mungo1974 Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 Right i'm back after abit of a lay off....real life getting in the way. Some awesome work by all of your so far... Need to crack on with my build as the weeks left are getting short 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolwe82 Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 (edited) Welcome back and go go on with your builds Guys, as my first build is going on, i was thinking what to build next. There are tons and tons of interesting camouflages of P-40s, but.. i found some interesting ideas, based on P-40 and i m trying to gather some info about these, might build them as a bit of "what if" But i m not promissing anything, just thinking on loud. Anyway, here are the versions i m looking for more info: P-40J (project of P-40E with supercharger) P-40P (merlin powered P-40N) Also some time ago i found photo of P-40 with 20mm guns mounted under wing. Any info to this anyone? And one real version - i like the look of P-40 with the "bazooka" tubes under wing, but all i can find is one photo.. I m anyway looking for the underwing rack detail shot, anyone would have info about any of this? Edited March 4, 2015 by Wolwe82 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Hall Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 (edited) Wolwe, for the J and P, do you have William Green's 1961 book Fighters, Vol.4? He says the J was going to be an Allison engine with turbo-supercharger. I believe it was not built. Green does not mention an O or a P. Neither does Baugher: http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_fighters/p40.html Rule Number 8 says we may build consistent-with-the-period what-if models, so I think you will be left to your imagination for a J or a P. Rocket tubes were (also?) fitted to the P-51 and P-47. Maybe if you search those, you can see the mounting. Also, please see the reference photos I posted in a separate thread (not Mish's thread), a P-40N in a salvage yard, standing on its nose, with unusual mounts under the wing. Edited March 6, 2015 by Tom Hall 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolwe82 Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 Thanks Tom The J and P were not built, so you are right, i did read the rules later and it would not fit (i take the what if ¨counts only to camouflages), but it would be interestng to see how the turbocharger would change the look (if it would at all). Also there were few projects/prototypes with moved/removed coolers from under the nose, but i think one month is not enough to do it, at least for me.. :/ The rocket tubes were the same (or similar) as the P-51/47 and even 38/39 (and more, remember some piper cub with it as well ),i was more wondering about the pure racks under wings (some P-40s were flying with bombs under wings, remember i saw a shot of P-40 carrying 3x2 bombs -under fuselage and under wings in pairs, it did look awesome too).Here is link where i did find the basic info of J and P http://www.ipmsstockholm.org/magazine/1999/09/stuff_eng_p40.htm 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skids Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 Anyone got a good suggestion for me? I am after an acylic that matches the Blue and Red in the American Insignia for my Pearl Harbour P-40. Any help appreciated. Thanks Simon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob G Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 Seeing as this is where the P-40 experts seem to be gathered... I'm not involved in this GB, but I have dug out a built-but-not-painted Hasegawa Kittyhawk 1a as part of my 'build a new one, finish an old one' scheme. This is planned to be in 450 SQN RAAF service, as per Aussie Decals sheet A72016 (either OK.D/FR583 or OK.F/FR317) - desert colours with a large boxing kangaroo on the port-side nose. My question is... does anyone have a definitive camo scheme for this aircraft? The sheet supplied only shows the port side, and I cannot marry-up what is shown there with any 450 SQN aircraft camo that I can find photos for. I'm also having trouble even finding these two serials listed online anywhere. I can't imagine that the references that AD quote got it wrong, but I'm wondering... For additional information, the reference quoted on the sheet for this airframe is: Desert Air Force by Chas Bowyer If anyone has a copy of it, could they look it up and see what they can see? Please? All contributions accepted. Ta Rob. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookenbacher Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 Osprey Tomahawk and Kittyhawk Aces of the RAF and Commonwealth has a few pics of 450 Sqn Kittyhawks. The IA's seem to mostly have serials beginning with 'AK', while the pics of Kittyhawk III's (short tail with fillet) are OK-M/FR300 and OK-X/FR125. It seems that 'FR' prefixed Kittyhawks are most likely III's. This site shows FR317 to be 42-46110, a P-40K handed over as a Kittyhawk III that eventually crash landed near Syracuse (Sicily, I assume, not NY) in 1943 as a member of 112 Sqn. I guess I'm confused too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob G Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 Thanks for that Cookenbacher. Further investigation, using the decal sheet number as a search term, gives me this (of specific interest is the long reply from Steve Mackenzie, approx 2/3 down): http://www.network54.com/Forum/219149/thread/1170847488/How+accurate+are+the+colours+in+the+nose+art--- Which would seem to indicate that there's been some serious wheel fallingoffery going on in past RAAF markings research. Including the fact that not only does the decal sheet have the FR583 serial incorrect, as well as the camo scheme, it's also been assigned to the wrong aircraft type anyway, which seems to gel with what you have discovered about FR317. Unless -317 really did crash in New York. I will continue to research this (and will probably just get more confused than I am now), but I'm still open to any suggestions or avenues for clarification! And in the meantime, I'll use another choice from the sheet - probably Bobby Gibbes' a/c, CV-V/ET953, which although not as flash a personal marking, is very well documented and seems to be accurate. