1:72 Curtiss P-40N-1/N-5 Early Kittyhawk IV is a finished instrument panel for the early production blocks of the P-40N in 1:72 scale. It is set into the cockpit in place of the plastic part.
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The set from Yahu Models is a finished part for the cockpit, not a kit. The panel has raised relief and color printing from the factory and in the model it replaces the plastic part, or is glued onto the thinned plastic.
Let us be specific about the size: in 1:72 scale the instrument panel of a fighter is a tiny part roughly the size of the nail on your little finger. That is exactly why a finished panel makes most sense here. Painting the individual dial faces at this size with a brush is work for a very steady hand, and a decal seats worse on a small surface. At the same time, reckon with the fact that the part can only be handled with tweezers and that you will not see the fine details of the printing with the naked eye, although on the model they do their job.
The Curtiss P-40N was the last large production version of the P-40 fighter and in British and Allied nomenclature was designated Kittyhawk Mk.IV. The early N-1 and N-5 blocks arose as a lightened variant aimed at rate of climb and differed from the later series in equipment and in details of the cockpit. Yahu Models therefore keeps the panels for the early, middle and late P-40N blocks apart, so that you can choose exactly the one that matches your kit.
Thin or remove the plastic panel from the kit, so that the depth of the cockpit is not reduced. Work with tweezers and over a mat from which you will find the part should you drop it. It is glued in spots with cyanoacrylate or with a flexible glue for photo-etched parts; dose the glue with a pin, so that it does not run over the printing. Do not spray matte varnish over the panel.
Naši poradci a znalci sortimentu jsou připraveni odpovídat na Vaše dotazy (Po–Pá, 8–18 hod).
Zeptejte se na co potřebujete, odpovíme co nejdříve.
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