discussion Found. Flt. Sgt. Dennis Copping's missing WW2 P-40 aircraft. - Egypt 2012

[spanner570]

Thanks Ron, .........and she noticed on your avatar, spanner 570 and being the cryptic person she is, wondered if the 570 stood for May 1970...........:thinking: Cheers, Rick H.

Nothing as clever as that Rick, it's simply three digits of my phone number. Spanner was the name of my first dog!

 

[spanner570]

When the P-40 crash landed, the prop etc. became detached from the aircraft.

To beef the assembly up a bit, I added two 1/72 wheels and a bit from a Tiger tank. I chopped the nose cone about and bent the three blades in warm water.

Here is my go at modelling it.




Cheers.
Ron

 

[spanner570]

I've been wandering around the aircraft, bending, denting and snipping as I went. - great fun!

I've also added a few thingies, and some wire here and there, to liven up the wreck.



Leading edge damage.


Cheers.
Ron

 

[spanner570]

...after wandering around the model for the umteenth time, I spotted an unforgivable omission. The decals I used didn't have the yellow outer circle to the roundels. For this aircraft they are a 'Must Have', so I've brushed on the colour using a very well diluted pale yellow.


....... close call, what?

Ron

 

[papa 695]

Looking very good Ron, ( for a wreck anyway ).

 

[Gern]

Why is it that all your rusted, broken and generally knackered subjects look so much better than most brand new, factory fresh showroom offerings?

 

[scottie3158]

Ron,
I'm liking this a lot.

 

[spanner570]

Thanks boys. I appreciate your posts.

Ron

 

[Jim R]

Most excellent wrecking.
Jim

 

[Mini Me]

Indeed, Really starting to look the part! Rick H.

 

[spanner570]

Great sky yesterday, so I was finally able to take pictures of the finished build.

I'll post them asap.

Thanks to those who took the time to post encouraging comments during the build. Much appreciated.... :thumb2:

Ron