WOw! Nice work Warren 
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Sharkman's AMTech P-40
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sharkman
Master at Arms
Back at it!
It will be soo nice to get to a point where I only have 1 or 2 (maybe three) models on the go at once! :gogo
been working on closing up the pit which means I had to finish off the sights first. I cut away the plastic sight and then replaced it with a small piece of clear plastic
and started to add the glass, hopefully you can see the sights installed here
all the glass work on (decided to close it up as the canopy was very thick and wouldn't look right open).
and spent part of the morning masking! :pinch:
next up, I'll tackle the gear!
It will be soo nice to get to a point where I only have 1 or 2 (maybe three) models on the go at once! :gogo
been working on closing up the pit which means I had to finish off the sights first. I cut away the plastic sight and then replaced it with a small piece of clear plastic
and started to add the glass, hopefully you can see the sights installed here
all the glass work on (decided to close it up as the canopy was very thick and wouldn't look right open).
and spent part of the morning masking! :pinch:
next up, I'll tackle the gear!
Nice tackling.
phantom II
Master at Arms
Looking very nice Warren 
I agree with you Warren . Too many things going on at the same time makes life hard
Cheers, Christian B)
I agree with you Warren . Too many things going on at the same time makes life hard
Cheers, Christian B)
Sherman 18
Master at Arms
sharkman
Master at Arms
Thanks all! I was hit with another flu the last couple weeks which really set me back a good week and a half. Also, we had some more snow (up to 70 cm) and a few colds with the young ones. Gotta love what viruses and colds they breed at daycare!
Anyway, got a little more work done here.
From a few builds of this aircraft online I've read that the blue on the decal sheet might be a bit dark, so I opted to paint my own stripe, wheels and spinner with a bit of Model Master dark blue lightened with white.
Couldn't get a good line on the spinner so I tried it freehand with a brush
I noticed after I attached the prop though that i forgot to paint the prop tips yellow! Will have to fix that!
the last couple weeks which really set me back a good week and a half. Also, we had some more snow (up to 70 cm) and a few colds with the young ones. Gotta love what viruses and colds they breed at daycare! Anyway, got a little more work done here.
From a few builds of this aircraft online I've read that the blue on the decal sheet might be a bit dark, so I opted to paint my own stripe, wheels and spinner with a bit of Model Master dark blue lightened with white.
Couldn't get a good line on the spinner so I tried it freehand with a brush
I noticed after I attached the prop though that i forgot to paint the prop tips yellow! Will have to fix that!
Sherman 18
Master at Arms
Sweet!
phantom II
Master at Arms
Out of the norm Cheers, Christian B)
ij001
Well-known member
sharkman
Master at Arms
Egads!!!
Sorry Ed!
They are pretty nice little kits, just need a few little things to spice them up a little!
sharkman
Master at Arms
A few more updates!
Added a couple pieces of wire to the wings for gear down indicators!
masked and painted the non skid stripe
Finally tackled the gear. If you recall, I got some new wheels from Ultracast. they are a little big though for the AmTech gear so they need a slight mod.
I drilled out the gear ends and put a wire pin in.
Then put a little styrene rod plug in the wheel and will drill those out to accept the pin in the gear leg
Then I added a few other pieces to make the gear look more correct. the AmTech gear with the kit appears to be wrong.
So now it's sitting on it's wheels and has most of the other fiddly bits on. You can see the Ultracast exhausts out front. I got a bit ahead of myself with the gear tonight. i was going to try to add some brake lines, kinda forgot. I'll see if I can add them after the fact.
Installed the exhausts. These come in "port" and "Starboard" pieces so be careful! I painted them a mixture of Humbrol gold and copper.
added the wires from stretched sprue
And so, she's basically done! It needs a gloss coat, some decals, a light weathering and a flat coat (and the landing light). I think I can do that in the next two evenings!
Added a couple pieces of wire to the wings for gear down indicators!
masked and painted the non skid stripe
Finally tackled the gear. If you recall, I got some new wheels from Ultracast. they are a little big though for the AmTech gear so they need a slight mod.
I drilled out the gear ends and put a wire pin in.
Then put a little styrene rod plug in the wheel and will drill those out to accept the pin in the gear leg
Then I added a few other pieces to make the gear look more correct. the AmTech gear with the kit appears to be wrong.
So now it's sitting on it's wheels and has most of the other fiddly bits on. You can see the Ultracast exhausts out front. I got a bit ahead of myself with the gear tonight. i was going to try to add some brake lines, kinda forgot. I'll see if I can add them after the fact.
Installed the exhausts. These come in "port" and "Starboard" pieces so be careful! I painted them a mixture of Humbrol gold and copper.
added the wires from stretched sprue
And so, she's basically done! It needs a gloss coat, some decals, a light weathering and a flat coat (and the landing light). I think I can do that in the next two evenings!
phantom II
Master at Arms
Looking good Cheers, Christian B)