BerndM Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 Hi here comes my first article, here on Britmodeller.The chosen subject is my Hasegawa P-40E.It is one of my favorite aircraft and like so much other WW II fighter types a must.The Hasegawa P-40 don t fall together, if you follow the instructions you run into very serious fit problems at the rear fuselage and aft of the canopy.I created completed fuselage halfs and close after this the fuselage, the gaps on the spine are better and easier to fill. There are also fit problems with the wing guns. After this it is a trouble free build and the completed kit look razor sharp like the real thing.For the markings i choose the plane from Robert L. Scott, commander of the 23rd FG in China. I found some interersting pictures on the net and the plane looks relative well maintained, for a combat aircraft.My preshading works only on the underside and i made a black wash only on the access panels. If you look at an aircraft in a “1/48 distance” you won t see much of the panel lines, so i left them untouched.The gun sight came from a PE sheet from Extra – Tech ( german gunsights !! )The antennas are stretched sprues. The kit was done around spring 2014 and it is still my newest 1/48 plane.The decals came from a Sky Models sheet, printed by Cartograph. They worked very well, beside a fitting problem with the sharkmouth.There is also a picture with an earlier build Hasegawa P-40N, you can t have too much P-40s I hope the sizes of the pictures are o.K, hope you like it Bernd 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caerbannog Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 Very nice - great finish. Rene 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BerndM Posted October 27, 2014 Author Share Posted October 27, 2014 Thank you Rene, the shading is much more visible on the underside, may i should display this one on its back :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
is it windy yet? Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 Nice. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BerndM Posted October 27, 2014 Author Share Posted October 27, 2014 Thanks :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batcode Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 Nice work, looks great 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tbolt Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 Great looking P-40 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BerndM Posted October 27, 2014 Author Share Posted October 27, 2014 Thank you guys ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPReggie Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 Really lovely little build there. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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