Eduard P-39 L/N

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June 11, 2016
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June 11, 2016
cockpit completed, doing a substantial test fit of fuselage to wing.
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June 11, 2016
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June 11, 2016
Testing canopy fit. Fuselage and wing are joined. Seams have been worked (I use a silver paint marker along the seam to see if there are still gaps).
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June 11, 2016
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June 12, 2016
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June 12, 2016
Cannon drilled out
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June 12, 2016
Getting very close to priming. Still need to scribe the front of the starboard wing.
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June 15, 2016
This build is really going by pretty quickly...gloss is on, ready for decals.
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June 15, 2016
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June 16, 2016
Weathering in progress.
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June 18, 2016
the chipping seems a little heavy around the engine access panel, but I was going for this: [img1]
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June 18, 2016
trying out my prsimacolor chipping chops.
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July 31, 2016
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Comments

11 June 2016, 16:32

Soeren R.
Really nice start Derek! Count me in😉
We can't have enough car door planes 😛

15 June 2016, 04:57

Bart Goesaert
looks nice so far....

15 June 2016, 06:46

Jurica Antić
Great job so far😉

15 June 2016, 09:29

David Thor
Lovely results, keep going!

15 June 2016, 19:55

Spanjaard
It looks promising, i am in 🙂

15 June 2016, 21:04

Derek Jordan
Thanks everyone. It's an enjoyable build so far, with only a few complaints (mostly about decals). I hope to have the decals done tomorrow, and have it cleared by tomorrow evening

16 June 2016, 04:01

Donald Dickson II
You are a model building machine sir! Nice!

16 June 2016, 04:43

Derek Jordan
Ha. Donald, I actually started this one while I was waiting on the parts to finish the Mossie. And, there isn't really much to it. I'm a fan of Eduard's profipack kits.

16 June 2016, 13:08

Donald Dickson II
I have the MiG-21R Profipack in the stash. I may get around to it sometime this year. LOL

17 June 2016, 17:21

Clifford Keesler
Count me in also, nice start.

17 June 2016, 17:52

Clifford Keesler
It is looking very nice Derek. I have ordered the Air a Cutie version of the Eduard kit.

17 June 2016, 18:38

Derek Jordan
Clifford, it's good to see you're still on here. I think you'll enjoy the kit, though there are a few things that will drive you crazy.

18 June 2016, 04:57

David Thor
I had some problems with the fitting to the cockpit to the fuselage and the front wheel bay. Will have to do better with the 2nd kit from the guadacanal box. 🙂

18 June 2016, 12:32

John Thomas
Nice work

18 June 2016, 13:54

Clifford Keesler
I don't plan on going anywhere. I have heard both good and bad about the kit. You know me I will not be defeated> LOL.

18 June 2016, 14:20

Derek Jordan
David, I had some minor issues, but luckily not the ones you described. It definitely had some quirks, and took some planning ahead to address things like the fit of the fuselage to wing joint.

Clifford, with few exceptions, the one thing I've learned is that modelers complain, about everything. I had read some strong criticisms of this kit and as I have come to find is *usually* the case, they were unwarranted. A modeler of your skill level should have no major problems (though don't misread me, it has some problems, just nothing fatal).

I played around with chipping using a prismacolor pencil. I had never tried that before. I also weathered this more heavily than I typically would, as Russian aircraft were used heavily.

In all, it was a fun, quick (two weeks?) build. I'd recommend it but nowhere near as strongly as I do Eduard's Spits and Hell cats.

18 June 2016, 19:45

David Thor
Hi Derek, strangely the fit of the wings to the fuselage was fine. Maybe you can only have the one or the other with this kit. I can only advise to do extensive dry fitting if someone builds this kit.

18 June 2016, 22:38

Derek Jordan
David, no doubt: lots of dry fitting is key.

19 June 2016, 00:06