P-36

P-36 from Wright Field. These are the marking I will use for the building 

 

 

Kit box art. Kit dates back to 1967 

Kit instruction 

Kit instruction 

Kit instruction 

Check out the old Monogram Catalog that came with the kit 

Check out Catalog 

Kit parts 

Kit parts, some flash 

I wash and clean kit parts before starting build 

Kit fuselage, no side wall details 

Kit lower wing 

Kit wings 

I drilled out the kit exhaults 

Hatched area needs to be removed 

Hatched areas need to be removed 

Kit Wings 

Hatched area needs to be removed. 

Remove hatched area. 

No cockpit details. Need to remove hatched area. 

I made an engine front fire wall. 

 

Need to grind off wing lip 

Grind kit wing lip. 

Need to grind off kit wing lip, to clear new wheel well roof 

Kit as open wheel wells, I will enclose them. I also covered the wing gun shell ports. 

 

Tops of new wheel wells 

Kit wings 

Kit wheel well are open so I enclosed them. 

Enclosed wheel wells. 

Enclosed wheel wells. 

Kit as no cockpit details so I added some. 

I will use the Airfix P-40 cockpit floor for my P-36 

Added details to cockpit floor 

Painted cockpit floor 

New cockpit floor 

The kit has no seat, so I will add a resin seat 

Resin seat 

Painted side wall details 

 

 

Instilled front fire wall 

Added some details to kit engine 

Painted engine 

Engine installed 

 

 

 

Fuselage and cockpit 

Cockpit floor installed 

Fuselage and wing 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I will test Vallejo Model Air Aluminum on a spare P-36 wing.
 

Paint went down nice with a little thinner 

I will test a decal with Set and Sol on painted wing 

Test Decal with down nice with no problems 

I saw no problem with Set or Sol on this test. I used a little Polly Scale Flat Aluminium on the fabric areas 

All the little bites 

Kit wheel 

Kit wheels 

Kit wheels and landing gear 

Vallejo Model Air Aluminum