Very sharp looking!!!

 

Great job, Mark!

Those AMT kits had a mold insert to do either long or short tail kittyhawks.  It was just sad that the molds did not quite line up...

I went to see the P-38 that was dug out of the ice in Greenland.
This was during its rebuild in Middlesboro, Kentucky.
I looked really hard at the "US ARMY" letters and it appeared to be a very, very dark blue.
My two cents anyway...

Scribing lines through various materials (resin, putty, etc) is like sorcery.
It is very hard to get perfect unless it is all same material.  Scribing resin is just harder than styrene anyway.
So don't feel bad.  You are doing fine.

Aves two part putty is really good too.

Mark
Wow!  Great job!
I love that desert paint job

Vince

I have seen at least one or two builds over at "LargeScalePlanes".
In fact the designer of the resin parts was hanging out there while he was developing the resin master.
The parts are big enough where shrinkage may be an issue with your fit problems.

When he was developing the master I told him the intake was "too wide" and should be same width as Allison version.  He wouldn't listen.
On the other hand it is the best conversion available... at least until I develop mine!

Nice paint job.  Best looking Monogram Tomahawk I've ever seen!

The spinner of this was painted with Model Master Acryl "British Crimson" mixed with Future.

Mark,
I'm also an old timer enamels guy.  But I have been getting used to the acrylics.
Model Master has an acrylic line called "Acryl".  I lot of modelers have said bad things about it.
However I tried it on that spitfire...just on the spinner.
I mixed it 50/50 with Future floor finish.  It was great!  It sprayed beautifully and because of the Future it was tough as nails.
Sadly, the future of Testors is in doubt....
I had good results with the Mission Models paint.
Also I have been trying to airbrush the cheap craft acrylics.  They are hard to airbrush but after several experiments, I'm getting it down pat!

Mark,

I used the "Mission Models" paint which is a relatively new brand, on this Spitfire.
It is a water based paint and I found their primer was super nice too.
You have to follow their instructions to the letter.  I found I only needed to thin the paint just a bit...not the 20% recommended.

Awesome, Mark.
I will be along for the ride!

Looks great, Mark!

 

That is true!  There are some photos that look like the P-40K but the number on the tail is for and "E".
The early K was essentially an E with an up-rated engine.