P-39 Dual Combo/ Profikit, Eduard

Roland Sachsenhofer
On this article I would like to concentrate on the Profipack kit. As with the two other, this P-39 is assembled, filled, sanded and ready to get a thorough priming with Gunzes "interior green".
The kits worked very well; all in all they were quick builds till now.
I am looking forward to get some colour on the surfaces...

I wish you a happy New Year!

Steffen Tittmann
Hi Roland,
habe auch schon 3 P-39 von Eduard gebaut.
Ich finde den Bausatz Spitze, eine liegt hier noch rum bei mir.
Baust Du eine russ. Variante auch daraus?

Dirk Heyer
Hi Roland,
I`ve already seen your Airacobra on JAM!
You are so fast, I`m speechless!
Looking forward your "3" Cobra projects and I`m sure you`ll get fine results and kick mine! 🙂 🙂
I`m lil bit jealous about your endurance and your fast production line! Wow!!
Greetz
Dirk

Philip De Keyser
I'm tuned Roland, 3 of a kind, and they say that I'm fast!!!!!
I wish you to a happy new year!
Greetz Phil😉

Jan Goormans
Roland , 3 at once and with that quality , impressive
you should show us some pictures of your workbench,
no better word is production line 🙂

stefan natus
Great work roland,3 at once.I build maybe 3 airplanes a year 🙁

Roland Sachsenhofer
Hello all,
the P-39 Triplett seems to enjoy great popularity, which makes me glad!
indeed Steffen, I am going to finish one out of the "combo" pack as a all-over silver "P-400", flown by the Soviets from bases near Murmansk. I will get you a scan from Eduards painting instructions.
By now I have primed all three with Gunzes interior green, next step will be a coat of Alclads "White Aluminum"- the last operation in common for all Cobras.
Any kind of "speed buildung" is definitly not my intention, but these Airacobras have been intended as straightforward and uncomplicated builds. What should I say... it just works! 😮)
Thank you all for the friendly acceptance of these connected projects

Roland Sachsenhofer
Hello!
I have put quite a lot of new pictures in this gallery. As an excuse: they are showing the growth of all three Airacobras and you can see two major painting steps. At first, I have prepared the surfaces for Alclad with Gunze "Interior Green", second I sprayed "White Aluminum" as an preparation for the different colour shades.
By now the RAF version got its "sky" coloured marking, the US P-39 displays wing leading edges in white and on the Soviet Cobra I have done some minor parts in green. I will show you this next time.
Have a good start into 2013!

Roland Sachsenhofer
Hello,
here are some new pictures to my Soviet-used Airacobra. Decals have been set on a high gloss surface, which further enhanced the glossy shine of Alclad Aluminum. After that I applied a washing of red-brown pastell and the first gentle signs of dirt.
The prominent numbers on the fuselage make this Aiarcobra to a sort of racing plane in my eyes- something that fits to the sleek lines of the P-39!

Michel Huijghe
Like the white 95 alot! Great camo! 🙂

Roland Sachsenhofer
Hi Michel, oh yeah- it´s quite appealing. I couldn´t resist seeing when I saw this camo scheme!
The main painting matters have been finished by now, the second clear gloss paint is covering the surfaces and the decals. On some areas I will apply flat clear- like on the exhaust stains.

Frank Krause
A P-39 race with Dirk? Looking good, Roland!

Roland Sachsenhofer
Ah! Just saw and adored Dirks P-39... No, Frank, I am sorry, there will be no race😮) What a masterly modeller he is!

Dirk Heyer
Hi Roland,
pls don`t push me so extremely! 🙂 🙂
Otherwise the expectations of all mates here are soo high for me that I have to change my name and my identity!! 😄 😄
To say: "Don`t hurry.." is carrying water to the river! 🙂 I`m sure, your result will be amazing as usual in triple viewing....🙂 🙂
Greetz
Dirk

Holger Kranich
Roland, the "Triple King" !😢

Dirk Heyer
🙂 aka TriKi

Holger Kranich
And so we have a new nickname😢!

Steffen Tittmann
Hi Roland,
schaut gut aus. Ich sitze gerade an der CAC CA-13 Boomerang und quäle mich weil nichts paßt.

Markus Kutsch The Plastic Bench
Looks very good until now.

Roland Sachsenhofer
Hello, thank you for all your friendly comments!
The doors have to be attached and the fuselage attached gun sight will have to be made- I guess I will use stretched sprue for this filigran part- but besides that my Murmansk stationed P-400 has been finished.

Steffen, da baust Du was interessantes, würde mich ebenfalls reizen!
Mit der P-39 Q geht´s hier weiter... 😮)

Steffen Tittmann
@ Roland,
dann aber vorher genug Spachtelmasse und Schliefpapier besorgen.😉

Roland Sachsenhofer
Hi guys, here some pictures of the finished P-400.
Hab´s gesehen Steffen... was für ein Aufwand! Bin weiter sehr auf die "Boomerang" gespannt- Du wirst was Sehenswertes bauen!

Christian Lehmann
Very nice result

Roland Sachsenhofer
Thank you Christian!

Dirk Heyer
Pretty nice colour scheme!
Your Cobra looks like a little bit like a reno racer! Great stuff!
Fine paint job!

Luc B
excellent work!

Roland Sachsenhofer
Thank you both for your encouraging words! Oh yes, your association fits- I could not resist on seeing this camo in Eduards kit.

Aghis Barberopoulos
After the Arado duo, the airacobra trio! What's next Roland ?
Needless to say it is going very well so far...

Roland Sachsenhofer
Hello Aghis, next to come is a "dublette" 😮) Call it a tribute to Hawker: I am going to build two Tempests -Eduard, 1:48- and two of Italeris new Hurricanes... Thanks for the comment!
I would like to show you the recent status of the two other P-39 projects. What you can see is a RAF Airacobra with all the decals fixed, glistering with clear gloss paint and a ?Q?, pictured just after receiving the final coat of clear flat. Both models look slightly dusty on the pictures, but I hope that´s only temporary? the next polishing will remove this.

Applying the thin brown line of the original camo-colour that runs along the gray and green colour etch was quite a demanding work. The final way was to mask the brown colour with masking solution applied with a fine brush. Then the green and the gray has been sprayed, after removing the masking a small thin line of brown separates the two other colours?.

I hope to finish this two P-39s within the next week.
Hello guys,
here are

Roland Sachsenhofer
"Q" has left my workbench at last, I have put some final pictures in. Thanks for commenting that one!

Steffen Tittmann
@ Roland,
sieht schön "abgeflogen" aus. Respekt.

Philip De Keyser
Hi Roland, I love these P 39, they are looking awesome
Congrats with the results!!
I'm looking forward to the dublette, Hawker! can't wait to see the first pictures of your new project😉
Greetz Phil

Markus Kutsch The Plastic Bench
Hi Roland
Great used look.I like pic 49 very much.Looks very cool.

Roland Sachsenhofer
Hi, your words make me glad, thank you for that!
The new pictures with the Airacobra in RAF colours finish my P-39 "trilogy". Summing up, that was quite a convenient experience!
Philip, the Hawks, alonside with a Sopwith Triplane in 1/32, have been started... 😮)

Philip De Keyser
Looking forward to it Roland😉