JohnB Posted March 15 Posted March 15 Last night when I was moving some model kits I accidentally knocked this P-400 off the shelf. A cuss factor for sure! I'll rebuild it at some point. ☹️ 1 6
Spitfire Posted March 15 Posted March 15 Now that is really sad, hope you can rebuild it. Cheers Dennis 1
JohnB Posted March 15 Author Posted March 15 On 3/15/2025 at 7:08 PM, Spitfire said: Now that is really sad, hope you can rebuild it. Cheers Dennis Expand Fingers crossed I can make it look "okay". 😐 1
CANicoll Posted March 17 Posted March 17 John, What tail is that? did you graft a resin tail on the P-400? Nice recovery! 1
BlrwestSiR Posted March 17 Posted March 17 Wow, nice recovery there John. I guess the clean break at the tail helped. Hope the gear legs aren't as bad as they look. 1
JohnB Posted March 17 Author Posted March 17 On 3/17/2025 at 2:26 AM, CANicoll said: John, What tail is that? did you graft a resin tail on the P-400? Nice recovery! Expand That's just the kit tail Chris. Remember, I always add a 3/8" plastic "insert" to get the correct fuselage length. The kit fuselage is a little short. 🙂 (I've done that on ALL my SH P-39/P-400 builds.) 2
JohnB Posted March 17 Author Posted March 17 On 3/17/2025 at 3:20 AM, BlrwestSiR said: Wow, nice recovery there John. I guess the clean break at the tail helped. Hope the gear legs aren't as bad as they look. Expand Thanks Carl. I got lucky on the tail as it was a clean break and everything fit back nicely with just a couple of spots needing some filler. I've got the gear sorted out and reattached but had to use some scrap plastic to replace a couple of small missing pieces. I'll post a photo in a bit. I figure I'll have it finished later today. 🙂 1
JohnB Posted March 17 Author Posted March 17 On 3/17/2025 at 7:08 PM, HubertB said: Great save, John ! Hubert Expand Thank you Hubert! Much appreciated. 🙂
JohnB Posted March 17 Author Posted March 17 On 3/17/2025 at 7:15 PM, Spitfire said: Nice one Cheers Dennis Expand Thanks Dennis! 🙂
JohnB Posted March 17 Author Posted March 17 On 3/17/2025 at 7:38 PM, belugawhaleman said: Well done! Expand Thank you Paul. It had it's moments! LOL 🙂
CANicoll Posted March 18 Posted March 18 I forgot you did that to the SH P-39's. Beautiful fix, John. Wow! 1
JohnB Posted March 18 Author Posted March 18 On 3/18/2025 at 10:13 AM, CANicoll said: I forgot you did that to the SH P-39's. Beautiful fix, John. Wow! Expand Thanks Chris. It came out okay I think. 🙂 1
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