This is Eduard's P-39 built as an aircraft from the 346th FS, 350th FG
based in North Africa in the summer of 1943. It was built using the Profipack
version and although the PE adds some nice detail to the cockpit I replaced
some of the parts that were a bit 'flat' with some scratchbuilt parts and
added a few extras details.
The oil
cooler/radiator intakes in the leading edge of the wing were given some
ducting made from plasticard and the trailing edge of the wing was sanded down
on the inside of the top and bottom sections to get rid of this kits famous
thick trailing edge.
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The
aircraft is painted with Humbrol enamels, the main paint scheme being done
with Olive Drab and Dark Earth both lightened with white. These
colours were sprayed freehand using an Iwata HP-CS then a blue-tak
'worm' was used to get the demarcation line for the Sky underside.
Weathering was
done using pastels and a dark grey oil wash, the exhaust staining was done using matt
varnish with a few drops of matt black in. After the kit decals were applied
they were weathered with pastels and the model was given a Humbrol Matt Cote as
the final finish.
Darrell Thompson
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