cger Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 Here is another of my builds from 2018: a P-40 Warhawk from 45th Fighter Squadron in the Pacific, with the famous 'Geronimo' markings. The Hasegawa kit is difficult to find at reasonable prices, so I purchased an AMT kit on Ebay. I had read that the overall shapes are ok. I spend some efforts improving the cockpit with plastic strips etc and riveted the kit with a wheel from RB productions. The kit decals went directly to the trash can, fortunately I was able to get spare markings from the Hasegawa kit. The painting is done with Gunze Aqueous colors. I did a small base by making resin copies of photoetched PSP plates. I hope you will like it, 27 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Joyce Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 Great build and finish! It looks like you added the canopy rails as part of your cockpit work. Did you do anything else to the cockpit? I can't really tell from the photographs. I'm guessing those are aftermarket tires too. I only know this because I've built several of those AMT P-40s and its clones, although I've never used the AMT kit decals so wasn't aware how bad they are. I actually like the AMT kit; pretty decent as far as accuracy, as you mention, although not as detailed as the Hasegawa offering . And sure a lot easier to build (at least for me) since it doesn't have all those inserts and plugs that take time and effort to clean up. Thanks for posting yours! Cheers, Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cger Posted February 9, 2019 Author Share Posted February 9, 2019 hi Mark, thanks for your comments, in the cockpit I scratch build the seat, the gunsight and the back armor and improved a little the sides. And you are right, the tyres and propeller blades are from Ultracast. The AMT decals for the stars were ok, but the nose art one was horrendous, best, Christian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 Excellent build of Geronimo ... I did the same kit/plane last year. Heres a link if youre interested ? https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235036073-geronimos-last-stand/ Dennis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russ c Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 Really nice job on that old kit, came up brilliantly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMCS Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 Outstanding Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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