| Image Comments |
| dfrank47 | 02-Feb-11 17:55 |
| The belly did not turn out so good. Almost finished, still need panel lines and may make drop tank to hide the belly |
| FLYBOYZ | 02-Feb-11 19:15 |
| Fantastic p40 dfrank!Was the shark theet painted on or decal |
| dfrank47 | 02-Feb-11 19:33 |
| Thank you Flyboyz, the teeth are the kit supplied decal and a bit of touch up with paint |
| intruder 1400 | 02-Feb-11 19:48 |
| It looks great, I don't see what's wrong with it. I have never had the patience for panel lines, tried just can't do them. |
| FLYBOYZ | 02-Feb-11 19:48 |
| Well you guys got me excitied about haveing a big p40 So iam going to give it my best |
| dfrank47 | 03-Feb-11 04:03 |
| Sorry we got off on the wrong foot Intruder. Good to see your still around. I am still learning panel line technique. Some of its a guess, some you can measure of off the plans. They do make a model look nice. Go for it FLYBOYZ! |
| intruder 1400 | 03-Feb-11 13:08 |
| Good luck FLYBOYZ, can't wait to see it. I am sure u will do a fine job. |
| intruder 1400 | 03-Feb-11 13:10 |
| dfrank47, is this a balsa wood model and what's the wing span lenght, I never built this particular model ? |
| intruder 1400 | 03-Feb-11 13:11 |
| length, sorry about that. |
| dfrank47 | 03-Feb-11 16:55 |
| The Guillow series 400 P40 has a 28 inch span |
| intruder 1400 | 03-Feb-11 20:32 |
| I have a 1903 Wright flyer I bought awhile back, just opened it up and looked at it. This is going to be quite the project, debating on if I want to try and tackle it or not. The others here sure turned out nice. |
| intruder 1400 | 03-Feb-11 23:29 |
| The wright flyer, man o man the wings are awsesome,the threading another thing. I have been studying for a couple of hours now and I think I can build this, I am going to put my money where my mouth is on this one. Wishing the best of luck to me. |
| dfrank47 | 05-Feb-11 11:04 |
| I wish you the best as well, I personally have not had a lot of success with bi plane construction. Just take your time, and be patient. |
| FLYBOYZ | 05-Feb-11 11:53 |
| O good I wanted to ask you what type paint you used here dfrank?Thank you |
| dfrank47 | 05-Feb-11 19:26 |
| The paint is acrylic from Wal Mart and A.C. Moore, they both have a large selection. |
| FLYBOYZ | 05-Feb-11 20:33 |
| Do you delute it or use it straight from the bottle and what color you use on the top of model thank you!flyboyz |
| FLYBOYZ | 05-Feb-11 20:34 |
| I got dark bown but I don,t think thats the color |
| dfrank47 | 06-Feb-11 09:06 |
| The paint I used on top is olive by Folk Art paints. The bottom is Folk Art white. I blended the two colors together to get an acceptable shade of green for the cockpit. |
| FLYBOYZ | 06-Feb-11 09:13 |
| O good didn,t know flok art made a olive I will be looking for it.I had blend bark bown and metallic christmas green came of wth a olive but it had a metallic shade didn,t particulay like it not for a war plane.This is alot of info thank you very much dfrank |
