ScottsGT Posted November 11 Share Posted November 11 Wow…I thought Barracuda was on their game when they designed decals. I dug out my old Squadron/Signal book on the P-40 to do some referencing. The Aleutian Tigers had a Star without the blue surround. I also noticed one of the planes had diamond tread tires. Im off to look for correct decals now. I might just have to live with the kit tires though. Take note that the eyes are also different. I’m trying not to let my OCD take over and start calling this “unbuildable” and throw it on the SOD. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottsGT Posted November 11 Share Posted November 11 And I just noticed the white fuselage band is leaning in the wrong direction too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlrwestSiR Posted November 11 Share Posted November 11 Scott, is the Squadron book correct? Seeing that it's a drawing, it could be off too. Unless there's a pic in the book of the plane showing it match the profile. As for the stripe facing the wrong way, just switch the decals around from one side to the other. Also, looks like the 49 is smaller on the desal sheet. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinnfb Posted November 12 Author Share Posted November 12 I see blue circle and the stripe as per Barracuda. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottsGT Posted November 12 Share Posted November 12 Martin, interesting pic. Taken a second before that the one in my book. Pilot on the right just tossed the football in this pic. But this… 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottsGT Posted November 12 Share Posted November 12 And yes, the Squadron book does have the stripe angled wrong in their artwork. Interesting. I’ll probably go ahead and just use the decals as they are. I’m not out to win any accuracy awards. Just build a model! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire Posted November 12 Share Posted November 12 Nearly there, mottling all done, masking removed from the fuselage band and tail, just the markings and detail parts to do. The set up for the mottling Mottling done and white masking removed Undersides masking and Blu Tac removed, nice soft edge on wrap around camouflage. Had to mottle the cowling seperately as I had left it on the shelf and forgot about it when I did the main airframe. The last lap Cheers Dennis 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HubertB Posted November 12 Share Posted November 12 1 hour ago, ScottsGT said: And yes, the Squadron book does have the stripe angled wrong in their artwork. Interesting. I’ll probably go ahead and just use the decals as they are. I’m not out to win any accuracy awards. Just build a model! Whilst the pic submitted by Martin seemed to have a blue surround on « 49 », a closer look confirmed there was no surround. It would seem an easy enough mod, by just cutting the white star out of the blue surround. Hubert 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HubertB Posted November 12 Share Posted November 12 4 minutes ago, Spitfire said: Nearly there, mottling all done, masking removed from the fuselage band and tail, just the markings and detail parts to do. The set up for the mottling Mottling done and white masking removed Undersides masking and Blu Tac removed, nice soft edge on wrap around camouflage. Had to mottle the cowling seperately as I had left it on the shelf and forgot about it when I did the main airframe. The last lap Cheers Dennis Looking good Dennis 👍 Hubert 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinnfb Posted November 12 Author Share Posted November 12 BLUE!!!! The fact that it was faded doesn't mean it wasn't there. Look at this Burma's K, it's faded but its there. 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottsGT Posted November 12 Share Posted November 12 Awesome find!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HubertB Posted November 12 Share Posted November 12 Dang ! You’re absolutely right Martin ! Kudos (again) for your unmatchable pic-finding skills And this confirms (again) that most WWII fighters and ops are out of my scope-of-knowledga Hubert 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinnfb Posted November 12 Author Share Posted November 12 You're most welcome guys. There are few misinformations that have a tendency to circulate and re appear. I don't have much time to dig in into this deep enough today, but I can further help (regarding P-40) if needed, just PM. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire Posted November 13 Share Posted November 13 17 hours ago, HubertB said: Looking good Dennis 👍 Hubert Thank you kindly Hubert, it's slowly growing on me after the struggle to put it together. Cheers Dennis 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottsGT Posted November 16 Share Posted November 16 I finally understand the true meaning of “fiddly bits” 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FullArmor Posted November 16 Share Posted November 16 8 minutes ago, ScottsGT said: I finally understand the true meaning of “fiddly bits” Yes. been there, done that with trumpeter zil-157 build.😃 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peterpools Posted Monday at 03:27 PM Share Posted Monday at 03:27 PM On 11/11/2024 at 7:30 PM, Martinnfb said: I see blue circle and the stripe as per Barracuda. Seems to my old eyes, each P-40 has the stripes leaning in the opposite direction. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottsGT Posted Monday at 10:06 PM Share Posted Monday at 10:06 PM 6 hours ago, Peterpools said: Seems to my old eyes, each P-40 has the stripes leaning in the opposite direction. I noticed that too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottsGT Posted Thursday at 01:23 AM Share Posted Thursday at 01:23 AM Got the P-40 cockpit almost ready to install. And made some progress on the HIMTT chassis. Started the wash. interesting how the desert sand color didn’t come out in the pic. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FullArmor Posted Thursday at 04:39 AM Share Posted Thursday at 04:39 AM 3 hours ago, ScottsGT said: Got the P-40 cockpit almost ready to install. And made some progress on the HIMTT chassis. Started the wash. interesting how the desert sand color didn’t come out in the pic. cockpit looks really nice👍 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire Posted Thursday at 10:28 AM Share Posted Thursday at 10:28 AM 9 hours ago, ScottsGT said: Got the P-40 cockpit almost ready to install. And made some progress on the HIMTT chassis. Started the wash. interesting how the desert sand color didn’t come out in the pic. That P40 Cockpit is looking really good. Cheers Dennis 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottsGT Posted Thursday at 10:32 AM Share Posted Thursday at 10:32 AM Yea, Quinta interiors are like the Cliff’s Notes of the modeling world. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Count0 Posted 19 hours ago Share Posted 19 hours ago 1/72 Erla / Regensberg production line. Building a G-10 for myself and an F-2 for a friend. Eduard kits. Pretty typical Eduard so far. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottsGT Posted 19 hours ago Share Posted 19 hours ago 😱 They so tiny! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire Posted 14 hours ago Share Posted 14 hours ago Still plodding on with this one, I masked and painted the national markings but had to use decals for the rest but they went on fine. And just for fun with the cowl loosely in place. And the real thing Cheers Dennis 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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