P-36A pearl harbor

[Kressy_13]

Hi all, while i'm getting annoyed with the F-4 intakes I spied this at the local hobby store and thought it would be good to test my new alclad paints on. This is the academy P-36A/C mohawk MK.IV in 1/48. Looks to be a decent little kit that will go together easily (fingers crossed). Hopefully get the intakes done on the F-4 while working through this one.

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[papa 695]

Looking forward to this one Kresten. I've never used Alclad either so will watch with interest

 

[Stevekir]

I will be trying Alclad chrome in a few months time, so will be interested to see how you get on.

 

[Kressy_13]

Hi guys. Took me a bit longer to get the pit done than i wanted. We had temps of 43 degrees here yesterday so no work was done. Got it done today though. Not the best but i'm not really fussed on the interior as its the outside i'm using this for. I did try some micro Krystal Klear on the gauges to represent the glass face which seams to have worked ok. Now on to the rest. Looks like I could have some gaps in the wing joint to deal with but we shall see.

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[papa 695]

Looking very good for a basic pit Kresten great work

 

[The Migrant]

Looking good Kresten, I think that's the same kit boxed by Hobbycraft. Alclad is awesome stuff; watching this with interest.

 

[Kressy_13]

It could be. I really have no idea though. lol. Thanks guys. Wings and body are together, now to get them cleaned up for the paint.

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[Richi72]

Hi Kresten,

nice detail on the cockpit.

Cheers Richi

 

[Kressy_13]

Thanks Richi, well a little progress on this one. The wings are all filled and smoothed. The engine has been painted and fitted. The cowling has been attached but need some filling and sanding. Not the best fit. Some rescribing will also be required.

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[Alan 45]

It's coming along nicely you've either got very big hands or very good eyesight because that instrument panel is very good

 

[Stevekir]

The engine looks like it has 14 cylinders (in two banks). That many seems unusual.

 

[flyjoe180]

Nice progress Kresten.

The engine looks like it has 14 cylinders (in two banks). That many seems unusual.

Why is that unusual Steve? All four stroke radial engines have an uneven number of cylinders per row. Additional rows (or banks) of cylinders are added to increase engine capacity. The P&W R-1830 is one of the most successful aero engines ever produced.

 

[Stevekir]

Nice progress Kresten.Why is that unusual Steve? All four stroke radial engines have an uneven number of cylinders per row. Additional rows (or banks) of cylinders are added to increase engine capacity. The P&W R-1830 is one of the most successful aero engines ever produced.

Just that I can't remember seeing a two-row radial engine before, real or modelled (although I have a dim remembrance of one at Cosford). I can see that adding rows to add power allows this to be done without increasing the frontal size of the engine which, from the first image above, seems already quite large even with two rows.

 

[flyjoe180]

Two or more rows in a radial engine was quite common Steve. The R4360 had four rows of seven cylinders, 28 in total. The number by the way relates to the cubic inch capacity of the engine. For the metric among us that equates to a 71.5-Litre engine!

 

[monica]

Hi Kresten,

nice detail on the cockpit.and coming along nicly,

so nice to see some one else from down under :rolleyes: i will be getting your hot weater on tues as its ment to be 4o,s

 

[Kressy_13]

Thanks guys. My hands aren't crazy large Alan, first time trying a new way of painting the panel and it seems to have worked well. I'm not really a rivet counter on most models Steve, It was supplied and looks like an engine so that's what i went with. Hahaha. Hi Monica, sure is good to have another aussie in the group. It will be nice and hot for the tennis. Not pleasant at all.

 

[Kressy_13]

Hi all, well have spent a bit of time sanding and polishing the seams on the wing and body sections. Have some rescribing to do but that will come later. So i finally got to attaching the wings, what a disaster. I knew it wasn't the best fitting kit but that is quite terrible. The wing seam shouldn't be too hard to fix up but the front lower join is going to take some work to smooth out. Better get that filler and sandpaper out again.

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[flyjoe180]

Nice work Kresten

 

[yak face]

Looks good Kresten , the wing fit isnt great is it, although its a shiny new box top and different decals i think the mould is still quite old . I'm sure it'll look great though , cheers tony

 

[Kressy_13]

IT would appear to be an old mold tony. Not much to show as it has all been fill and sand, fill and sand. Slowly getting it into shape though.