Buzby061 Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 This is the Airfix 1/48 P-40 finished in a Soviet scheme courtesy Xtradecals sheet X48162. I used a spare reheat seat & seat belts but otherwise OOB. Can't say I'm uber chuffed with it as I found the kit over engineered in some places & my attempts to wrestle the cowling area into submission show some scars. It won't be in the front of the display cabinet but here it is anyway, with its imperfections. Comments, criticisms & observations welcome as always. Pete Thanks for looking. 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 That's a superb build of Airfix's kit Pete,nice to see a different scheme too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMCS Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 Niiiice 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baldy Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 Looks like you gave up on those cowling guns. Other than that though it looks pretty good to me. Cheers Malcolm 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Smith Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 Story of the airframe here http://lend-lease.airforce.ru/english/articles/sheppard/p40recovery/ a page on VVS P-40's here https://massimotessitori.altervista.org/sovietwarplanes/pages/lendlease/p-40/p-40.htm note if you click on the links there are the photos the profiles are drawn from 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buzby061 Posted January 13, 2019 Author Share Posted January 13, 2019 1 hour ago, Baldy said: Looks like you gave up on those cowling guns. Other than that though it looks pretty good to me. Cheers Malcolm Got it in one! Just seemed to get worse the more I tried to fix it so I decided to call it done before it got any worse. Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buzby061 Posted January 13, 2019 Author Share Posted January 13, 2019 1 hour ago, Troy Smith said: Story of the airframe here http://lend-lease.airforce.ru/english/articles/sheppard/p40recovery/ a page on VVS P-40's here https://massimotessitori.altervista.org/sovietwarplanes/pages/lendlease/p-40/p-40.htm note if you click on the links there are the photos the profiles are drawn from That’s great Troy, thanks for the links. Pete 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
opus999 Posted January 14, 2019 Share Posted January 14, 2019 I think it looks great nonetheless. Your paint job is very realistically done! I also really like the Russian subject -- I don't see those too often. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairtrigger Posted January 14, 2019 Share Posted January 14, 2019 Very nice.. Good to see it in Riskier guise. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Joyce Posted January 14, 2019 Share Posted January 14, 2019 Too bad about the construction issues, Pete, but the final result looks great. Cheers, Mark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buzby061 Posted January 14, 2019 Author Share Posted January 14, 2019 12 hours ago, Mark Joyce said: Too bad about the construction issues, Pete, but the final result looks great. Cheers, Mark I've just seen @markmcguire25 P-40, he doesn't seem to have had the problems I experienced. I think it may be down to my sausage fingers! Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markmcguire25 Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 (edited) The cowling guns dropped in fairly easily. BUT... the cowling inserts themselves required a TON of dry fitting and sanding, and still didn't fit perfect in the end. In fact, these two inserts were the only pieces that weren't click-fit perfect. Perhaps in getting these to fit, you inadvertently altered the fit of the guns? Either way, the finish is superb and I dig the Red Star camo! Edited January 16, 2019 by markmcguire25 sp 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
28ZComeback Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 Love the paint scheme—brown cowl and overall green. So Russian! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corsaircorp Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 Really good one Pete ! I think that I will try this Aitfix kit one day ! Congrats ! you did great ! Sincerely. CC 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buzby061 Posted January 16, 2019 Author Share Posted January 16, 2019 12 hours ago, markmcguire25 said: The cowling guns dropped in fairly easily. BUT... the cowling inserts themselves required a TON of dry fitting and sanding, and still didn't fit perfect in the end. In fact, these two inserts were the only pieces that weren't click-fit perfect. Perhaps in getting these to fit, you inadvertently altered the fit of the guns? It was a scrat certainly, I probably lacked the patience! I assume Airfix did it like that so they could do different versions. It wouldn't put me off doing another, just need to be more careful! Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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