P-39 Airacobra Airfix 1/72
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1 15 March 2020, 17:21
Guy RumpInternal colour added, pilot painted and lead weight glued into front of fuselage as a tri-cycle undercarriage.
15 March 2020, 17:43
Guy RumpFuselage together and wings. Looks as if there will be quite a bit of filler required underneath...
25 March 2020, 20:46
Gordon SørensenGreat start on an old kit, Guy!
Many years ago, my dad, oldest brother and I went to Northwestern Alberta to see a lend-lease Aircobra that had crashed the winter of '43 on a remote lake on its delivery flight. It wasn't found until 1964. Have a picture of a 10 year-old me sitting in the remains of the cockpit. Took the trim control knob as a souviner. Think I still have it somewhere at my parents place...
25 March 2020, 22:09
Guy RumpThanks Gordon 🙂 Impressed (and a little jealous 🙂 )that you've seen "in the flesh" a P-39 that flew during WW2 and that you got the chance to sit in the cockpit. 🙂
26 March 2020, 18:41
Guy RumpMy first attempt at pre-shading and next pic the initial result with top of fuselage Vallejo Model Air 71.016 USAF Olive Drab.
4 April 2020, 11:41
Łukasz GlińskiWatching, I even have an unlicensed vacuform copy of this tooling in my stash 🙂
4 April 2020, 16:49
Guy RumpCompleted.
The P-39 N was flown by Captain Pavel Kutakhov during 1943 as a part of 40 19 GIAP. An ace with 28 kills (12 individual and 16 shared), during WW2 he was highly decorated with the following main awards: Hero of the Soviet Union (May 1943), Order of Lenin (May 1943), Order of the Red Banner x 2 (May & July 1942), Order of Alexander Nevsky (Nov 1944), Order of the Patriotic War 1st Class (Sep 1943).
After the War he continued with his Air Force career gaining many other awards. He became Commander in Chief of Soviet Air Forces (1969-1984) He died in 1984 aged 70.
20 April 2020, 16:53
Daniel KlinkOl airfix tool? Very well done Guy, and. Ery interesting Background information 👍
20 April 2020, 22:36
Łukasz GlińskiNeat and clean, in particular when taking into account the quality of the sprues 🙂
22 April 2020, 12:55
Guy Rump@ wilky, I don't know if they ever have released a P-39 with RAAF decals???
22 April 2020, 17:30
wilkyAirfix haven't ever released a P-39 with R.A.A.F. decals.
Australia is often forgotten by the kit manufacturers.
Italeri and Academy do the most. Hasegawa does a few but only a small percentage of total output
22 April 2020, 19:15
