1/48 AMT/ERTL P-40F
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This is the kit in its entirety. Nice molding but soft details and some flash/misalignment.
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Drilled out exhaust stacks.
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Temporary parts holders using kit sprue.
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Used palsticard to attach exhaust/engine panels.
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Big step after gluing panel into place.
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Plasticard to the rescue.
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Used stretched sprue to fill ordnance mount holes.
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Blocked the inside of the wing for the shell ports.
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Used plasticard to create additional mounting surface for wing assembly.
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The alignment pins were off so I sanded them out then glued the wing - aligning it as I went.
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Used sprue to correct the fuselage width.
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Not too bad for around 3hrs work.
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Simple detailing with panel lines (Dark Brown - Tamiya)
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Added a few drops of yellow to the OD Green to lighten the panels.
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Top portion is post shaded, bottom is awaiting the same treatment.
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Here we are after 5hrs! 🙂
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Strafing the bench!!
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This was a fun build. Found instructions on Scalemates and scrounged up some old decals from the spares box. I think the markings are a mix from a P-47, P-51 and a P-39 (I think).
Had a blast playing around with pre and post shading and building up skills with the airbrush. It was nice building a bigger bird. It has been a very long time since I built in 48th scale. Hope to do it more often.