Hobbycraft F6A D-Day - Ready for inspection!

[Ryan]

Keep up the fight, good idea on the the little scratch items.

My problem is I don't know where to stop with scratch details!

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I finished up the camera mount today, and made a few improvements. I really wish I could still get MV lenses, they used to make some in black, that were perfect for cameras. 

[harv]

Impressive work buddy !!.....harv 

[Bomber_County]

Mark, great see this back on the bench, great conversion....

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I had to relocate the mount a bit, the front was hitting the camera body, but i think it fits pretty good, i also sanded an oval into the quarter window, along with a slant into the lens shade.

[harv]

Excellent......harv 

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It’s getting busy back there.

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That was a bad picture, this one is better. 

I was torn if I should have used my last set of Resin2detail radios, as they are no longer made. I decided to save them for either the B-17 or B-24 build. I added some scratch detail to the kit radios, pretty basic, but as they are buried below the camera, it would be hard to see them later. I also robbed the battery from my Trumpeter P-51B. It’s basic, but not terrible. I also made a fluid reservoir (not sure for what), and finally added lead wire to all the cockpit boxes, not visible here.

[harv]

Awesome sauce!!......harv 

[Ryan]

Talk about a rabbit hole!

looks really nice and busy.

Ryan

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10 minutes ago, Ryan said:

Talk about a rabbit hole!

looks really nice and busy.

Ryan

I’ll say hi to Alice for you.

[Ryan]

Already seen her today.

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Did paint this morning and went straight to chipping, just waiting for it to dry so I can shoot clear on it.

[Clunkmeister]

Looking awesome, Mark. 

These Hobbycraft  P-51A's have SO much potential with just a little care and attention.

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I have been saying that for a long time, everything is pretty accurate, just lacking in definition. This is the second hobbycraft mustang I built, didn’t need a resin cockpit for either. I hope sombody buys he molds and re-issues the kits.

[harv]

really nice work buddy !.........harv 

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Long day of painting, PE, and weathering. Tomorrow I hope to get the IP done and get it all installed in the fuselage.

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I started to close up the fuselage today, however, I discovered some fit issues. So back to some trimming. The fit issues were with the rear portions behind the armor plate. I had to trim the receiver board and camera mount, luckily, the cuts can’t be seen. I am also not very pleased with the self adhesive Edward PE, a couple pieces keep popping off. I’m going to have to give them a few dabs of CA. 

This was also the first time I used Fine Molds seat belts. I like them, they can be folded and painted, real quick. I started to built Edwards 97 part PE seatbelts, but i just did not have the patience for them, and remembered I had these. I like them.

I did manage to get everything to fit, and I started to fit the wings. A little bit of sanding off burrs, and the wing gaps were amazingly tight. Things are rocking along now!

[harv]

I think it is top shelf !!.......harv 

 

[Ryan]

Nice progress.

Ryan

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Thank you. The rest of the kit should be a breeze.

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More update pictures, funny thing is, I used less filler than on the Hasegawa P-40. Looks like it’s getting primer tomorrow. 

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Looking at pictures, I saw that there is no canopy rail provided in the kit, pe would have been better, but I made some with plastic stock.

[Bomber_County]

Great pit, this is going to be awesome........

[Ryan]

Nice rail and overall progress.

Ryan