Trumpeter P40B

[rkranias]

I cracked this open mid summer '16 with hopes to finish by 7 Dec for 75 anniversary.  Pearl Harbor P36, P40B, A6M2b.  As usual, life, family and another wrecked knee kept my bench-time to a minimum.  My bench is configured as a standing bench and the wrecked knee dictated my time to something like 30 minute sessions.

 

Trumpy's P40B with all it's known short comings.  Will address cockpit, wheel well, fabric and rivet issues.

 

P40B "White 300" based at Bellows Field 7 Dec, 1941.

 

This Bellows Field post 7 Dec P40B has seen better days.

[rkranias]

The cockpit is short so I secured Lone Star resin correction set.

 

Lone Star's resin sidewall correction (left) and kit.  Depth difference is markable.

 

 

 

 

The casting of Lone Star's correction is showing it's age.  Soft detail and lots of bubbles/imperfections.  That said I have decided to scratch build the deeper cockpit.  Using Lone Star parts as template I draw on styrene card stock.

 

Apologizes for the photo quality.

 

Will be enhancing cockpit detail with Eduards PE interior set.

 

Kit floor is cut at ammo tray.  Save ammo tray mount as will be used.

Prototype cut kit floor in position.

 

 

Kit floor taped to prototype and final size is drawn.   Mounting holes for seat frame, control stick are matched from kit floor and drilled out.

 

Floor test fit.

 

 

 

 

Seat bulkhead modified after the Lone Star part.

 

Eduard PE parts added.  Will paint and begin detail work such as wiring, hoses, etc.

[JeroenPeters]

Damn sweet work there!

 

The patient is looking better already!

[Corsair Experten]

Rick,

Very cool kit and build up!

I built this a few years back and opened all the hatches and engine bays,and used CMK's refinery interior!

It was the Flying Tigers version looks a great project and nice scheme!

[levier]

Rick,

 

Do you cut away the top of the wing to lower the floor?

[Wumm]

Good ol' fashioned modelling skills...

 

Don't worry about the photo quality, the work is speaking for itself.

 

S

[rkranias]

Rick,

Very cool kit and build up!

I built this a few years back and opened all the hatches and engine bays,and used CMK's refinery interior!

It was the Flying Tigers version looks a great project and nice scheme!

I saw the CMK correction after I secured the Lone Star correction.  Clearly the CMK is superior.

[rkranias]

Rick,

 

Do you cut away the top of the wing to lower the floor?

No cut away needed.  The wing nests quite well.  You will see when I post next updates.

[rkranias]

Good ol' fashioned modelling skills...

 

Don't worry about the photo quality, the work is speaking for itself.

 

S

Cheers!

[rkranias]

A little bench time today.  New knee cooperated and gave me almost an hour of standing time. 

 

Playing with white glue, little paper towel squares and water.  What are these?  Stay tuned.

[Carvair]

I think those things are the inside canvas wheel well  covers....nice work so far..

 

Jan

[rkranias]

I think those things are the inside canvas wheel well  covers....nice work so far..

 

Jan

:thumbsup2:

[rkranias]

Great call Jan.

 

Not sure where I saw this method, it was online somewhere.  Worked quite well.  Kudos to the unknown modeller.

 

All dry, time for some cutting.

 

Gentle pressure slight twist, lift and remove.

 

This just might work.

 

Fit good.

 

Carefully draw cut line.

 

A little work required.  Will punch styrene dots for fasteners.

[Doctorgaz]

very good idia!

[crazypoet]

Nice trick, that!  I'm taking notes like mad... 

[rkranias]

Thwarting Trumpy's "Mad Riveter".  Phase I.

[rkranias]

More work on the wheel wells.

Using .25mm (.010") styrene card I punch out 1.9 dia and 1.25 hex for canvas wheel well attach points.

 

 

I secured the discs with white glue then the hex nuts secured with thin cement.

 

There will be plenty of debate regarding the arrangement of the canvas secure points.  I've seen photos of the canvas boot secured tight as a drum head with multiple fasteners and canvas boot secured with no apparent fasteners and the canvas boot looks like the roof liner of my VW draping on my head.

 

This is how I will represent the canvas wheel well boot liner.

 

Test fit looks good.  After I button up the wings I will do a final trim and paint the canvas covers (boot).

[JeroenPeters]

Wow...

I need to get me one of these hexagonal punch dies too...

Sweet.

[rkranias]

Cockpit painted.  Added some Eduard bits and pieces.  Wiring & radio line made from lead wire and painted.

 

Pretty basic stuff to busy things up.  Will shoot with some gloss, pick out details and begin weathering.

[Mikester]

Looking good, Rick!  I screwed up the upper cowl section on mine where the port MG exits which has pretty much stalled the project until I figure out how to fix it.

[Wingco57]

That's a massive improvement, nice scratchbuilding.

[rkranias]

Looking good, Rick!  I screwed up the upper cowl section on mine where the port MG exits which has pretty much stalled the project until I figure out how to fix it.

Had same issue with my UCS.  The MG exits were a mess, one was completely closed up.  I drilled out the exits, got lucky!

[rkranias]

That's a massive improvement, nice scratchbuilding.

Thanks Cees!

[coolboxx]

Great work Rick, that is looking very sick. (my kids say that)

"what does it mean "

Great Dad!

[Jorge Márquez]

I hope to continue better and more recovered, great work and interesting, I really liked the bays of the landing gear, pending further progress, kind regards.