Kittyhawk progress
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First step is cutting off the tail of the plane to replace with the correct one for the Kittyhawk.
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Tailplane assembled and ready to glue to the fuselage.
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There is a bit of a gap that will have to be adressed later with putty.
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THe gun sight was molded in non clear plastic, so it needs some modification. I prepared for a bit of transparent plastic film provided in the Eduard PE set, that will be applied later on.
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Some of the cockpit PE parts assembled.
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I'm using the Eduard flaps for this build. Here are the parts for the wings.
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Some more Eduard detailing for the wheel bays.
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I had to drill out the gun barrels with a pin vise drill.
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This is a riveting part of the build 😉
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All parts for the cockpit painted.
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I'm using the Eduard PE parts for attaching the bombs, so there was some filling and sanding to do.
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Bad luck! 🙁 The decal sheet had some defects/smearing of the insignias for the propeller. I will have to cut the smearing away during application.
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Most of the small details have been finished, including the propeller. The decals came out fine after all 🙂
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There was some filling and sanding that needed to be done around the wing roots and wheel bays.
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Cockpit is in 🙂
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I will put the pilot seat and the gun sight in when the rest of the model is finished.
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Flap inserts in the wing are in place.
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Also the engine cooling flaps are in place in the open position.
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I had to modify the masking a bit as it was made for the hasegawa kit. We will see how it looks when the plane is finished.
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I love this azure blue color! 🙂
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Top side camoflage finished too.
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Ready for a clear coat and decals. 🙂
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Decals are on with a protective gloss coat before weathering.
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Eduard PE flaps finished and painted along with the wheel bay covers.
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The small levers that control the flaps glued into place.
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Kittyhawk finished!
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With its 112 squadron brethren on the shelf 🙂. Mustang IV, Mustang III, Kittyhawk, Tomahawk.
Comments
20 25 May, 10:49
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Its been a while sisnce I started this build, so here are some progress pictures. It will be another 112 squadron sharkmouth build. Next step is decal application.
25 May, 10:51
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Thank you Guy! You are welcome. 🙂
Decals are now on, so next step will be building the Eduard PE flaps and wheel bay covers.
26 May, 17:23
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The Kittyhawk is finished! 🙂
A nice little kit with alot of PE added from the Eduard PE-kit. Next build will be something a little simpler witout a whole lot of extra parts.
Cheers!
2 June, 12:05
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Thank you again Guy! (added a picture at the end of the shelf with the rest of the sharkmouth planes) 🙂
6 June, 16:00
Album info
Progress pictures of the build of the 112 squadron Kittyhawk from Italeri in 1:48-scale.