P-40B progress

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Progress so far 

 

Wings and fuselage joined, nose rescribed 

 

Progress so far. Decided to rescribe the upper cowling once again after doing the last pictures and after checking references which actualy show that the upper cowling panel lines are wrong in the kit after you attach the cowling in place. 

Progress so far. Rescribed the nose again, added Master pitot, 50 and 30.cals smoothed out the surface with 2500 grit.  

Added scratch seat framework. Still strugling with picture making. It looks better in real life than in the pictures. 

Building the N2A gunsight and armor glass from scratch. The common misconception by the early P-40 is that the forward windshield had framework. It is actually the frames of the armored glass that cause this effect. 

Added some glasswork and made the radio wiring from 0.13mm wire. Slowly moving to the priming stage. 

Small update. Added some parts and masked and glued in the canopy. 

Exchanged the wire rigging for mig 0.3 mm rigging line. The model is ready for priming 

Model is primed. Some touch up and correction needed but nothing serious. 

Tamiya neutral gray added to the undersides 

Olive drab sprayed on. Used AK filters for both colors to give it a bit more worn look. Started with some minor chipping using Ak yellow zinc chromate and AK aluminium. Lost the rigging and windshield gunsight during the process, will add them back later. 

Gloss coat, decals and exhausts added. Made chipping with ak metalic wax. After adding mr topcoat gloss it dissapeared.Neded to touch it up. Need to work on making better pictures as the model is actually more lighter tone after the applied filters 

Almost done. 

Calling it done.