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean_M Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 Anyone got a good suggestion for me? I am after an acylic that matches the Blue and Red in the American Insignia for my Pearl Harbour P-40. Any help appreciated. Thanks Simon Tamiya - X-3 Royal Blue and XF-7 Flat Red or Mr Hobby Flat Red - H-13 and H326 - Blue. I am hopping to cut masks for mine instead of using decals Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul J Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 Seeing as one has been included in this GBb on build, I thought I'd show the one I did a bout 3 years ago in whif colour scheme: 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skids Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 Tamiya - X-3 Royal Blue and XF-7 Flat Red or Mr Hobby Flat Red - H-13 and H326 - Blue. I am hopping to cut masks for mine instead of using decals Thanks Sean I will pop to my local and see if they have any Simon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazdot Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 Nice one Paul is that the pegasus kit or the planet kit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul J Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 Nice one Paul is that the pegasus kit or the planet kit? The Pegasus 1/72nd kit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazdot Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 They're not bad are they I enjoyed it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Moff Posted March 22, 2015 Share Posted March 22, 2015 Im going to have to 2withdraw - apologies - work has taken me away, off to Nigeria tonight. Apologies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Procopius Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 Sadly I'm going to FTF (fail to finish), as I'll be in Arizona from later today until April 2, and won't be able to get correct paints before I get back home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Hall Posted April 3, 2015 Share Posted April 3, 2015 What happens to the group build threads when the deadline is reached? The whole set disappears from the Current Group Build board and all threads within it are locked? As usual, I have been too busy with other matters to get my model done in three months, but I expect to finish it by year end and display it elsewhere on this site. So much for my first group build. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazdot Posted April 3, 2015 Share Posted April 3, 2015 Tom I don't think the wip threads get locked and you can always carry on in the work in progress à irçraft section 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonymousDFB1 Posted April 3, 2015 Author Share Posted April 3, 2015 Once a GB is finish, the ability to start new threads is removed, the hosts rights are removed and the whole form is moved to completed GBs. You can continue to post to you WIP or I can get the WIP moved for you. Hope that helps 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted April 4, 2015 Share Posted April 4, 2015 A superb collection of builds finished and ongoing as the GB comes to a close, a big thanks to the hosts from me and well done to everyone for making it a huge success! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Bunting Posted April 6, 2015 Share Posted April 6, 2015 (edited) Great job everyone and nice to see a great variety of P-40s and even some cousins! Thanks to the hosts; Wyverns4,Dazdot and Mungo1974 for organizing it all. BB Edited April 6, 2015 by Bill Bunting 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S48 Posted April 6, 2015 Share Posted April 6, 2015 Yes, I agree - GB was interesting. Many participants and a lot of good models as a result, thanks to the organizers! S48. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skids Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 Indeed thanks to the Hosts and all who joined in. Seeing everyone else's build spurred me on to finish my first group build. A most enjoyable few months have been had Simon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vppelt68 Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 Great builds and conversation/chat; that´s what a good GB is made of! Actually this opened my eyes a lot regarding the P-40. Much like the Sherman or Pz.IV, a true workhorse and the best tool at hand at the moment of need. Respect! Regards, V-P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arniec Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 Thanks to the hosts. It was a very good GB. There are so much different models in this GB. Well done everybody. Cheers, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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