Scratchbuilt 1/32 XB-43
By Larry Hawkins
This is my XB-43 that I started in '04 and got it done last year in late fall. Got her to where u see in the pic's that I tore her down. Didn't have the right details as I thought. And the primered pic as to me getting ready to squirt her again. And the rest of the pic's is as you see her now.
The following is what i did to get her that way.
- Bondo
- Balsa wood
- Red Spot putty
- Misc. Parts from the stash for the cockpit.
- Rubber Tires and Wheels from the Aurora B-25 kit.
- Nose wheel and Tire from the Hase P-51 kit.
- Nose strut scratchbuilt.
- Gear legs were made from brass tubing and plastic rod.
- Wings are laminated with thin plastic sheet and basswood and formed to shape.
- Canopies are clear package covers from decorative light bulbs that look like flames.
- Fin is from the Hasegawa Fw 190 that was trashed. I pop the wings and glued the top sections together to form the fin and sanded it to shape.
- I used the old Revell kit P-51B wings for the tailplane. I did the same as i did for the fin.
- Cut out the wheel wells and used the containers that my super glue hardener came in.And cut out the side gear wells to the sides of the fuselage.
- Did same for the nose well.
- Used some furance duct tape as to it has a very shiny surface and added it to the main gear well doors.
- Decals are from the stash i have.
- All panel lines are either made using a exact knife blade to the areas as to ailerons and flaps and also used the draftting pens here and there.
- Paint is automotive touch up type that comes in a spray can and the grey areas are paint that i mixed to the pic's I have on the XB-43.
- The plans I used were from the vac kit from WAR EAGLE r Execu-Form. They were scaled and blown up to 32nd scale for this project.
© Larry Hawkins 2006
This article was published on Wednesday, July 20 2011; Last modified on Saturday, May 14 2016