Scale Top Flite P-40 Build Thread

[Charles]

 

[3dmike]

Wow looking gooood! Makes me want to consider a warbird again.....

 

[Charles]

Got a little more donefront deck finished and started work on upper rear.

 

[Charles]

Went down and put a few more pieces on it last night.

 

[Charles]

Glued the upper fuselage sides to the main fuselage with CA and waiting to set. I have to wet the sides to form them to the frame so I want the CA to set good. Make sure the rears are even.

 

[Charles]

Got the top finished. Cutting and shaping and glueing those plastic inserts was a real pain.

 

[SnowDog]

wow - those plastic inserts do look tedious to install. really coming along!

 

[Charles]

I glued the plastic inserts in with CA but am wondering if there is a better glue to use on the plastic parts? I still have the cowling and the canopy to glue.

 

[rcdude07]

Canopy glue should work, I think. If not wood glue. Epoxy always works. Maybe you could put some extra ply square on the backside as a tab and use 2 or 3 screws as backup.



Curious. Why you chose not to paint them first? Are you choosing them to be gray, olive drab, or blend with your cs?



Man am I jealous of how much time you get for building.

 

[Charles]

I am 70 and semi retired and all the kids are grown so I have as much time as I want. I had back surgery in feb and a blood clot in my leg in march so I cant ride a bike 15 miles a day as had been doing and on blood thiners so not much else to do other than stuf that i can do sitting down since i cant do projects like the one pictured in my avitar.