Well, the day is here folks...
Here's my first 'official' piece for this GB, a Mauve P-40N. Haven't yet decided what this one is going to be... perhaps an 80th FG ship.
So far I've put in the sidewalls and done the splitter and radiator assembly. This latter is going to be a bit of a problem as there are no guides of any sort to help in correctly placing the splitter onto the radiator piece. You gotta eyeball it...
Also, the intake itself has a problem or three and should be cut out a bit. However, the splitter doesn't meet the inside edges of the existing opening too well. So I'll have to think this over... but hey, I'm a modeler and I can deal with it...
I've also begun to do a bit of work on the cockpit floor. I've added a depression down the centerline of the floor. Next will be to add some links for the control stick as well as other misc details.
I'm sizing up the spinner; it's bulged and way too pointy so I'll have to do some sanding to 'flatten' it out. I had a bit of practice for this task... the AMT P-40N which I hacked at as a warmup for this GB has a similarly mis-shapen spinner. I won't be able to get it exactly correct, but hopefully I'll capture the right 'look'. I'll try and get some pictures of that project in here as well.
By the way, all that resin and brass lyin' around is for a P-40N, although I probably won't actually be using much of it here. I've decided to do a bit of detailing on this model and the extra fixins will serve as 'patterns' for scratchbuilding. I'll probably only use a resin seat, possibly wheels and maybe a vac canopy. I hate vacs, so we'll see how that goes...
More to come...
Roadkill, no prob on the switch, I'll change the info on the duty roster tomorrow.
I'm still working on the website and will add some specific reference for some of those who've said what subject(s) they're building.
Fade to Black...