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Brian da Basher
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P-40 Soviet Slammer weekend build
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September 28, 2014, 08:41:06 PM »
Sometimes you just want something simple, no major kit surgery, no muss, no fuss.
Fortunately, the Accurate Miniatures Air Combat Legends P-40N fills the bill nicely.
This kit is far more basic than I expected. It also looked a bit larger than the usual 1/72 scale P-40. It turns out this is an old "box scale" vintage Monogram kit, possibly 1/60th (?). I have another one of these buried in the kit stash jenga pile. Tack this up as a lesson learned: it pays to research first. Oh well. At least it builds up nice.
No filler was needed and only a touch of white school glue was used to close a small gap under the front of the canopy. I did have to resort to using the old rubber band (we call 'em gumbands here) trick to make sure the wingroot join was solid.
Maybe because of the blue, I kept imagining this bird flying with Soviet Naval Aviation defending Leningrad. I did some research but I couldn't find out if my choice of red stars was accurate, which probably means they're not, but I like the way they look.
The model was brush-painted freehand (no tape was used) in acrylics, mostly some nameless Testor's blue I got on the cheap. Decals were from spares.
I had a lot of fun on this low-stress project which I started Friday afternoon. I hope you enjoyed the pictures.
Brian da Basher
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Re: P-40 Soviet Slammer weekend build
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September 28, 2014, 08:50:36 PM »
Nice refreshing build huh Brian? Another nice one
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Re: P-40 Soviet Slammer weekend build
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September 28, 2014, 11:25:24 PM »
That looks great! I love the late P-40s they look so aggressive
Nice job on the paint, very steady hand there without the aid of masking :)
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Re: P-40 Soviet Slammer weekend build
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September 29, 2014, 02:52:08 AM »
Wot, no spats?
Nice work Brian. The blue is a definite change from the normal colors associated with the P-40 in Russian markings.
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Re: P-40 Soviet Slammer weekend build
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September 29, 2014, 07:47:24 AM »
Again you come up with unusual color scheme that works :)
Painted like that, I see it being one plane of the first Soviet flight demonstration team.
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Re: P-40 Soviet Slammer weekend build
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September 29, 2014, 10:08:41 AM »
Nice one. That's an attractive scheme that looks like it belongs.
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arkon
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September 29, 2014, 10:29:48 AM »
Great shade of blue😘, nice look to it all around
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Re: P-40 Soviet Slammer weekend build
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September 29, 2014, 01:16:35 PM »
The Monogram P-40 is 1/64th box scale. Yours is very bright indeed, well done!!!
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Re: P-40 Soviet Slammer weekend build
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October 01, 2014, 07:00:52 PM »
I like it!
(Thanks for your painted canopy, golden, I feel less alone in the modelling world...) :)
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October 04, 2014, 06:08:16 PM »
top work
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