beta build ecard models model cardboard scale 1:50 P 39

**buffalowings** · #1 09-17-2009, 04:40 PM

well, here I am again, this time doing a beta build of the P 39 by model card board in 1:50 scale, made a bit of progress today, a very beautifully designed kit, 1:50 really brings me back to my P$^%#c model days

**cMags** · #2 09-17-2009, 04:50 PM

Looks good! Nice and clean, and quite the progress for one day. Keep it up!

**buffalowings** · #3 09-17-2009, 04:52 PM

hey, it won't stand under close observation, but it'll do at a distance

**airdave** · #4 09-17-2009, 05:06 PM

I honestly don't know how you guys can get these butt joint fuselages so nicely fitted!! I'm amazed

**cgutzmer** · #5 09-17-2009, 05:44 PM

Just a quick FYI - this is one Mareks earlier kits

build is looking goood!
Chris

**lancer525** · #6 09-17-2009, 05:49 PM

P-39s were infamous for their lateral instability in the roll regime. It was mostly because of the torque of the mid-fuselage mounted engine. We used it for pilot training early in WWII, and also as a lend-lease aircraft to send to the Russians. Many American pilots hated the thing, because it would snap roll and dive, and with the car-door type entry, they had trouble getting out. They even wrote a little song about it.

Don't give me a P-39.
Don't give me a P-39.
It will snap.
It will Roll.
It will dig a big hole.
Don't give me a P-39.

Your build looks fantastic!!

**3Turner** · #7 09-17-2009, 07:13 PM

Great looking build...and you made progress in one day.

**Wyvern** · #8 09-17-2009, 08:22 PM

Excellent BW. That's some good speed there.

Wyvern

**buffalowings** · #9 09-17-2009, 08:41 PM

actually, I today I also laminated the Gremir model gee bee formers, cut them out and assembled the fuselage siding along with the formers, started work on cockpit, need some black acrylic paint

**jagolden01** · #10 09-18-2009, 04:04 AM

buffalowings, the build is starting to drag a little, can you pick up the pace?