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| Dale1416, Image # 29151 | 26 Apr 13 23:49 |
Fuselage planked, filled, and ready for sanding. |
| Dale1416, Image # 29150 | 26 Apr 13 23:48 |
Scratch built 3-blade propeller. |
| Dale1416, Image # 29149 | 26 Apr 13 23:47 |
This kit came with a 2- blade plastic propeller and no spinner, as pictured on kit box. I used Guillow’s spinner from the EDGE kit, sanded off the nose of the spinner until a hole appeared large enough to insert the center gun which was made from leftover landing gear parts. |
| Dale1416, Image # 29148 | 26 Apr 13 23:46 |
Trial fit of parts; additional structure was added to wing and stabilizer construction. Clay was added to nose of fuselage to give model the correct balance for the tricycle landing gear. |
| Dale1416, Image # 29147 | 26 Apr 13 23:46 |
Tissue covering complete, shrunk and sealed with dope. Planked fuselage was given numerous coats of clear dope and lightly sanded. |
| Dale1416, Image # 29146 | 26 Apr 13 23:45 |
Canopy masked off and ready for painting. Wing fillets were added to this build, but not shown on kit plans, with no materials provided. |
| Dale1416, Image # 29145 | 26 Apr 13 23:45 |
Top of P-39 Aircobra was spray painted with Krylon # 53522 satin olive. Bottomsurfaces are light gray - Krylon # 2423. |
| Dale1416, Image # 29144 | 26 Apr 13 23:44 |
Dumas kit # 234 MIG - 17 decals applied to this Russian P-39 Aircobra. |
| Dale1416, Image # 29143 | 26 Apr 13 23:44 |
Guillow’s 1” diameter wheels were used on main landing gear in place of narrow wheels furnished in kit. Added front landing gear detail and wheel well outlines. |
| Dale1416, Image # 29142 | 26 Apr 13 23:43 |
Numerous embellishments were added to this kit, such as guns, cockpit details, wing walk strips, etc. |
| Dale1416, Image # 29141 | 26 Apr 13 23:42 |
Cockpit details…instrument panel, radio equipment, seat, etc. Did not use kit supplied decal for cockpit door; instead did outline with fine line marker. |
| Dale1416, Image # 29140 | 26 Apr 13 23:41 |
Only Kit # 233 decals used were the numbers on the rudder and decals for the main wheel well shapes. |
| Dale1416, Image # 29139 | 26 Apr 13 23:40 |
The mid-engine P-39 aircraft was favored more by Russian pilots, than American pilots, in World War II. |
| Dale1416, Comment for image # 29122 | 26 Apr 13 23:32 |
| pilots, in World War II. |
| Dale1416, Comment for image # 29123 | 26 Apr 13 23:31 |
| main wheel well shapes. |
| Dale1416, Comment for image # 29126 | 26 Apr 13 23:29 |
| wheels furnished in kit. Added front landing gear detail and wheel well outlines. |
| Dale1416, Comment for image # 29128 | 26 Apr 13 23:28 |
| surfaces are light gray - Krylon # 2423. |
| Dale1416, Comment for image # 29129 | 26 Apr 13 23:27 |
| but not shown on kit plans, with no materials provided. |
| Dale1416, Comment for image # 29130 | 26 Apr 13 23:26 |
| given numerous coats of clear dope and lightly sanded. |
| Dale1416, Comment for image # 29131 | 26 Apr 13 23:25 |
| construction. Clay was added to nose of fuselage to give model the correct balance for the tricycle landing gear. |
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