KUROK Posted September 9 Share Posted September 9 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. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevinM Posted September 9 Share Posted September 9 2 hours ago, KUROK said: I used to thing that nose art was absurd That could be blasphemes but she is looking good thus far if you pay that close attention to rivets I am sure the paint will be just as good.As to the Nose-Art I always thought it was the way a young Buck got a hold of some Nice government property and made it his hot rod. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KUROK Posted September 9 Author Share Posted September 9 42 minutes ago, KevinM said: That could be blasphemes but she is looking good thus far if you pay that close attention to rivets I am sure the paint will be just as good.As to the Nose-Art I always thought it was the way a young Buck got a hold of some Nice government property and made it his hot rod. Ha! I mean "that" nose art, the parrot P-40, not ALL nose art! He he. I need to work on my grammar... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KUROK Posted September 16 Author Share Posted September 16 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. 10 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevinM Posted September 17 Share Posted September 17 Those look good and the prop looks good also! Rob another member on here got me started on "Nato Black" I just about use it everywhere now.I did some invasion stripes in semi-black and hit them spotty like with NB and it looked convincing to me.Keep up the good work. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinnfb Posted September 17 Share Posted September 17 Super cool, I will follow with interest. Cheers Martin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KUROK Posted September 17 Author Share Posted September 17 16 hours ago, KevinM said: Those look good and the prop looks good also! Rob another member on here got me started on "Nato Black" I just about use it everywhere now.I did some invasion stripes in semi-black and hit them spotty like with NB and it looked convincing to me.Keep up the good work. 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? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnB Posted September 17 Share Posted September 17 Looking good! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peterpools Posted September 18 Share Posted September 18 Looking mighty good - some awesome work for sure 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KUROK Posted Saturday at 12:12 AM Author Share Posted Saturday at 12:12 AM 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! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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