Scale Modeling and Military History
This is Monogram’s venerable P-6E Hawk kit, still unsurpassed after half a century. Markings are from Starfighter Decals sheet 72-116 and depict an aircraft from the USAAC 33rd Pursuit Squadron in 1938. The yellow wings scheme is particularly attractive on this aircraft, the main problem is deciding which markings to choose!
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Scale Modeling and Military History
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Scale Modeling and Military History
Scale Modeling and Military History
Scale Modeling and Military History
Scale Modeling and Military History
Scale Modeling and Military History
Scale Modeling and Military History
Scale Modeling and Military History
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Inch High Guy 
That’s just brilliant, Jeff! 🙂 You really are a glutton for punishment with your yellow-wings era biplanes, but that’s a real win for the rest of us!
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Thanks John! After half a century, the Monogram biplanes are still the easiest to build!
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Such a beautiful and attractive scheme. Did you use the p/e rigging wires for this?
E-Z line for the rest?
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I’ve tried the PE rigging, but I have more trouble cutting and fitting it than other methods. It is flat though, which is more accurate for most builds. On this one the tail braces are PE, but I gave up after that and went back to Nitenol for the rest.
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What size Nitenol are you using and from where are you sourcing it?
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I used 0.005″ on this one, but have also used 0.004″. You can get Nitinol from several places, best to get long lengths and compare prices as there is a wide range.
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I need to get a piece of glass to cut that stuff. I don’t have anything hard enough for a knife blade to bear against.
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You’re right, I tend to forget about that as my workbench has a glass sheet on the surface. I was cutting some last night, in fact.
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A lovely bit of model work- very colourful too.
Cheers,
Pete.
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