JohnB Posted September 4, 2023 Share Posted September 4, 2023 Got this one finished up and RFI. I used a Hasegawa P-40M with a Trumpeter P-40F nose grafted on to make this a "L". I also removed the Trumpeter exhaust setup and replaced that with a much more accurate Hasegawa one. The "L's" only had four .50 guns instead of the usual six so I had to remove two of the muzzles although they kept the armament panels as they were previously with six guns so there was no modification needed there. The belts are from FineMolds. I used decals from the Kagero Topcolors #11 "Fighters Over Italy" for the unit and personal markings. The national insignias are from my decal stash. The model is painted with Colorcoats except for the cockpit which is my own mix of Testor's paint for Interior Green Zinc Chromate. I painted the seat with Alclad aluminum. When I was getting started on the conversion I had serious doubts about the very poor fit of the Trumpeter nose to the Hasegawa forward fuselage but with a lot of filling, grinding and sanding they finally mated up pretty well. Not perfect but acceptable. I hope y'all like the results of my efforts. Please remember to click on the 1st photo for best resolution and to view as a slide show. THANKS!!! 5 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mo_GSP Posted September 4, 2023 Share Posted September 4, 2023 Looks mighty fine, can't even tell it had major surgery! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnB Posted September 5, 2023 Author Share Posted September 5, 2023 1 hour ago, Mo_GSP said: Looks mighty fine, can't even tell it had major surgery! Thank you! I'm glad you like it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Fran Posted September 5, 2023 Administrators Share Posted September 5, 2023 Great Work!!! Congrats 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnB Posted September 5, 2023 Author Share Posted September 5, 2023 4 hours ago, Fran said: Great Work!!! Congrats Thanks Fran! Very much appreciated. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peterpools Posted September 5, 2023 Share Posted September 5, 2023 John Some brilliant grafting and conversion work - so very well done - can't tell where you even did the grafting for the nose. I did detect a bit of chipping on the wing root and the subtle panel lines add nicely to the effect. Beautiful work as always 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnB Posted September 5, 2023 Author Share Posted September 5, 2023 1 hour ago, Peterpools said: John Some brilliant grafting and conversion work - so very well done - can't tell where you even did the grafting for the nose. I did detect a bit of chipping on the wing root and the subtle panel lines add nicely to the effect. Beautiful work as always Thank you Peter. I tried to be careful on the "weathering" as it's so easy to over do it. The chipping/wear areas on the wing roots was especially tedious. But I'm pleased with the results. LOL 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KUROK Posted September 5, 2023 Share Posted September 5, 2023 Great job, JohnB! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peterpools Posted September 5, 2023 Share Posted September 5, 2023 John Agreed - terrific weathering and so very hard to keep it light and realistic 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnB Posted September 5, 2023 Author Share Posted September 5, 2023 15 minutes ago, KUROK said: Great job, JohnB! Thank you!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ingo Ritz Posted September 8, 2023 Share Posted September 8, 2023 Damn, that's awesome! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnB Posted September 8, 2023 Author Share Posted September 8, 2023 8 hours ago, Ingo Ritz said: Damn, that's awesome! Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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