICK

At My Age, I've Seen It All, Done It All, But I Don't Remember It All...

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Mark Joyce

Member since
March 2004
From: Placerville, CA USA

Posted by Mark Joyce on Sunday, September 4, 2005 6:41 PM

Beautiful work, Rick Thumbs Up [tup]

. I like those panel lines. I've compared your build with Bill's. It's interesting in that both are outstanding yet slightly different, and show how one's techniques really make a model unique.

arki30 and waikong: Thanks for the kind words!

Mark

Ignorance is bliss

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rjkplasticmod

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February 2003
From: A Spartan in the Wolverine State

Posted by rjkplasticmod on Sunday, September 4, 2005 6:49 PM

Thanks Mark. Appreciate the kind words.

Regards, Rick

RICK

At My Age, I've Seen It All, Done It All, But I Don't Remember It All...

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fightnjoe

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September 2011

Posted by fightnjoe on Sunday, September 4, 2005 7:07 PM

brings a tear to my eye to see such beautiful hawks. as for mine i finished also. the lighting played tricks with my decals. when i look at it in living color the decals look fine. when i look at pics they appear to stand out a bit. must be my picture taking (lack of) skills. i added a very light weathering and very light wear. now for pics.

more pics in the aircraft forum.

joe

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Thehannaman2

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August 2004
From: Buffalo NY

Posted by Thehannaman2 on Sunday, September 4, 2005 7:10 PM

Great job Rick. She sure is a looker. How'd you like building the Hase kit?

Joe, great job. You'll have a fleet of those puppies in no time! Wink [;)]

Justen

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rjkplasticmod

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February 2003
From: A Spartan in the Wolverine State

Posted by rjkplasticmod on Sunday, September 4, 2005 7:25 PM

Thanks Hannaman. The Hasegawa kit is very good. Not exactly for beginners due to the kits' engineering leaving more seam filling & re-scribing than normal, but any modeler with intermediate skills should be able to obtain an excellent build. The detail OOTB is very good, but the Eduard color PE detail set really adds a lot to the kit.

Regards, Rick

RICK

At My Age, I've Seen It All, Done It All, But I Don't Remember It All...

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Mark Joyce

Member since
March 2004
From: Placerville, CA USA

Posted by Mark Joyce on Sunday, September 4, 2005 11:51 PM

Nice job on the Tomahawk, Joe! Weathering is great--noticeable yet subtle.

Looks like this is the week for finishing P-40s!

Mark

Ignorance is bliss

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fightnjoe

Member since
September 2011

Posted by fightnjoe on Monday, September 5, 2005 10:15 PM

thanks for all the kind words. justen my fleet of hawks is definitely the pride and joy of my collection. i just love the hawk. add the subject of pearl and i am obsessed.

joe

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arki30

Member since
February 2004
From: Second City

Posted by arki30 on Monday, September 5, 2005 10:30 PM

Once again, congrats on one great build after another! This is certainly one of the more productive GB's around Big Smile [:D]

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dragonfly

Member since
September 2003
From: N.E. Ohio

Posted by dragonfly on Tuesday, September 6, 2005 7:35 PM

Very nice Hawk Joe...another fine addition to the GB. Congrats!

Jerry

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wing_nut

Member since
April 2005
From: Piscataway, NJ!

Posted by wing_nut on Tuesday, September 6, 2005 8:38 PM

Looks real good Joe. No doubt about it... this GB is chock full of great looking planes and they just keep coming.

Marc

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fighterguru

Member since
February 2003
From: north carolina

Posted by fighterguru on Tuesday, September 6, 2005 9:42 PM

nice lookin bird Joe, How many P40 do you have?

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arki30

Member since
February 2004
From: Second City

Posted by arki30 on Sunday, September 11, 2005 11:09 PM

Finished! Pics aren't great since one of my "studio" lights was burnt out, but they're passable. This is the 1/48 AMtech P-40E. Totally OOB, except for Eduard PE seatbelts and True Detail wheels. I used the kit markings and paint scheme for Lt Dallas Clinger, 16th Fighter Squadron at Kweilin China. There is some conjecture regarding the red spinner and apparently there were some battle-damaged areas overpainted with olive drab. But since the info was scanty I went for the cleaner and more colorful option. Panel lines are lightly accented with a watercolor wash and pastels were used for the exhaust and gun stains.

Couple of goof ups (missed filling the hole for the top antenna for example), some stubborn kit decals that refused to stop silvering, and the kit canopy really doesn't want to be in the open position, but for the most part I'm pretty happy with her.

Thanks for letting me be a part of the build. Big Smile [:D]

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dragonfly

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September 2003
From: N.E. Ohio

Posted by dragonfly on Sunday, September 11, 2005 11:38 PM

Beautifull work Arki....another fine addition to the GB. Thanks for the look.

Jerry

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Mark Joyce

Member since
March 2004
From: Placerville, CA USA

Posted by Mark Joyce on Monday, September 12, 2005 9:23 AM

Nice looking build, arki! Thumbs Up [tup]

I really have an affinity for the AMtech kits (I'm building their P-40K right now), and you did them justice. I'm surprised you had problems with some of the kit decals, since AMtech is supposed to be among the best.

Don't worry, you aren't the only one who's forgotten to fill that antenna hole! Whistling [:-^]

Mark

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wing_nut

Member since
April 2005
From: Piscataway, NJ!

Posted by wing_nut on Monday, September 12, 2005 10:50 AM

Great looking build arki... well done. i love the kid wizzing on the rising sun

Marc

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KINGTHAD

Member since
May 2004
From: Dallas

Posted by KINGTHAD on Monday, September 12, 2005 12:28 PM

Nice looking build

thad

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arki30

Member since
February 2004
From: Second City

Posted by arki30 on Monday, September 12, 2005 3:13 PM

Thanks dragonfly, mark joyce, wing_nut & kingthad! Appreciate the comments. This is the second AMtech P-40E I've done and it's a pretty fun kit to build.

mark joyce, am I relieved to know I'm not the only one who's missed that [ Censored [censored]

hole

. The decals were pretty good overall, but the ident numbers on the tail gave me problems on both sides. Never did really settle down.

wing_nut, that kid is the hilarious reason I picked the decals Tongue [:P]

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rjkplasticmod

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February 2003
From: A Spartan in the Wolverine State

Posted by rjkplasticmod on Monday, September 12, 2005 3:56 PM

Very nice build arki30, good looking build.

Regards, Rick

RICK

At My Age, I've Seen It All, Done It All, But I Don't Remember It All...

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Thehannaman2

Member since
August 2004
From: Buffalo NY

Posted by Thehannaman2 on Monday, September 12, 2005 8:10 PM

arki30 - nice work, man!

Very clean build of a colorful subject. Love the tail-art!

Justen

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Member IPMS Niagara Frontier. "The BuffCon Boys."

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fightnjoe

Member since
September 2011

Posted by fightnjoe on Monday, September 12, 2005 10:02 PM

QUOTE: Originally posted by fighterguru

nice lookin bird Joe, How many P40 do you have?

let me see as of this moment four built and seven unbuilt. with six more on the next three orders.

arki30 it looks awesome. i really do love the hawks. they are so pretty. so cool.

joe

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arki30

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February 2004
From: Second City

Posted by arki30 on Monday, September 12, 2005 11:05 PM

Thanks Rick , hannaman & fightnjoe! Appreciate the great comments.

Building Now:

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1/48 Tamiya F4U-1A - 5%

Upcoming:

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