1/48 Curtiss Hawk 81-A2 Tomahawk - AVG.China 1941/42 - Aircraft in Foreign Service GB

[Wurger]

[Airframes]

Good start Jelmer.
Could you please add the scale to the thread title, for judging purposes? Thanks.

[jjp_nl]

Good start Jelmer.
Could you please add the scale to the thread title, for judging purposes? Thanks.

My bad! Put it in the start post now, as changes in the title are not visible on the forum

[Wurger]

I have just edited the title. Now it should be visible.

[jjp_nl]

I have just edited the title. Now it should be visible.

Yes it is! Thanks

[Wurger]

You'r welcome.

[vikingBerserker]

You're off to a great start!

[Wayne Little]

Cool!

[Vic Balshaw]

Like the way you work Jelmer.

[jjp_nl]

Thanks Vic! Trying to keep this build going for a little bit. I did some small, but not unimportant things on the clearparts

Apparently there isn't any vertical framing on the windscreen on the P-40C. The illusion of a frame being there is created by a piece of armored glass (in a frame) on the inside of the windscreen. Apparently this is often mis-interpreted as a frame on the outside of the windscreen. This pic also show the little frame on the aft window goes straight doen.


This very clearly shows the piece armored glass on the inside of the windscreen and how this might lead to the idea of a frame being on the outside of the windscreen on more general pictures.


The Academy kit aft windows has this frame moled into a bit of an angle. Notice how it rougly should have ran along that little line of rivets only just visible behind that window?


So, I sanded off the framing from the windscreen and polished it real good into a shiny new curved windscreen, and dipped it in future (which for a change did actually work this time due to some precautions/changes I've made to the way I work with this stuff) I hope to be able to create a piece of armoured glass on the inside of the windscreen by using a piece of clearpart from the spares box or something)


The aft windows had their frames removed, polished and dipped in future as well. Same goes for the big sliding hood, which also came out fine. New frames on the aft windows will prolly be made out of some (pre-painted) tape of sorts.

[Wayne Little]

Nice work Jelmer, done good!

[Wurger]

[Airframes]

Good stuff Jelmer.

[Crimea_River]

I agree.

[Vic Balshaw]