wdedig Posted July 19, 2014 Report Share Posted July 19, 2014 Greetings just haven't see many of these built so I said what the heck lets invest a little time. No theme just a bit of fun and something different. Challenging build, simple paint scheme Gunze paints Comments are Always welcome Bill 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghodges Posted July 19, 2014 Report Share Posted July 19, 2014 VERY nice Bill! I'm guessing that's the 1/48 Czechmodels kit? I'm amazed at how smooth you got it to look and how crisp your canopy came out. Congrats on conquering a tough build! GIL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wdedig Posted July 19, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2014 Thanks Gil You are correct. Czechmodels kit. Beautiful Resin Interior but lots of fit issues with the majority of the build. The vacu-form canopy was really clear but I am still deciding about cutting it open. I hate messing with a finished project. Cheers Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghodges Posted July 19, 2014 Report Share Posted July 19, 2014 I wouldn't mess with your success! Looks good as is! GIL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wdedig Posted July 20, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 20, 2014 Thanks Gill Will continue to ponder,but leaning toward not touching Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregWise Posted July 20, 2014 Report Share Posted July 20, 2014 nice job Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wdedig Posted July 21, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 21, 2014 Thank You Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClareWentzel Posted July 22, 2014 Report Share Posted July 22, 2014 Great job Bill. I love the futuristic, for its time, look of that plane. Incidentally, if you ever get to Kalamazoo, the local Air Zoo has the only remaining XP-55 on display. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wdedig Posted July 22, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 22, 2014 Thanks I could have sworn I had photos from USAF Museum in Dayton? But now that you mention,Maybe I got them from Web/// Getting forgetful Thanks Again Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbeach84 Posted July 23, 2014 Report Share Posted July 23, 2014 Cool! Shows it is buildable, after all... great job. Robert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wdedig Posted July 23, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 23, 2014 Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbeach84 Posted July 23, 2014 Report Share Posted July 23, 2014 Bill, Cybermodeler has a decent exterior w/a of the NMUSAF exhibit (post restoration.) Plus an oldie site had shots of the bird pre-restoration at a Tripod page: http://seiran01.tripod.com/web6.html Regards, Robert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wdedig Posted July 23, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 23, 2014 Thanks Mine almost looked like that during the Build challenge Cheers Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClareWentzel Posted July 24, 2014 Report Share Posted July 24, 2014 It was interesting to see it during restoration. On a number of the interior panels, the engineers and others who had worked on the original plane left their autographs. Here is the Air Zoo page on the XP-55. http://www.airzoo.org/page.php?page_id=207 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbeach84 Posted July 28, 2014 Report Share Posted July 28, 2014 Clare! Did you have any images of the restoration you might share? Regards, Robert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aAzZ09 Posted July 28, 2014 Report Share Posted July 28, 2014 Nice job, Bill! Best, Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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