Pretty in Pink. Airfix Airacobra as a 1940s Unlimited racer.

CSMO · April 03, 2014, 02:35:52 PM

I have built over 3,00 models in my lifetime, but this is the first time that I have ever built a Pink airplane. I had a prop and spinner left over from a Special Hobby Seafire Mk.47 and a $5.00 Airfix P-39. So I made a Cleveland National Air Races style racer from the late 1940s. I enlarged the nose to fit the spinner with putty. I puttied the wing gondola recesses, lengthened the nose gear, added a roof to the main wheel-well, and added a ventral fin for stability. I mixed the Pink from Testors Gloss Red and Gloss White and painted the model with a brush. The interior is Testors Aluminum. The markings came from the spares-box and were applied in the period manner for 1940s era racing aircraft. I was going to do this one in Orange, but there is a "Pink" Group Build on the Modeling Madness forum, so I changed my mind. I like it!

Adios, Larry.

comrade harps · April 03, 2014, 03:58:59 PM

Gorgeous finish (and love the extra prop blade, too).

PR19_Kit · April 03, 2014, 04:34:07 PM

You're not going to miss THAT beauty as she banks round the pylons, that's for sure!

Tophe · April 03, 2014, 06:09:08 PM

Lovely colour!

Captain Canada · April 03, 2014, 08:06:56 PM

Love the stance as she sits on the ground......ready to attack !

The new prop looks awesome as well.....although I hope they wind her up nice and slow as to not 'shaft' the pilot !

Great job.

PS-3000 models ? You must be two hundred and seventy five years old ! Call Guinness.....

zenrat · April 04, 2014, 01:22:06 AM

Nice. Colour and prop are superb.

sandiego89 · April 04, 2014, 05:05:59 AM

Wow, really impressed, especially with a mix paint and handbrushing, really well done

Looks like a natural.

Captain Canada · April 04, 2014, 05:12:14 AM

The more I look the more I like ! Not the colour so much ( I mean, it looks great and all ) but just the stance and the way that prop looks.....totally changes the beast. I'm sticking this one in the 'stolen ideas' bank !

NARSES2 · April 04, 2014, 07:20:58 AM

I like that

Army of One · April 06, 2014, 03:04:15 PM

For a pink aircraft.........that looks pretty mean......great build...

McColm · April 11, 2014, 03:25:31 PM

Great build.

Weaver · April 12, 2014, 05:38:21 AM

Nice idea - I like the idea of an Airacobra racer!

Got me thinking now: uprated engine (Griffon?), enlarged air intake, enlarged radiators (how?), and with the gearbox being separate from the engine, it should be relatively simple to fit a contraprop unit as an alternative to a massive five-blader IF you could find a suitable unit....hmmmmmmmm