RS contents - Definitely shorter run tech, softer plastic and not as detailed as ARMA. Resin exhausts look great - lovely decals and "glass", looks promising
Academy - the base kit, looks pretty good at first glance, typical hard stiff Academy plastic, awful wheels - and all the other detractions from earlier reviews. Gonna need some work -
After removing the lump, I noticed the difference in the cooling vents - Academy way too short, and not angled up into the fuselage enough - more surgery -
Dropping Academy cockpit floor - notching it level it with the shelf it is supposed to go on top of - then giant slot for the SBS well.... yikes -but it worked! YAY!
Academy right door removed, floor and bulkheads lining up nicely now. (Pilots most often used the right door, as the the throttle was on the left door pillar)
3 P-39Qs of the 15th FG, 46th FS, while stationed on Canton (Kanton) Atoll from March to December 1943. Originally painted in OD over grey, the planes were quite obvious against the coral strip. Much debate over the years about colors used - I will be going with a washed out Sand 26 or Sand 49 as the well researched ARMA site
- armahobbynews.pl/en/..ral-aircobras-70055/ - states, though still without a definitive answer. Probably never will be as this was such along time ago and for such a short stint!