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Re: AVG Hawk 81 A2 (P-40)

Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2022 11:03 am
by Medicman71
Stikpusher wrote:Yeah Academy decals are hit or miss. They have some boxings that come with high quality Cartograph decals, and others with some really crappy Academy decals. Did you buy some replacements for your P-40?
I think I had some spare one that I had gotten from someone.

Re: AVG Hawk 81 A2 (P-40)

Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2022 11:14 am
by jkim
Here's my contribution to the AVG squadron...

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Re: AVG Hawk 81 A2 (P-40)

Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2022 11:32 am
by Stikpusher
That is great John! All it needs is a Wild Bill Kelso figure to go with it….

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Re: AVG Hawk 81 A2 (P-40)

Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2022 12:26 pm
by Medicman71
That's awesome John! :shoutout:

Re: AVG Hawk 81 A2 (P-40)

Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2022 5:22 pm
by Gary Brantley
That cutie looks like it suffered a laundry problem! It seems some shrinkage is evident! :lol: Or, perhaps the water was just cold... :wink:

Re: AVG Hawk 81 A2 (P-40)

Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2022 6:13 pm
by tempestjohnny
Stikpusher wrote:That is great John! All it needs is a Wild Bill Kelso figure to go with it….

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But what happened when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor :giggles:

Re: AVG Hawk 81 A2 (P-40)

Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2022 10:51 pm
by Stikpusher
Kelso tracked ‘em down to Pomona… :giggles:

Re: AVG Hawk 81 A2 (P-40)

Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2022 4:35 pm
by Stikpusher
As well as resuming work on my Buffalo, I also resumed work on my P-40.
First up was drilling out the exhausts

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after that I installed the exhaust stacks and from portion of the nose, as well as the nose gun fairings

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I also figured out a way to add some sheet styrene after closing up the wing into the wheel wells to fill the gap and replicate the missing skin and wing spar in there. I also filled the mount point for the drop tank, as AVG Hawks we’re not able to mount drop tanks

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lastly I had previously added the horizontal stabilizers

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Just about ready for some basic painting…

Re: AVG Hawk 81 A2 (P-40)

Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2022 4:43 pm
by Medicman71
It's looking great Stik!

Re: AVG Hawk 81 A2 (P-40)

Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2022 5:08 pm
by LyleW
Coming along swimmingly!