P-38 Yippee
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no cockpit whatsoever.... so scratchbuilding time
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i drilled those intakes to give it a bit of interest
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finally finished the intakes for the engines
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a basic scratched cockpit
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of course, i almost forgot the instrument pannel
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drilled some holes....
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installed in the cockpit using a wire
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and realized to late that those holes should be filled... how i do it now?
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painted back, removed the whell bay cover, and inyected white putty... not perfet but better than nothing
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the hole used to inyect the putty
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no idea what those are, but they look nice
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crude preshading.....
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i wanted some bright red (bermellion), so give first a layer of yellow
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it is the shade i wanted....
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preshading still visible? i did a bit of rivetting too, but maybe i shoudl have gone deeper....
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cockpit masked. no detail visible in the plastic, so i have to do a bit of guesswork.....
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black base for alclad
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not perfect, but not bad either
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it seems ok. except that i forgot that the front is painted red too....
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a bit of masking.....and the propeller tips will also be done. yellow. I need to take picture of the finished model, right?
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the final product, with decals and a bit of dark wash
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I had to upload that picture 😉
评论
12 1 October 2018, 19:07
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That's a colourful rendition of a very crude kit. Top work, as usual.
1 October 2018, 20:35
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Wow! Spanjaard, You definitely invested more time, effort and skill into your P-38J #5000 kit than I did, and your results are stunning. Your level of detail is outstanding for this crude kit. Just your cockpit canopy alone is worth learning from. I like the weathering and added detail, like gun barrels, wire aerials, etc. I still have to make my canopy frames, which I think I will do with silver stripe decal. I do not think I will add gun barrels or aerials. But I like your work! Great job! R/ Dutch
29 October 2018, 14:05
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Thanks Dutch, gorbygould and Murad. this one is the first one finished of a special project, so stay tuned 🙂
29 October 2018, 20:11
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Wow, quite a bit of detailing in such a tiny model! In the early '60s, my father was stationed in Japan for a while, and I remember at the BX, they had dozens of tiny aircraft kits for sale for only 10 yen (about 3¢ at the time), so my brother and I used to buy them from time to time. They must have been about 1:144. I had no idea they still made aircraft kits in that scale. It would never have occurred to me to try to add so much detail. Nice work! 👍
2 September 2020, 12:56
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it is possible to add detail.... to any scale if you really wan to 🙂 glad you like it.
there is plenty of stuff a 1/144, believe me.
2 September 2020, 13:08
Album info
part of my "flying circus" project....
this P38 is crude to say the least... it basically does not have a cockpit for example.... but i wanted some colourful schemes and this one certainly qualifies, so i had to use it.
added a few details to it.
complete project has been a bit of stealth mode.... i wanted it finishe before posting, but as usual.... it is taking too long 😛