1/32 Hasegawa P-26

[GAJouette]

  Doug,

Wow she's shaping up to be one excellent Pea-Shooter my friend.Thanks for this thread,it great to see a Tween War bird on the bench.

Highest Regards,

Gregory Jouette

[imatt88]

Doug,

 

Great job,  Love these inter-war birds...

 

Cheers,   Ian

[DougN]

Thanks guys! Just to prove I'm still working on this one, a small update.  Unfortunately, the really poor fitting Yellow Wings decals have really sucked the life out of what was supposed to be a quick build.  In hindsight, it may have been easier to just mask and paint the markings myself!  I would recommend that the folks at Yellow Wings actually build and test their decals to ensure they actually fit properly before releasing them.

 

As mentioned above, the black scallop decals for the tail don't fit well in the fillet areas at all, being too large.  So, I decided the best way to approach this was to put the decal on, and then cut off the offending bit, and then mask and paint that area.  So, a couple snaps showing 50% of the decals on and drying:

 

 

 

After I get these snuggled down I'll add the other side of the rudder/stab and the top of the elevator/stab decals.  Then, as with the others, I'll clear coat, sand any bumps away, and then paint in the missing black areas.  Once that is done I can put the remaining decals on the fuselage, as I wanted to limit the potential of having to mask over any decal if at all possible.

 

The last remaining hard part will be getting the stripes on the cowl.  I'm tempted to just mask and paint them rather than try to get the decals to conform to the compound curves of the cowl ring...

 

Thanks for looking!

 

Doug

[JonathanReed]

Love the Shooter.  Probably in the top five of my favorites.  I have a 1/48 and this is creating an itch to start on it.

 

Keep it coming!

[Wingco57]

Complicated scheme but turning out very nice.

Cees

[harvey boyer]

Dam, your doing a top shelf job on this one.......Harv

[RalphSarc]

Have a Minicraft Hasegawa #1092 1/32 Boeing P26 Peashooter that I just purchased via a great deal on eBay to add to my stash. Your build will really assist me once I start my build.

 

Ralph.

[Steve Scanlon]

Despite the problems you are having this is really looking great.

[Mikester]

Despite your decal woes, looks great Doug!

[tomv1987]

I love how those "quick builds" just seem to run on and on. 

 

Great work, keep 'em coming!

 

Tom