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Star decals made a Kiwi armour sheet in 1/48

Good job Bruce. Look forward to seeing in the flesh

Looks great.

Thanks All

The 2nd of my Eduard P-40E's from the Royal Boxing. The first one is here. This one was done as an aircraft from No. 15 Sqn RNZAF using Ventura Decals. Everything else was from the kit but I did add my own antenna attachments. I wondered about the shade Malcolm from Ventura chose but figured he's spent way more time on this than I so decided to go with his interpretation. The B & W pictures do suggest a lightened shade but I'm not good with interpreting colour from B & W images. Ultimately we'll never know for sure and TBH I doesn't really bother me either way. I like it. Most of the paint used was per the instructions. The main colours used were as follows: Dark Green - Mr Color C330 Modern RAF Dark Green Dark Earth - Mr Color C369 Dark earth, some yellow, and some radome tan Underside Sky - Tamiya XF21 Sky - This was because I read somewhere that the RNZAF P-40E's had a slightly greener shade on the underside. As this aircraft was taken over from the USAAF this was probably the wrong decision. Interior Green - Rather than the mix from the instructions I went for a colour similar to RAF's interior green. This was because I read somewhere that the RNZAF aircraft had lighter green interiors. Like the underside , as this aircraft was taken over from the USAAF this was probably the wrong decision. As usual more details for those interested on my blog but here's some photos

Thanks all

Very nice

Just about everyone of those appears different under the cowl. No help I know .

Looks even better on the big screen Jon. Well done

My first Eduard P-40E. Depicted as aircraft 41-36402 flown by Lt. Dallas A. Clinger of the 16th Fighter Squadron, 23rd Fighter Group, United States Army Air Force based in Kweilin China in January 1943. Detail is excellent from the box. Being the Royal boxing I used hte 3D Printed seats, exhausts and wheels. I also designed and 3D printed some antenna attachment points for the wing, fuselage and tail. The only disappointment detail wise are the kits plastic tubular exhaust And fit wise the areas I had issues were the rounded covers (Parts F14/F15) on the leading edge of the wings for the undercarriage bays, the underside light and sloppy fit of the 3D printed wheels and spinner/prop assembly. That said this is the best Eduard kit I have built to date. I enjoyed it so much I have nearly finished another. Detail is excellent from the box. The only disappointment detail wise are the kits plastic tubular exhausts. I would always replace them with Eduards 3D printed ones. Of course YMMV. I am looking forward to building the other variants. Full write up and heaps more pictures at my blog but here's some photos.

Good start Steve

Any chance you have a link to the ebay site? Edit.. doh.. Read the whole thread..

Just need flaps up and nice pilot so we can do it in flight

The 1/48 Hasegawa A-4's are still the best kits of all variants of that aircraft in any scale.

Looks excellent. Like the weathering finish in particular