| Image Comments |
| jerry campbell | 17-Feb-08 18:26 |
| The seat in the early P-40s were often left unpainted. The seat belts are Eduard 1/24th scale photo etched. |
| Barnstormer | 17-Feb-08 18:56 |
| Holy crap Jerry!! This looks excellent. |
| David Duckett | 17-Feb-08 20:35 |
| I heartily agree!! |
| jgood | 18-Feb-08 07:07 |
| That's amazing. |
| jerry campbell | 18-Feb-08 07:59 |
| Thanks guys. Even when building plastic models I always enjoyed the cockpit and spent extra time and energy on the cockpit even though you could barely see it in the finished product. |
| moostang51 | 18-Feb-08 17:11 |
| I'll just leave it at....WOW! |
| Jedi | 18-Feb-08 17:40 |
| I love it....this is truly awesome. I would like to get some seat belts for my P-40, how might i aquire some of the same? |
| jerry campbell | 18-Feb-08 18:16 |
| Any number of platic Mailorder houses carry them. I bought mine from Squadron. The brand name is Eduard, they make a number of photo-etched products in 1/24th scale. Unfortunately the Guillows P-40 is 1/16th scale, but the Eduard seat belts are rather large and will look pretty good in the guillows kit, they look rather large in my Diels 1/24th P-40B. |
| EdClark | 21-Feb-08 16:11 |
| Jerry,
I ordered seat belts in the 1/24 scale and they seem quite small for my 1/15 Warhawk. What are the approximate measurements of yours. Also, how do I convert or figure say 1/24 to mean when that is ghe given size. Would 1/15 or 1/34 be larter then 1/24? Your work looks great. Thanks |
| Creosotewind | 21-Feb-08 16:29 |
| 1/16 scale means it is 1/16th the size of the original. It is also noted as 3/4" scale, which means 3/4" equals 1'-0". Consequently, 1/24 is smaller in scale. When instructions are given as fractions of an inch (i.e. 3/8" scale), multiply the denominator (bottom number for those who slept through math class) times 12 (8x12=96). Divide that number by the numerator (top number, in this case, 3). 96/3=32. So that model is 1/32 scale.
To further confuse things, ship models are often made in 1/16 inch scale, not 1/16 (or 3/4") scale. The difference is 16x12=192, so those models are in 1/192 scale.
Many Guillows and Cleveland Master Models are 3/4" scale. Most of the models at the National Air and Space Museum are that scale. |
| sweetwillie | 21-Feb-08 16:51 |
| Creosotewind, How do you determine the scale from the measurements of the model? ie; the wingspan is 22". |
| jerry campbell | 21-Feb-08 16:54 |
| Ed, the 1/24th seat belts are going to be on the small side. However if you feel they are to small for the
Guillows kit, you might want to use them as patterns and make your own out of paper or masking tape. I and others have made reasonable seat belts like this. Avalability of after narket products such as seat belts, decals, cockpit placards, etc., is one of the reasons I like Diels and other 1/24 scale kits. |
| Creosotewind | 21-Feb-08 17:09 |
| "How do you determine the scale from the measurements of the model? ie; the wingspan is 22"."
Take the original wingspan (or other known dimension) and convert it to inches. (Real wingspan is 36'-3". Multiply 36 times 12 is 432 plus the extra three inches gives you 435"). Divide that by the model dimension (in this case, 22"). 435/22=19.7727. The model is close to 1/20 scale. I've found that, like old plastic models, lots of balsa airplane models are built to "box scale". Or all the planes in a series will have 24" wingspan, so there isn't a consistent scale. Like Jerry says, after-market parts may not be exact to your scale, but often come very close. |
| sweetwillie | 21-Feb-08 18:32 |
| Thanks creosotewind, I had figured it as about 1/32 scale, I'll look up the original dimensions of the F4B-4 and use your formula. Again, Thanks. |
| sweetwillie | 21-Feb-08 18:38 |
| Creosotewind, so if the original plane has a 30'ft wing span and the model has a 22" wingspan, then it's a 1/16 scale model? |
| poppy | 22-Feb-08 09:36 |
| Wonderful craftsmanship! Awesome details!! |
| Creosotewind | 27-Feb-08 12:40 |
| Sweetwillie, sorry for the delay. Out of town and then I lost this thread. Yes, the model is actually 1/16.36 scale, so 1/16 it is. |
