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moostang51 | Guillows Series 800 - Bell P 39D Airacobra | Build | 09-Mar-11 17:20 | ![](user_aircraft_thumb100/21552.jpg) |
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Gunsight goes in right before canopy closure. |
moostang51 | Guillows Series 800 - Bell P 39D Airacobra | Build | 09-Mar-11 17:19 | ![](user_aircraft_thumb100/21551.jpg) |
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Cockpit looking aft. No masking tape ergo seatbelts not yet installed. |
moostang51 | Guillows Series 800 - Bell P 39D Airacobra | Build | 07-Mar-11 17:05 | ![](user_aircraft_thumb100/21508.jpg) |
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Next underside grey will be a touch lighter. Also decided to hollow out the oil cooler intakes at leading edge. There were a lot more panels that could be drawn in but they can become a real PITA. |
moostang51 | Guillows Series 800 - Bell P 39D Airacobra | Build | 05-Mar-11 16:55 | ![](user_aircraft_thumb100/21463.jpg) |
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Decals for RTD. Question. Where do you guys get your water slide decal sheets? Scaled off Rechalovs' kills today and now must duplicate a decal. Going to need clear sheets for this and white for the serial #. Really don't want to use "flea" bay. I tried DD's method of stars. Kudos DD, I gave up. I can probably get away with it on the underside. Too nany colors bumping into green. |
moostang51 | Guillows Series 800 - Bell P 39D Airacobra | Build | 04-Mar-11 17:29 | ![](user_aircraft_thumb100/21450.jpg) |
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Soon to be the P-39Q15 of Maj. Grigoriy Andrrevih Rechkalov of the russian 16GIAP. Trying to locate stars for decaling his 56 kills and a better replica of his initials. |
moostang51 | Guillows Series 800 - Bell P 39D Airacobra | Build | 04-Mar-11 08:49 | ![](user_aircraft_thumb100/21447.jpg) |
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Original Yellow ochre and black mixture produced an olive color that dried over night much darker than the first photo I posted. By adding varying degrees of tan rather than white or more yellow, I faded the Cobra's individual panels. One more application of the original base color lightened just a touch and watered down should tie it all together nicely. |