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Re: Airacobra Under New Management
« Reply #15 on: July 31, 2011, 01:25:48 PM »
He he you are right :) I've used this on many kit restorations.Mayber around 20-25 in my carrier.It works like a charm.

Quote from: Second Air Force on July 31, 2011, 03:52:38 AM
Great minds think alike! :-joke Here's the brand I've been using:
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Re: Airacobra Under New Management
« Reply #16 on: July 31, 2011, 03:42:51 PM »
No.1 suggested a mixture of alcohol and acetone and that works great, too. I found that Easy-0ff doesn't have much of an effect on flat black or yellow for some reason but the acetone/alcohol combo softens both colors.

On the Cobra projects, the missing gear doors and nose wheel, with half the strut fork still attached, were discovered in the "landing gear" parts bag last night. Frankly I am amazed that I found enough of the parts to repair both kits. I'm working on repairing the propeller for the second ship now as it's missing one blade and another is pretty badly bent.
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« Reply #17 on: July 31, 2011, 04:03:57 PM »
@all
So,there are few ways to solve problem about removing paint. Mr.Muscle,Easy-OFF, mixture of acetone and alcohol... It is useful to know! ;)

@Scott
I'm glad you have found parts to repair both kits. :-tri  :-clap Never to surrender! ;)
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Re: Airacobra Under New Management
« Reply #18 on: August 01, 2011, 07:39:16 AM »
I started the day with high hopes of getting some serious model-building done, but my microwave oven decided it needed to be worked on instead. :-wall After getting that magic box working again I still had enough time to prep both P-39s with primer and sprayed the bottom neutral grey on.
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After that little chore I spent a bit of time reworking the propeller for the Soviet Q-21. I got out the trusty compass and divided the correct diameter circle into four sections for alignment purposes. I then filled two blade openings in the spinner, leaving one for blade 1. Next was to mark for the other three blades and drill the appropriate holes. The propeller was missing a blade when I found it in the spares box so I rummaged through the drawers to find two more matching blades.
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Re: Airacobra Under New Management
« Reply #19 on: August 01, 2011, 08:03:25 AM »
I still remember old Heller kit in 1/72 scale which have two propellers inside :)
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« Reply #20 on: August 01, 2011, 08:14:23 AM »
Eduard supplies several prop options in their 1/48 Airacobra also, I think. In my case I'm just using up my extra parts to make these old things more presentable. I'd always wanted to build a P-39 with the four-blade propeller and this was as good a time as any.
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« Reply #21 on: August 01, 2011, 11:26:03 AM »
Once again,Scott's production line! :-tri :-clap  :-clap :-clap
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« Reply #22 on: August 03, 2011, 08:06:04 PM »
Small progress on the Cobra production line. It's really too darned hot to paint here--today is forecast to hit 47 Celsius!!!!!!!! :-danger I'm really looking forward to work today as I'll be on the apron with our Flight Test department all afternoon......... :-roll
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« Reply #23 on: August 03, 2011, 09:20:25 PM »
Good Scott... I like thos birds! :-clap
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Re: Airacobra Under New Management
« Reply #24 on: August 04, 2011, 01:31:24 PM »
47C!!!!
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Re: Airacobra Under New Management
« Reply #25 on: August 04, 2011, 04:27:08 PM »
Quote from: No.1 on August 04, 2011, 01:31:24 PM
47C!!!!

It didn't quite make it to 47C--I sometimes take a thermometer along out to the flight line when I'm going to be there a long time and it peaked at 115F. It didn't quite make it to the all-time Oklahoma record which was 116F set during the Dust Bowl in the 1930s. The humidity has been quite low so it reminds me of working in the desert of Arizona. As long as you drink plenty of water it isn't too bad. The worst part is that the airplane is so darned hot that gloves are almost required to work on it!
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« Reply #26 on: August 08, 2011, 05:02:53 AM »
The P-39 refurbishment is complete after finishing up both projects today. Here are a few photos of these old crates after going through the resto-shop.
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The Italian P-39N-1 has been "built" three times now, first carrying U.S. colors, then Soviet, and now Co-Belligerent from the 97th Squadriglia. It's fairly possible that this Cobra may have flown missions near my father when he was in Italy with U.S. 1st Armored Division.

The VVS airplane is probably a P-39Q-21 since it had a four-blade propeller. No concrete info exists as to which unit it may have been assigned to, but a picture of it was taken in Poland in 1944. The main source for research on this bird believes it was a training airplane.
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Re: Airacobra Under New Management
« Reply #27 on: August 08, 2011, 06:55:56 AM »
Even as old they look good
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« Reply #28 on: August 08, 2011, 10:34:58 AM »
I like those birds mate. Looks cool! :-clap :-clap :-clap
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