LetLetLet ~ Warplanes
Let Let Let - Warplanes => Aircraft Modeling => Topic started by: No.1 on October 18, 2014, 12:15:14 PM
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Fresh start of this interesting kit. Kit box I get have some extra parts and I will make basic kit. First set of images of basic content.
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Basic black primer for interior parts
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Cockpit work, there is not much parts but enough to give a kit a descent look.
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Still work on cockpit
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Very interesting kit. I see that Valom includes the parts to build the early version with standard SBD tailpieces, that is a nice touch. If you build the later one you can show us again the new Alclad!
It's hard to believe, but fortunate, that one of these survived and is now restored.
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Here is a small photo update showing both short tail and long tail versions!
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Thank you for your nice comments and images, from my side coming progress update. As you see fuselage wings are merged but as well I use standard cement (to make very strong joint), I will continue this work tomorrow.
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Interresting aircraft!
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With review will be published also history of this plane ;)
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Filled, sanded and smoothed :)
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The monster takes shape!
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:-ok
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Thanks ;) More work later :)
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Here you are more progress :))
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Nice progress!
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Thank you :)) Most of the external details are completed ;) Must do some kind of machine gun blisters on leading edges, this is half ball's with gun inside, some magic will need to crate this :-wch
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Excellent work once again!
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Thanks :) Now hard work to spot all cement traces, to fine sand it and spray thin coat of black filler. Tomorrow, under day light, I will be able to see final details and maybe start with metal paint. But before all, to make rounds for machine guns on leading edge.
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Can you section a small piece of a sprue fret, or do you maybe have some of those little half-spheres that Eduard molds on their parts? This might help with these shapes.....
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I find solution- small pearls used for making jewelry, I find in my wife accessories some which match perfectly and best at all, they have hole where I will insert tubes for machine guns :)) So I will make points of holes, drill small holes and insert pearls to lay half inside.
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:-clap :-ok :-obey
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Thank you :)) First at all, update of the cockpit details and tomorrow coming final tunning :-jump
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Hello mate,
Very interesting but strange plane, the first prototype of which was a mix of different planes...
Building this kit is a nice project and progress goes well.
Jicehem :-wave
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Thank you my friend. Entire design is strange and as I know among rare types with engines placed in the mid of the fuselage.
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Work done this morning and in this moment I mask cockpit canopy. When I place it on kit, there will be final work with dissolved putty and hope today will be applied first coat of black primer.
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Canopy mounted and gaps filled. One of material which really perform great is the bottle show on image ;)
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Nice progress mate. :-ok :-ok
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Dissolved putty is great! (I tried to add lacquer thinner to the red putty I use but results were not so good.)
The idea of building this airplane from existing design elements is one of the strangest USAAF projects. My personal thinking is that General Motors proposed this because they had sunk a good deal of time and effort into the Allison 3420 engine and needed an airplane to use it in. GM was removed from the B-29 production scheme (that slot was given to Martin/Omaha) so that the P-75 project could be realized by GM. Regardless, it is an interesting machine!!!
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nice
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Thanks friends :))
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All black and some later today will make final check out of surface, it must be perfectly smooth before Alclad application :-danger
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Alclad sprayed all over and will let it dry over night, just in case ;)
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Looks great!
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Thank you :)) I add one more coat and tomorrow will spray last two. After that remain olive drab top and final assembly. This kit take too long :-/
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Olive Drab painted now decals and final details :)) I guess this is day or two from completed ;)
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This is looking so good, and you have obviously figured out how to mask the Alclad!!
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Thanks, tomorrow comes final images ;)
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fantastic !
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Thanks :)) It is completed now and tomorrow morning I will take final images. Tonight I will make review text and I am sure many will find it as good guide to build this kit.
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Images of completed and review coming soon :))
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And full review is here:
http://www.letletlet-warplanes.com/2014/10/29/valom-p-75-eagle/
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Beauty! :-ok
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Thank you :))