Jeddahbill Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 Greetings! New tool Airfix kit of the Curtiss P40B Warhawk completed in the U.S. Army Air Corp colour scheme for the 79th Pursuit Squadron, 20th Pursuit Group at Hamilton Field, California in 1940. Airfix has done a great job with this kit and it comes together very easily straight from the box. I did not use the kit decals and went with the excellent Starfighter Decals 1/72 Pre-War USAAC P-40B set #72-134. Many thanks for having a look, questions and comments always welcome! Bill 22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogsbody Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 Very nice! Good pictures, too. Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thud4444 Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 How where the decals? I've been eyeing them for awhile. Great work on the kit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cngaero Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 That's very neatly done. A really cracking job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 Very nice P-40 in pre war markings. 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeddahbill Posted May 15, 2018 Author Share Posted May 15, 2018 Thanks everyone for having a look! The decal set from Starfighter is nicely done and includes markings for 4 different USAAC P40B's. Cheers, Bill 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
72modeler Posted May 15, 2018 Share Posted May 15, 2018 Bill, That's a very, very nice P-40B! Great build and finish. This is not meant to be a criticism of your excellent model, as you didn't make the mistake, but I think the Starfighter decal sheet got the rudder stripes wrong; the red and white bars should be equal in width- look at the photo and profile you posted of the real thing and I think you will see what I mean. It looks like the kit decals have the white bands noticeably wider than the red. Can't believe they missed such an obvious error making the sheet. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noelh Posted May 15, 2018 Share Posted May 15, 2018 It looks so right in that scheme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeddahbill Posted May 15, 2018 Author Share Posted May 15, 2018 Sharp eye Mike! The Starfighter decal does have the correct equal red and white rudder bands. I had a mishap with one side of the rudder decal and ended up painting the rudder white and then applying red and blue decal stripes. The problem was my fault, the decals are very high quality. Unfortunately, I did not have the correct size red decal stripe and ended up with what you see in the photos. So now I have a spare Starfighter decal for just one side of the rudder! Billl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kapam Posted May 16, 2018 Share Posted May 16, 2018 That's a beauty! I do love the Warhawk in basic olive drab livery - can't quite explain why, but it just looks right. Fine job. The aftermarket decals really set it off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stew Dapple Posted May 16, 2018 Share Posted May 16, 2018 Nice work Bill, she turned out nice - good job drilling out the exhausts too; definitely adds something to the model Cheers, Stew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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