Vintage 1/72 Revell 1965 Bell P-39 Airacobra

[Mini Me]

Wow this one is going pretty fast1 at this rate you will be finishing up soon.
Cheers, Rick H.

 

[papa 695]

Looking very good Lee

 

[Steve Jones]

Completely missed this one Lee. You certainly have been busy with the wingy stuff. Keep up the great work mate

 

[Lee Drennen]

Thanks Steve waiting for some parts to finish thanks for stopping by

 

[Lee Drennen]

Here’s update, I received a few more parts to add and I also installed the cockpit

 

[Fernando N]

Looking very good Lee, all those rivets will be great when you hit the weathering stage.

 

[Lee Drennen]

Thanks Fernando not sure about weathering this guy

 

[Steve Jones]

Nice work on the cockpit Lee.

 

[Lee Drennen]

Ok I haven’t touch this since Dec.16 it’s been looking at me every time I put something new in the bench like “finish me” so I’m taking just a pause on my current builds to finish this little guy up. Tonight I filed the panel for the exhaust and painted the engine and manifolds.I also painted the wheels. Next up will be the prop.

 

[Mini Me]

I guess I was a little ahead of myself back in Dec. when I thought you would be done with this one soon LOL !! Looks good Lee.
Rick H.

 

[Lee Drennen]

Rick. Yes your crystal ball failed lol. I guess I was fearing to cut the right side panel it was very tricky.

 

[Lee Drennen]

Applied the decals and installed the prop. Now on to the canopy

 

[Mini Me]

Good bit of progress there Lee. Rick H.

 

[Lee Drennen]

I painted and installed the canopy today. I went to paint it the paint did not match as before so I had to remove the decals and repaint the whole thing. I added the front wheel also.

 

[PaulTRose]

that brings back some memories

 

[Deleted member 4539]

Looking good Lee .

 

[Lee Drennen]

Well I’m calling this one done I will post outside completed pictures later. The main reason I built this plane was to add this vintage MPC Mechanic I colored his wrench with a graphite pencil and also gave him a final MiG wash for a grease look

 

[JR]

That's looking good, esp with the mechanic in that position on the wing. Just shows what can be achieved with an old model Lee , well done buddy .

 

[adt70hk]

Lee,
you don't believe in making things easy for yourself, do you? The Revell Airacobra dates back to 1965 - I was in short trousers at junior school!
Dave

Dave

Hate to say this but I wasn't even born!

ATB

Andrew

 

[Lee Drennen]

John. Thanks for the complement I finally got it done after a year it was very fun and your right if you put forth the effort with an old kit you can turn into a nice turn out