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Good morning you lovely lot and welcome to my build of The P40-F War Hawk by Trumpeter in 1/32 scale. Why this one? August 4th 2024 at 18:19 life threw me yet another curve ball. It seems like 2024 has been full of things that can be described as life changing. This one just sits on the top of a pile of things that might just topple the tower. I’ve found ways to cope with such cunning pitches over the last few months but the constant aid that has helped me the most has been my time sat at the bench making bits of plastic junk that to the untrained eye seem pointless. But we all know how sitting quietly figuring out how to “fix” something really helps the brain process real life moments and kick into gear the coping mechanism that we all need to carry on day on day. The Honda Dax I’m currently finishing was used to mentally put the lid on one of the many challenges that cropped up this year. It really helped but there’s something off for me about a kit that just fits, simply works. Life isn’t like that or at least in my experience it isn’t. I’ve been following along with quite a few builds as per usual but @AdrianMF has been once again a real inspiration, over coming problems with old kits by creating scratch built parts as if it were as simple as turning on a tap,(Thanks for sharing old boy). Hitting problems during modelling time , overcoming those issues with gentle perseverance, love and skill can so easily be bought into practice during every day life. I think what I’m trying say is that this hobby of ours really does help. For me I think the more I can fix the more help mentally I get from it. I know a lot of you out there probably feel the same. Some of you might read this and think it’s insane that a grown man should place such an high value on little plastic models and maybe they’re right but right now and for the last eight years or so it’s really helped me through some dark times and hopefully will continue to do so. So with that in mind I opened the cupboard (none metaphorical) and sought a kit that has some issues. This one seemed to fit the bill. Even the box art has issues. 😉 I mean come on. With my choice made I’ll step up to the mound, heft my trusty bat and in classic Stephen King style attempt to knock yet another curve ball “outta the park!” Wanna tag along? Johnny