Bell P.39Q Airacobra
- Subject:
- Schaal:
- 1:72
- Status:
- Voltooid
- Begonnen:
- April 23, 2016
- Voltooid:
- May 8, 2016
OOB, basically.
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24 April 2016, 22:15
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A diversion in to a tangential player, the USAAF Bell P-39. Not really one of the stars of the USAAF stable, it was used to good effect by both the Russians and the French. I'm building it as a favor to my SO, who cares for a former USAAF P39Q pilot in an elderly care home. It's tricycle landing gear, so I'll need weighting for gears down.
24 April 2016, 22:23
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The alignment of the nosewheel column is such that the pushing struts contact on one side, rather than centered on the column. Then, I thought I'd put enough weights to keep it on the tricycle, but once assembled (but for the canopy) it was still tail-heavy. I tried through the instrument panel, but it was too tight. This craft now has balls; huge ones lurking in the nosewheel compartment....it took four small split ball lead weights behind the nosewheel gear and resulted in the poorly moving propeller being glued still.
2 May 2016, 21:50
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Well...the landing gear is a minor mess. The front wheel well is filled with weights. I had to file down the 'box' in the aft portion under the canopy to get the clear canopy to fit. But it is done, but for the decals.
7 May 2016, 18:01