Advent/Revell 1/72nd Boeing P26

[comrade harps]

How detailed does a cockpit need to be in 1/72? 

My thoughts exactly, but I still try and complete them according to the instructions    As said in my Blog the Special Hobby Boomerang has 50 parts on the single sprue of which 23 are for the cockpit 

And then the canopy doesn't fit well. The old Airfix Boomerang has a better fit.

[royabulgaf]

Revell also did a PZL P-11c  and Fiat CR-42 around the same time.  All were well ahead of their time.  Notice the moulded in holes for rigging wires?  The corrugations on the PZL are beautifully restrained.   As far as the interior goes, you're not going to see much.  Put a pilot in the seat and you won't see anything.

[kitbasher]

Built one some years ago as a 'Bristol Bullet' whif.  Thoroughly enjoyable build and would happily build another.

[Dizzyfugu]

Looks preaty neat in that overall "Sky" shade Ratty 

It's labeled as 'Cockpit green' on the bottle I'm using, I think... no longer in the hobby room to check, I'm presently running an inventory on ther liquor cabinet. But you didn't hear that from me.

Just a bit of pointless knowledge. ;-)

[jcf]

Looks preaty neat in that overall "Sky" shade Ratty 

It's labeled as 'Cockpit green' on the bottle I'm using, I think... no longer in the hobby room to check, I'm presently running an inventory on ther liquor cabinet. But you didn't hear that from me.

So, a Midori and crème de menth colour scheme?

[jcf]

Revell also did a PZL P-11c  and Fiat CR-42 around the same time.  All were well ahead of their time.  Notice the moulded in holes for rigging wires?  The corrugations on the PZL are beautifully restrained.  As far as the interior goes, you're not going to see much.  Put a pilot in the seat and you won't see anything.

I built the Revell P.11c kit 40 years ago but I modified it to the Gnome-Rhone engined, spatted undercarriage prototype shown at the 1934 Paris Air Show. It was polished bare metal with red trim. I covered it with cigarette foil, Players to be exact and used classic square bottle Testors red enamel for the trim. Thinned to a 60:40 mix and brushed on in multiple coats. More work but easier to get a smooth finish.
I picked up the technique from a Japanese modelling magazine. It was an article on a Japanese solid modelling club that only brushpaints their models. The finishes are so good you'd swear that they're airbrushed. Gobsmacking. The club still exists and its roots date back to the 1930s.

[jcf]

Guatemala operated the P-26, in an all-green livery, IIRC.

The surviving aircraft were later operated with the paint stripped off of the fuselage. Contrary to most of the models built in thisb"scheme" the fuselages were not the typical "bare-metal" aluminum usually represented with aluminum or silver paint. They were a patchwork of various shades of grey. Boeing used anodized aluminum to build the P-26 and it was very difficult to get a consistent finish from sheet to sheet, thus the patchwork of colour. They had the same difficulty with the Model 247 airliner with the same result of a patchwork finish. They finally bit the bullet and just painted them.
The two surviving ex-Guatemalan aircraft are the one at the NASM and the one owned, and flown, by the Planes of Fame.

[The Rat]

Gloss coat next, then the decals.

[Old Wombat]

Looking good! 

[The Rat]

The pilot that comes with the kit is terrible, so he was replaced with an RAF exchange pilot from an Airfix Hawker Hurricane. No idea of what Fuerza Aérea Mexicana pilots wore during the 1930s, so I invented this.
Flight suit – Tamiya XF-57 Buff
Harness – Vallejo 71.119 White Grey
Buckle, goggles  – Tamiya XF-16 Flat aluminum
Leather flying cap – Tamiya XF-68 NATO brown
Boots, gloves, radio headset, - Revell Aqua Color Black
Face – Tamiya XF-15 Flat flesh
Used some Tamiya brown panel line accent colour to add some definition, still needs some touch-up and a flat clear coat

[jcf]

The Mexican Air Force of the period primarily used US kit. Capt. Luis Noriega Medrano and gunner, Vought V-99 in 1938.
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[The Rat]

The Mexican Air Force of the period primarily used US kit. Capt. Luis Noriega Medrano and gunner, Vought V-99 in 1938.
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[jcf]

The Mexican Air Force of the period primarily used US kit. Capt. Luis Noriega Medrano and gunner, Vought V-99 in 1938.
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Weird, I used the forum upload function rather than a hotlink. 

[The Rat]

Weird, I used the forum upload function rather than a hotlink.

Got it now. Different outfit for sure, but, like I said, this was an RAF exchange pilot.