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Oh yeah, I can't remember who put that out there. It scales to the 1/350 Enterprise kit. BTW, did you see this week that the original 3 foot Enterprise model had surfaced....on eBay? Auction has been taken down but the good news is that it has survived. Hope it will be preserved properly..

Cool. Is that the Captain Cardboard Klingon kit? Or Jim Key's kit?

Sooooo nice!

A tidbit of progress. I took the kit gun sight in hand and added a thinner piece of clear glass. It was attached with UV cure glue and the clear "lens" was done with that too. I like that glue for many uses.

Great job! I have done one Eduard so far, Spitfire MkIX, and it was a joy to build. Seems you and Eduard are made for each other?

You are right. I have more kits and decals of the N than anything else right now for P-40. There were so many produced and so many schemes to choose from. That plane was out-shined by the newer planes but was such a workhorse.

She's a beauty, JohnB! I've come to like all the P-40 variants but the first one I really liked was the "E".

Great work so far and, if I may coin a phrase, "turning a sow's ear into a silk purse" is a great description. I used to think kits like this were a fun challenge but .... I'm now willing to pay more for a quality kit from Tamiya or Eduard.

Super job on this T-bolt! Your finishing skills are an inspiration!

Came out looking great!!! 😃

Superb 'stang, JohnB!

The Eduard Brassin wheels are very well made and they'll look great on my project. These must be an older version as the new printed ones don't have a webbing in the spokes. At first I thought I'd have to scrape them out with a hobby knife and I was nervous about messing them up. Fortunately, the webbing stands proud on the backside. I could grind with Dremel very gently and it worked like a champ!

Wow! I've always wanted a good Neptune to do a colorful fire bomber. This is my chance eh? $450 clams is a hefty amount tho.

Thanks much. I think I have some Nato Black somewhere. It is a great scale black. As I recall it has a green tint when you get it out in the sun?

Got a coat of paint on my modified prop. "Grimy Black" from the Polly Scale railroad colors Also, got some good alumilite castings out of my new mold.

Ha! I mean "that" nose art, the parrot P-40, not ALL nose art! He he. I need to work on my grammar...

I'll get you guys caught up on a Hasegawa P-40N I'm doing in the "Parrot Head" scheme. I used to thing that nose art was absurd...but I'm older now and it looks fun. It is ironic that the leader of our modern day Parrot Heads, Jimmy Buffett, has passed away. May he rest in peace. Here is a pictorial journey. I have the fuselage glued up and am dealing with seams around the cockpit. Also have modified the propeller into a wide chord version. Yeah, I took some time to rivet. It looks good. Just need to make sure I don't lose it with sloppy paint job. I used the Hasegawa decal for the instrument panel. After about a dozen hits of Solvaset it looks acceptable... Also, I did rudder cables with wire. Easy.

Gorgeous P-38! The rivets are a game changer. I was not aware of them being available for purchase ... but I am now... LOL

Great job, JohnB!

Hasegawa P-40N. I have devoted some time to making the prop into a wide chord version. I made rudder cables from scratch. Looks pretty good and was easy.

Excellent work on that Jug!

A real eye-catcher Corsair, JohnB. I love that intermediate blue. I also have bottle of that blue in MM enamel and I will hold onto that! I have a -1A in my stash. Never built one of these. Nice to know I don't have to spend much on aftermarket as you have shown here! Vince

Hey JohnB, I see it now. Since the Trumpeter has more "cheek" one way is to grind out a (approx 1/8") channel at the top of the cowl centerline and pinch. V shaped, of course, you still want round at front by the spinner. It looks like you may have joined things together so this will be hard even with a dremel and grinding wheel. Good luck. My hat is off for giving this project a go!

It's hard for me to believe in this day and age that the newer Trumpeter kit would have lots of shape and contour issues. I'm building a Hasegawa "N" and they got pretty much right in the shape department. I guess Trumpeter didn't put their "A" team on it eh? LOL Vince

Great subject, JohnB! One day I plan to do a Merlin P-40 using the Hasegawa. Apoxie sculpt is hard enough to fill those gaps (given a couple days to fully harden).