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An Old Friend...1/48 Revell P-40B Cockpit Painting Well my friends here I am to finally get started on the Hawk. First up is the cockpit. That means clean up of the resin, really not bad at all, and getting some color. After cleanup I began with a base coat of Flat Black Rustoleum, this is...

An Old Friend...1/48 Revell P-40B Thank you all for looking in. Joe

I have been lost in many things as of late. Not much time really to post, even to really go online for more than a few minutes every now and then. It is time to go back to basics. Time to bring out an old friend. It seems that everytime I want to try something new I turn to this kit. i...

Many many thanks. Joe

Many many thanks. Tank I am glad I can be of help. Hardest part of this whole chipping thing to me is working with the right paints. About 70% of what I have is enamel and that stuff does not work well for the method. I am changing that up a bit though. Joe

Very cool. I have not tried to light up anything to this point. Joe

Many many thanks all. Saul you must have an ability to see the future. I have actually been asked to build more armor. Most of it however will not be publicly viewed, at least until they are published. Finishing up one now that should go off to the editor in the next week or so. More...

Many thanks all. You are very kind. Joe

Well she is finished. At least I am going to call her finished. I did not add the antenna as my logic told me there were some things that would have been removed prior to installation as a gate guard. I am happy with the way this looks as in the last 37 years I have done only a dozen or so...

Academy Patton...Oils Many many thanks. Joe

Academy Patton...Oils Well folks here we go again. Warning, the pictures for the most part do not show the actual colors portrayed. The pictures show a much "warmer" tone or yellowish tint. Now for the not so regular update. Using oils the process of weathering begins. Several different...

Academy Patton...Paint and Chipping Been thinking a lot about that MP. Joe

Academy Patton...Paint and Chipping Many thanks for looking in. MP unfortunately here the "gate guard" is a small piece of field artillery. And it is relatively new. I do remember one from when I was a kid and I remember it having a touch of chipping. I definitely do not want to go...

Academy Patton...Paint and Chipping Many thanks. With some information provided from another site I went back and cleaned up the hull and turret as they apparently did not chip as I have it portrayed. This build to be honest has really shown my inexperience with armor builds. Joe

Academy Patton...Paint and Chipping Moving right along on this it is time for painting. Up to this point not much was for sure on this build. I knew I wanted to build it so I could tackle the cammo. As I feel that is one of the major weaknesses I have in this hobby I wanted to challenge...

Academy Patton...Upper Hull and Turret Many thanks all for looking in. Ahh I see what you are talking about. In the set of pictures without the turret the upper and lower hulls are not glued yet. The set of pics with the turret the hulls are glued into place and the seam is taken care of...

Academy Patton...Upper Hull and Turret T many thanks. I will fix it. I found some decent photos but the rear of that light is hard to see. In a couple it looks as if there is a cable. Definitely shows the research is only as good as the photos you find. Many thanks for looking in and the...

Academy Patton...Upper Hull and Turret A bit of a double update tonight. I had planned on just the update for the upper hull but work on the turret proceeded very quickly. In fact that completed the "construction" phase. Under ten hours total. The detail went on without issue, well other...

Academy Patton...Lower Hull Time to update. Time was spent working the details to the lower hull. So far so good. The wheels and the return rollers are ready to go but left off the hull to accommodate painting. This puts me through step four in the instructions. Next up is the...

Academy Patton Appreciate you all looking in. This one will be oob. Concentrating on the construction and the paint work. But in the future who knows. Joe