CTA Entry - Adam - P-38F 1/48 Hasegawa

[Adam]

Late as usual. Here is my entry. I will be starting on it this week.

:gogo

 

[Sharkmouth]

What an ugly face! I love it!

Regards,

 

[chukw]

Good man, Adam- let's see this beauty fly!

 

[nerdling]

Ah yeah my favorite bird. If you need any reference stuff Adam let me know. That is a cool photo Saul. That plane must not have any ammo loaded for the nose to be that high.

 

[moon puppy]

They must have had to put some counter weight up front when not carrying ammo, looks like it really threw off the CG.

 

[jknaus]

James

 

[MrT]

 

[Firesmacker]

Awesome. Can't wait to see it.

 

[SA Dave]

that will be an interesting sharkmouth

 

[Sherman 18]

 

[Phil]

:drinks great looking kit Adam!

 

[razordws]

:drinks

 

[Tankbuilder]

Just need Meatloaf's 'BAT OUT OF HELL' song or video to play whilst you build it.

Cheers

 

[Paulw]

'bout time. hyeah

 

[Adam]

So I ended up ordering the Eduard Zoom set for this. I just got the cockpit done tonight. Here it is. I also installed nose weight. I put these steel BBs in the nose and the front of both engine nacelles. I think it's got enough weight now. I also got the gear bays and booms together. I have fit everything together and trimmed and sanded where needed. Seems to be ok.

 

[jknaus]

looking good.

James

 

[moon puppy]

Looks good Adam

 

[nerdling]

Looks good Adam. Did you have any fit issues around the boom to wing area? I built a 1/48 Hasegawa J version and it had problems with the landing gear bay interfering with the wing fit.

 

[Adam]

Thanks guys!

Ryan, yes there was that issue. What I ended up doing was carving off the underside of where the superchargers will go until it fit a little better.

 

[Adam]

Well I finally got it all together. I did end up spending some amount of time sanding and filling and rescribing. I know have an acceptable primer coat and we are on to paint! :yipee

Thanks for looking in.