North American A-36

 

The right console is completly reworked according to a picture of the manual. Neither the Accurate nor the ART parts are correct 

First paint and chipping is done 

 

Washings are done, ready to assemble 

 

 

 

Radios painted and chipped 

 

 

 

For the dashboard I used the kit part with drilled out gauges and the film of the ART kit but not the PE dashboard; The rudder pedals are PE 

For the seat I used parts of the kit and the ART set but not the PE seat 

 

Flaps and gun compartment of the left wing are cut out, the resin part fits perfectly into the cut out but its installation needs a lot of grinding the wing material thinner as well as dry fitting 

Air brake cut outs at the lower wing. PE parts installed yet 

The reworked upper parts of the flaps 

The lower part of the engine cover; the front part is from the ART set 

The upper cover; I used the kit part together with some PE parts from the ART set 

 

Motor wall with engine mount beams integrated. It needs a lot of sanding and dry fitting 

Cowling of the ART kit and lower engine cover from the Accurate Kit assembled. The beams that carry the engine were to short and had to be extended 

Inside of the engine compartment and covers painted zinc chromate  

Engine compartment ready for engine installation 

Engine, upper engine cover and scratch built air intake elbow mounted 

Landing lights made of aluminum foil and cristal clear. This will be covered by transparent styrene 

painted propeller and spinner. Below this color layer it is painted aluminum and has a hair spray layer 

The propeller afer the first weathering step 

Underside pre-shaded with dark grey 

Underside painted with x-tra enamels, fi 

Upper side painted x-tra olive drab and faded olive drab 

Yellow stripes painted ... 

upper side reworked with Tamiya olive to get some color variations 

Paint job done at the upper side 

 

... and weathered 

Yellow stripes at the under side... 

... with some weathering 

Interrior of the gun bay installed with scratch build dive brake actuating lever 

next steps: Installation of canopy, wheel well doors, weathering, ... 

Lower surface... 

... after first weathering 

Upper surface after appliance of the decals 

First weathering is done at the upper surface 

 

Lower side after weathering