Beyond The Sprues
Current and Finished Projects => Physical Models => Aero-space => Topic started by: Acree on November 03, 2015, 11:05:45 AM
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I've always had a soft spot for the old P-26 'Peashooter,' but never built a model of one. I recently got the old Revell Germany P-26 in 1/72 scale. I pondered for a long time whether to build it OOB (but with Guatemalan markings), or to WHIF it up (as it were). I finally decided on the latter. I was quite surprised at how modern the Super Peashooter looked when finished. Mods were few and simple: replaced the engine and cowling with the heavily modified cowling and prop from a 1/72 Airfix Kingfisher. The engine inside it is a heavily modified resin R-2600 (with reduced stroke [diameter decreased by sanding] and the rear bank of cylinder removed). The only other mod was the addition of a canopy (from a 1/72 Hasegawa Ki-44 'Tojo'). Of course the rigging was left off to indicate structural mods, making the wing and landing gear fully cantilever (yes, I know, but this is WHIFworld!). The Decals are from an Aztec set (72-045).
She came out very well, I think, although the finish could be better. Hope you like her.
Chuck
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Very cool! :)
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Agreed, very cool indeed!! 8) 8) 8) 8)
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:)
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Agreed, very cool indeed!! 8) 8) 8) 8)
Yep,,, fur sure 8) 8) 8) 8)
Does P-26D have enough power to push critical Mach ?
Perhaps in a dive ?
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Nice work Chuck! Always liked the P-26 and never built one either so thank you for doing yours up not out of the box (= NOOB) :)
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Wow what a stunner! Great thinking finishing it up in Guatemalan markings! The mods are so plausible I wonder why Boeing never offered something like this at least for the export market.
I envy your incredible talent for inter-war aircraft, Chuck!
Brian da Basher
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It really looks good! Like a spatted P-35!
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This one reminds me a little of the Curtiss XP-31 Swift:
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Curtiss_XP-31_radial_side_view.jpg/1600px-Curtiss_XP-31_radial_side_view.jpg)
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Thanks, guys. I always liked the XP-31, too, but the inline version looked way better to me:
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bf/Curtiss_XP-31_in_flight_060907-F-1234P-012.jpg)
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Nice work on the Super-Peashooter! The Ki-44 canopy was a great choice :)
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Nice work on the Super-Peashooter! The Ki-44 canopy was a great choice :)
Ditto :)
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There was the Boeing XP-29 that there was a couple of prototypes of:
Wow what a stunner! Great thinking finishing it up in Guatemalan markings! The mods are so plausible I wonder why Boeing never offered something like this at least for the export market.
I envy your incredible talent for inter-war aircraft, Chuck!
Brian da Basher
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Spat-a-lishes!!! Nice build Chuck.
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Wonderful improvement of the P-26, congratulations!