Marco1965 Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 This was a short project to relax for a while! I finished the 1/72 Airfix Curtiss Hawk 81-A-2 as a P-40B AVG machine, basically out of the box. I only added break lines, PE iron sights, simulated the canvas interior of the wheel wells and opened the cockpit. Nice that the kit provides the correct pitot tube. I had some fitting issues around the cowl, but nothing really serious. I used the kit decals, correcting only the colors ans corners of the sharkmouth. I issued the camo patron on Tamiya masking tape from the excellent Osprey AVG publication. Hard camo edges make this task easier. The pilot figure comes from the Hasegawa WWII pilots set. Hope that you like it. Marco 46 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 First rate build. Clean and nifty! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crossiant Oliver Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 Love the color scheme and base. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 Beautiful build. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 Excellent Tiger 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jean Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 A potentially absolutely beautiful P-40, but totally ruined by the fact you forgot the pilot's mustache.... Have a great New Year, and please build a lot more mustachioed pilots of this caliber in 2018! Congrats JR 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazey Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 That's a nice build. Love the plane, the base, and what you've done with Capt. Hasegawa! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fin Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 It looks awesome! Could you please tell me what paints you`ve used for the camouflage and interior/wheel wells? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martslay Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 Very nice work! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marco1965 Posted January 2, 2018 Author Share Posted January 2, 2018 (edited) Hi Fin, I followed the recommendation from Airfix: Light Earth (Humbrol 119 which I used), Dark Green (FS 34079, I used Mr Color 309), and for the undersides Camouflage Grey (FS36622, I used Model Master). Fat black for preshading, and artist oil colors, water colors and pastels for weathering. The wheel well color is an aleatory mix of Olive Drab with Tan if I remember well, just to make canvas appear kind of worn out, with some water color weathering. Marco Edited January 3, 2018 by Marco1965 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marco1965 Posted January 2, 2018 Author Share Posted January 2, 2018 Oh I forgot to mention, Fin, that according to references, there were P-40 using Dark Earth as well, but I decided that the Light Earth would look more realistic according to scale (and it was Airfix recommendation, anyway). Marco Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matteo44 Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 Nice work 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildeSau75 Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 A real nice little model - could easily pass as 1/48. cheers, Michael 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtickWarspite Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 Great work, well done! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dermo245 Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 On 12/31/2017 at 5:11 PM, Dazey said: That's a nice build. Love the plane, the base, and what you've done with Capt. Hasegawa! Agree 100% 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich G Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 Really nice job you did here, the little touches with the base and figure add to the model greatly, well done! Rich 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Wardle Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 Wow I wish I could produce the same in 1/32nd. Superb P40 bl##dy awesome !!!!!. Cheers Jim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Holden Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 Colours appear to be a good representation of the original Dupont shades (at least if the wartime colour photos are anything to go by...).......unlike many AVG models. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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