Hobbycraft 1/48 P-26A

[Stikpusher]

Another day, another project begins. I’m starting this one in slight trail of my F2A Buffalo, since it is a kindred Yellow Wings aircraft type. The Boeing P-26A, the US Army Air Corps’ first monoplane fighter. This is the Hobbycraft 1/48 kit

I’ll be building it in the markings of the 34th Pursuit Squadron, 17th Pursuit Group, out of March Field, California, circa 1934/35

As usual, construction starts in the cockpit. I added a seat belt using some Toms Modelworks PE buckles and dental floss as the webbing material

I also added the sidewalls parts of a pamphlet bag on one side and the throttle quadrant on the opposite side

Next up will be painting, which will be in aluminum color, as the interiors were done in aluminum lacquer.

[ghodges]

Cool airplane! Looking forward to more!

Gil 

[Stikpusher]

Thanks Gil. I should have some more progress on this later in the week.

[Stikpusher]

I’ve also been working on this bird a bit. I primed the cockpit area (along with other selected parts that will need that later) in Tamiya White Liquid Surface Primer. Then after allowing that to dry overnite, this morning i painted that area in Vallejo Model Air Aluminum.

I’ll let this all dry overnite before I begin detail painting.

[Stikpusher]

In between bouts of working on my F2A today, I was doing detail painting in the cockpit here. I also installed the machine gun receivers onto the decking

Now it just needs a wash in there to make the details stand out better