MaxHeadroom Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 Hi, I'm building a Hassy P-3 as a CP-140M with the AIMP Block III mods and Canuck Models decals. I've scratchbuilt the new ESM wingtips, but does anyone know if the aircraft got a fresh paint job when the Block III mods were done? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sean Bratton Posted July 18, 2014 Share Posted July 18, 2014 Max, By the time they get to Block III they've had their structural upgrade which would require a repaint due to the amount of sheet metal work involved. So if not done at the time of the last upgrade, it would have been fairly recent. Looking at pictures on Airliners.net they look pretty clean so I'd keep the weathering to a minimum. Hope that helps. Cheers, Sean (Curious about how you did the ESM mods - do you have any photos you could share?) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ian_maw Posted July 19, 2014 Share Posted July 19, 2014 (Curious about how you did the ESM mods - do you have any photos you could share?) If 140112 has the mods, I will get you some tomorrow, unless of course, you come to our little airshow at Cold Lake and take some of your own. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Scooby Posted July 19, 2014 Share Posted July 19, 2014 If 140112 has the mods, I will get you some tomorrow, unless of course, you come to our little airshow at Cold Lake and take some of your own. I can do the same, as I am also in Cold Lake. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MaxHeadroom Posted July 19, 2014 Author Share Posted July 19, 2014 I'll post a pic as soon as I'm done cleaning up the mods. All I did was glue on the CP-140 wingtips from the kit and using this photo I found on CP-140 Aurora - Canadian MMAas a guide: took some 1/4 by 1/8 square evergreen stock shaped into an oval, notched the wingtips 1/8 inch deep at a roughly 45 degree angle, glued in a 3/8 inch long piece of the stock and used MK I eyeball to sand it to shape until it looked right. It won't be tamigawa quality, but I think I'm the first to do it! :woot.gif:/> Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sean Bratton Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 Thanks for the play by play on the kit mod! Scooby and Ian: I guess I should have been a little more clear in my request - I was looking for photos of the modeled blisters rather than the 1:1 article. Pretty easy to figure out from the pictures on the net. Hope the show was worth it, I ended up having to work. Cheers, Sean Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ALF18 Posted July 22, 2014 Share Posted July 22, 2014 I hunted around for pics of the one that came to the Bagotville airshow last summer, but I guess I wasn't interested enough to take any. It was one of the modified aircraft, though, and I recall it had a nice clean paint job. Minimal weathering is my advice as well. ALF Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MaxHeadroom Posted July 23, 2014 Author Share Posted July 23, 2014 Ok, catching up. I agree on weathering, at best there is now a shadow on the side of the airfrmes under the cockpit where the IMP BlockIII decal was placed. Here are my mods after a primer coat and more putty and sanding to clean up, still need to move the wingtip light, not perfect, but had to try: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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