The Waffling Wombat

[Pellson]

Have to say that your construction area organisation is mind blowingly good! 
Mine most certainly is not..

[Old Wombat]

Have to say that your construction area organisation is mind blowingly good! 
Mine most certainly is not..

That's not what I'd call it!



(It's not what my wife calls it,either. )

[Old Wombat]

Fuselage is together!

A little bit of PPP seems (so far) to be all that's needed to fill the gaps,

However, I'll have to do some re-painting of the cockpit, as the kit is pre one-piece cockpit rear bulkheads, so there are seams.

Still waiting for the 2-part epoxy to cure on the wheel wells (forgot to check if it was regular or 5-minute when I mixed it). Still, should be good & strong when it does.

[Pellson]

Have to say that your construction area organisation is mind blowingly good! 
Mine most certainly is not..

That's not what I'd call it!



(It's not what my wife calls it,either. )

It looked better before you zoomed out.. 

[kerick]

That's not bad at all.
A clean desk is the sign of someone who doesn't do anything!

[Old Wombat]

Well, yesterday not much seemed to get done but progress was good; I got the fuselage & the wings glued together, & the wings have joined the fuselage this morning (currently clamped & taped while the glue dries).

[Rick Lowe]

I get confused by thinking 'Interior Green' should mean as used in the peopled parts... not so, they're 'Zinc Chromate'... 

[McColm]

I've tried to keep a tidy desk but I usually can't find the parts that I need, this might change when I return to work as I will have the dosh to buy a filing system.

[NARSES2]

It gets more confusing when you realise that there were at least two different zinc chromates used, one more "green" (generally used on USAAF aircraft) & the other more "yellow green" (usually used on USN aircraft), then each manufacturer had their own, slightly different, take on "cockpit green".

Exactly  Perhaps that's why we Wif, and no I don't mean pong 

[Old Wombat]

Today's update:


Where I was when I went to bed last ... yesterday morning (at Stupid o'clock );




Where I'm at tonight after midnight (at Not-So-Stupid O'clock );




Had to move the aerial mast back because Hobby Boss thought it should go immediately behind the sliding canopy. )


Note the crack in the canopy just in the top rear, where it joins the fuselage glazing - the joys of single-piece canopies with complex shapes & angles. )

Bits & pieces awaiting priming and/or painting;




Well, that's all the modelling for today.


Thanks for watching!

 

[Wardukw]

  
I do like the P-40 ..ive got one but for some reason the canopy has just disappeared 🤔
Oh I just had an idea 💡 😳 😅
Watch this space ..well not this one ..another one 

[Rick Lowe]

 
I do like the P-40 ..ive got one but for some reason the canopy has just disappeared 🤔
Oh I just had an idea 💡 😳 😅
Watch this space ..well not this one ..another one 

P-40Q with a bubble? Just a thought...

[Wardukw]

 
I do like the P-40 ..ive got one but for some reason the canopy has just disappeared 🤔
Oh I just had an idea 💡 😳 😅
Watch this space ..well not this one ..another one 

P-40Q with a bubble? Just a thought...

Maybe  ..maybe not  😁

[Old Wombat]

Painting day, today.

The fuselage is primed - just a few little spots requiring a bit more putty-&-sanding, & a few bits of fluff that need buffing out.



Prop spinner painted SMS "Italian Red" (which is slightly ironic, when you think about it), & prop tips painted very, very, very pale pink as an undercoat for the yellow.




The instructions say to paint the prop blades "steel", but they're usually black ... Any suggestions (remembering "Real World" (or a moderately reasonable approximation thereof, anyway)?

[NARSES2]

Coming along nicely