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My 1/72 scale aircraft

The P-39 was a great plane. Our guys didn't like it because they removed the supercharger before it went into production. As a result, it's high altitude performance suffered a lot. However, the Russians loved it because they used it for ground support. It stayed at lower altitudes with them and the plane excelled ! It is the only plane that I'm aware of where more than half of them that we built were sent out on lend-lease.

Incidentally, since the the engine was not up front, it enabled 2 major changes which helped a lot. first, it was able to have a nose wheel which greatly helped ground handling. Secondly, enabled the design to have a much more streamlined design to help performance. Interestingly, P-39's won quite a few air races after the war was over. :)
 
Corsair said:
The P-39 was a great plane. Our guys didn't like it because they removed the supercharger before it went into production. As a result, it's high altitude performance suffered a lot. However, the Russians loved it because they used it for ground support. It stayed at lower altitudes with them and the plane excelled ! It is the only plane that I'm aware of where more than half of them that we built were sent out on lend-lease.

Incidentally, since the the engine was not up front, it enabled 2 major changes which helped a lot. first, it was able to have a nose wheel which greatly helped ground handling. Secondly, enabled the design to have a much more streamlined design to help performance. Interestingly, P-39's won quite a few air races after the war was over. :)
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It is a very unique aircraft…I’m enjoying the build. ;)
 
Well that concludes all of my WW2 aircraft currently built, except for the ME 262 which I will cover with the jets.

I will continue next on individual photos and brief history with my WW1 and biplanes, and finally my fighter jets.

This has been more work than I thought…lol.
 
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P-39Q continuation…
First, let’s look at the rear mounted engine drive train and offset gearbox with the gun that shoots through the propeller nose cone.
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If that isn’t unique, I don’t know what is!

Now for the painting. I decided to go with this scheme, as the lighter sand color looks better than the ugly brown in my opinion. Furthermore, I could try my hand at doing prominent panel lines. ;)

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That decided, I used desert sand for the top and sides and pale blue for the bottom. I am pretty happy with the result, as I wanted a used look to it…aka weathered or worn, but not overly done with paint chips and other blemishes. I just wanted some panel color variations to be more realistic.
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Also note the battery behind the seat on the upper deck area.
Next will be the landing gear. There is still a lot to go on, but happy to be this far along.

See ya next time…
 
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