Tiger331 Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 Hi Folks, Does anyone know if the P-40F/L Warhawk variants can be modelled using one (or a combination of) the Hasegawa family of 1:48 scale P-40 Warhawk/Kittyhawk kits ?. I fully appreciate that all of the Hasegawa kits have the prominent intake fairing on top of the cowling which would need to be removed but I feel sure there must be other changes too. Still somewhat puzzled that no-one has produced a high quality kit of this important variant since the AMT/Hobbycraft appeared (with all its flaws) in the mid to late 1990s. There are a host of attractive colour schemes that have been applied to these variants, most of which already appear in aftermarket decal form. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gingerbob Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 You would need to do the nose job, but "basically" decide if you want a short-tail or a long-tail (not N) and go from there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 (edited) I still need these types in my collection. I was fortunate to get one of the AMT kits that came with the entire resin nose plug. Besides the intake being removed. The other thing you will need to do is slightly deepen and square off the chin. Not completely square but more than it is now. Honestly If i had the means to do so. I would just make resin copies and sell them for a minor cost $ (expenses only) the entire nose plug for others. I will dig mine out for you and try to photograph and measure the dimensions if you’d like ? That will be in about 10 hours though. SWMBO need to travel to see a Doctor in a couple of hours. Dennis Edited March 23, 2018 by Corsairfoxfouruncle 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
72modeler Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 (edited) Tiger, In addition to the deeper and reshaped chin intake, necessary because the Merlin had an updraft versus the Allison's downdraft carburfetor, there are some differences in the panel lines on the lower cowling section. I have attached a link to a Modeling Madness build article that has excellent photos of the real thing, as well as another build article on the P-40F/L that shows the intake, cowling, and panel lines, which you can compare to the ones on your kit. I hope this will be useful. Don't know why Hasegawa didn't engineer their kits to do an F- it would have been very easy. Mike https://modelingmadness.com/scott/allies/us/p40l.htm http://www.kitreview.com/kitreviews/p40flreviewbg_1.htm Edited March 23, 2018 by 72modeler corrected spelling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
72modeler Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 2 hours ago, Corsairfoxfouruncle said: I still need these types in my collection. I was fortunate to get one of the AMT kits that came with the entire resin nose plug. Besides the intake being removed. The other thing you will need to do is slightly deepen and square off the chin. Not completely square but more than it is now. Honestly If i had the means to do so. I would just make resin copies and sell them for a minor cost $ (expenses only) the entire nose plug for others. I will dig mine out for you and try to photograph and measure the dimensions if you’d like ? That will be in about 10 hours though. SWMBO need to travel to see a Doctor in a couple of hours. Dennis Dennis, Hoping your other half is going to be OK- drive carefully! So, to piggyback this post- what's on the workbench? Regards, Mike 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 (edited) Hi Mike ... Thank you for saying something. Swmbo has Fibromyalgia and shes in to see her pain specialist. I live near joliet about 50 miles S/W of Chicago. The only Dr. That takes our insurance is on the north side of Chicago near Wrigley field, about 60 miles rach way for a 20-25 minute visit. For my current work Im actually in the latter stages of a AMT P-40N build heres a link. http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235034795-“geronimo”/ Im stuck as to whats next up I have a great looking Hasegawa F-18c+ With loads of A/M including wolfpack wingfolds, an Revell A-6E Intruder, That or I have my Unicorn model a Revell F-102 Delta Dagger ? All kits 1/48th scale. Im Thinking of asking the B/M collective for an opinion on which one. Dennis Edited March 23, 2018 by Corsairfoxfouruncle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
72modeler Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 2 hours ago, Corsairfoxfouruncle said: Hi Mike ... Thank you for saying something. Swmbo has Fibromyalgia and shes in to see her pain specialist. I live near joliet about 50 miles S/W of Chicago. The only Dr. That takes our insurance is on the north side of Chicago near Wrigley field, about 60 miles rach way for a 20-25 minute visit. For my current work Im actually in the latter stages of a AMT P-40N build heres a link. http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235034795-“geronimo”/ Im stuck as to whats next up I have a great looking Hasegawa F-18c+ With loads of A/M including wolfpack wingfolds, an Revell A-6E Intruder, That or I have my Unicorn model a Revell F-102 Delta Dagger ? All kits 1/48th scale. Im Thinking of asking the B/M collective for an opinion on which one. Dennis You're quite welcome, my new friend...my vote is for a squeaky clean Deuce! How 'bout this beauty? Mike https://sacmuseum.org/what-to-see/aircraft/f-102a-delta-dagger/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fernando Posted March 26, 2018 Share Posted March 26, 2018 Hi, Tiger331, By far the simplest thing would be grabbing one of those resin noses once marketed by Aeromaster, by Hi-Tech or present in some AmTech kits. They are much better than the original F/L kit nose. Fernando Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Archer Posted March 26, 2018 Share Posted March 26, 2018 Hi All! I have built the AMT F (short tail) and the AmTech (long tail F/L) and found them to be OK kits, not as detailed as the Hasegawa kit but infinitely easier to build. You should get a resin cockpit, and new exhausts. Now for the resin nose. At first glance it is nice, but in looking further the radiator is not far enough back, and lacks the oil coolers. The shape of the resin nose is similar to the AMT/AmTech noses, and the AMT/AmTech nose may be better. You will need to add the carb intake tube. I am looking at a resin conversion and the stock nose on an AMT P-40F (resin nose) and an AmTech P-40L. Six of one and a half dozen of another. The resin nose was a big pain to trim, shim and fill, and it really does not look all that much better. I have seen the resin nose adapted to the Hasegawa P-40E, but it is a lot of work cutting , shimming and filling, and it has the errors described above. My opinion is life is too short, I'll do an AMT or AmTech P-40. But my philosophy is to build what you want, and how you want to. You are the one person you need to please. Bruce 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fernando Posted March 26, 2018 Share Posted March 26, 2018 Hi, Bruce, When attempting my own F, I followed that same route, but used the resin nose. A lot of reshaping at the back of the nose was needed, and pictorial evidence is very scarce. The resulting model can be seen here: http://hsfeatures.com/features04/p40ffr_1.htm FErnando 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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