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Boeing P-26A
"Peashooter"
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17th Pursuit Squadron, USAAC
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based at Nichols Field,
Philippines 1941
Here is my Academy 1/48 P-26A
built to represent an aircraft with the 17th Pursuit Squadron based at Nichols
Field in the Philippines during early 1941. The 17th PS acquainted
themselves flying over the Philippines with P-26s and then later with
P-35A before receiving their P-40Es.
The model was built straight out
of the box and with very minimal filling and sanding. Painting was done
using my mix of automotive lacquer paints for the True Blue 23 and Chrome
Yellow for the wings. The rudder stripes were painted. I
went to my spare decals for the 17th PS "Snow Owl" emblem and the US
roundels. The tail and wing numbers were custom made decals. I
used medical needles and steel wires for the rigging and stretched sprue for
the aerials.
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My reference in building
this kit is a photo of the same plane when it was at Iba Airfield during
gunnery practice. Notice how the orthochromatic film made the chrome
yellow wings look darker than the light blue fuselage.
Overall it was a fun
build. I still have a number of Peashooters in my stash which I plan to
build in the coming weeks.
Cheers and Happy
Modeling!
Tony Feredo
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