Stew Dapple Posted April 29, 2016 Share Posted April 29, 2016 I've just finished this one; I had the P-40 left over from the Dogfight Double set when I built a couple of Zeroes, so I thought I'd get it finished just for tidyness' sake as much as anything... I managed to get all the small parts off the sprues without breaking any, which I believe is a record for this particular kit which has some rather excessively large attachment points; I built it more or less OOB with the exception of the addition of Eduard Microfabric seatbelts, EZ-Line aerial wires and I drilled out the exhaust stacks and the cowling .50 guns. The interior was painted in Sovereign Colourcoats ACUS23 Zinc Chromate Yellow and the exterior was ACUS13 Neutral Gray underneath with ACUS15 USAAF Olive Drab 41 on the uppersurfaces - thanks to Jamie for pointing out the difference in the early and later versions of Olive Drab as I would otherwise have been blissfully ignorant. The transfers are from the Dogfight Double set and represent the aircraft flown by 2nd Lt George Welch of the 47th Pursuit Squadron, 15th Pursuit Group based at Wheeler Field, Oahu, (though the aircraft in question seems to have been temporarily moved to nearby Haleiwa airfield to take part in a gunnery exercise), on December 7 1941. He had quite a busy day of it by all accounts. Anyway enough verbiage, here are the pics: Confessions: I have no idea of the wireless fit for this aircraft so the aerial wires are based on those of other P-40 models I have seen on the internetz. I am equally uncertain of the location of the aerial attachment points in the upper side of the wings, so copied these from the approximate location of other models, it was hard to see in most cases where the aerials attach. The upper cowling was a cow to fit and eventually I just stuck it on as best as I could. I painted the seat silver for the hell of it, probably it should have been zinc chromate yellow too, Airfix certainly indicated it should be. I still enjoyed myself building it Cheers, Stew 31 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaStix Posted April 29, 2016 Share Posted April 29, 2016 Beautiful P-40B Stew! The finish looks great! Very well done! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sig226 Posted April 29, 2016 Share Posted April 29, 2016 Lovely work and a most enjoyable read about Lt Welch !, many thanks 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AntoineG Posted April 29, 2016 Share Posted April 29, 2016 Hi Stew, Very nice model. Your P-40B is very elegant in that sober livery. I like it. Antoine 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimHead23 Posted April 29, 2016 Share Posted April 29, 2016 Very nice indeed Stew. The year before last, Airfix had these on special one day on their Nativity Calendar (£1.99) so I bought a few and so far have made only two! I haven't attempted this scheme yet and may just do so after seeing this smart build. Thanks for sharing. Regards Jim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
occa Posted April 29, 2016 Share Posted April 29, 2016 Just had to log in and give you a 'Like'. You made another flawless model with realistic colors, I very much like it. Re 'cow', that's why it is called cow-ling 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWM Posted April 29, 2016 Share Posted April 29, 2016 Nice result J-W 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duncan B Posted April 29, 2016 Share Posted April 29, 2016 That's another little cracker Stew. Duncan B 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitch K Posted April 29, 2016 Share Posted April 29, 2016 Lovely bit of work, Stew! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stew Dapple Posted April 30, 2016 Author Share Posted April 30, 2016 Thanks very much gents Jim - I've got three of the starter set in waiting, I thought at £3.99 from Aldi last Christmas they were too good to miss... but you got yours for £1.99? Damn, that really was a bargain! Martin - I wanted to give you an extra 'like' for your dreadful 'cowling' pun but the system does not allow it Thanks again all for your attention, Cheers, Stew 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg in OK Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 Super build, it came out great! Greg in OK 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CedB Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 Very nice Stew - good job! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_W Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 Very nice. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince1159 Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 Cracking looking P-40,going to have to watch the film over the weekend now i've seen her .... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 Great job Stew,colours look spot on and nice to see this scheme too 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMCS Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 Nicley done 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viking Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 Excellent! Really captures the shark like look of the early P-40. Cheers John 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bombernut Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 That's very nice Stew. Mine is calling again from the shelf of doom! Like the simplicity of the finish. So tempting to go overboard as it had just been in action, but you'd presume it was pretty clean and well looked after right up to the morning of December 7. Cheers, Matt 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Navy Bird Posted May 1, 2016 Share Posted May 1, 2016 Nice job, Stew. I like the work you did drilling out the exhausts - I though you had used a resin aftermarket bit at first. One of these days I'll have to build this little guy. AVG, Col. Scott most likely. If God was your co-pilot, that's good enough for me! Cheers, Bill 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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