Kittyhawk IV No 5 OTU Fighter Affiliation Flight RCAF

[Rich B]

Might as well jump into the pool. Found this buried in the stash, the Eduard/Mauve P-40N. Got it several years ago from a friend who only wanted the US skull and shark-mouth markings from the kit. It includes some PE and resin bits and the decals for the RCAF aircraft and RNZAF "Gloria Lyons"

 

 

Cheers,

Rich

[Corsairfoxfouruncle]

Looks good to me mind if i follow along. I’ve never seen a Mauve kit built before. 
 

Dennis

[Rich B]

That makes two of us. 

 

Cheers,

Rich

[Beazer]

Is it me or did the artwork show the slipper tank mounted backwards???

 

[Franz75]

Welcome, it is nice kit. Good luck with your build . 

[Corsairfoxfouruncle]

28 minutes ago, Beazer said:

Is it me or did the artwork show the slipper tank mounted backwards???

 

Some units flew with them in the CBI Theater. I forget the reason, something to do with aerodynamics most likely. Here areca couple of photo’s. 
https://www.asisbiz.com/il2/P-40/80FG90FS/pages/Curtiss-P-40N-Warhawk-10AF-80FG90FS-Burma-Banshee-White-49-1943-45-01.html

 

First photo a little down on page 19 

https://ww2aircraft.net/forum/threads/p-40-vs-hurricane.2282/page-19

Actually the same plane but it did happen. 
 

Dennis

Edited September 29, 2019 by Corsairfoxfouruncle

[TEMPESTMK5]

Good morning Rich B

Welcome aboard and enjoy your build

All the best

Patrice

[Greg Law]

I'm doing Gloria of Lyon's. 

[Rich B]

5 hours ago, Corsairfoxfouruncle said:

Some units flew with them in the CBI Theater. I forget the reason, something to do with aerodynamics most likely. Here areca couple of photo’s. 
https://www.asisbiz.com/il2/P-40/80FG90FS/pages/Curtiss-P-40N-Warhawk-10AF-80FG90FS-Burma-Banshee-White-49-1943-45-01.html

 

First photo a little down on page 19 

https://ww2aircraft.net/forum/threads/p-40-vs-hurricane.2282/page-19

Actually the same plane but it did happen. 
 

Dennis

There is some belief that they were mounted backwards when they were filled with napalm, I have seen a picture of a 76 FS P-40 with the centreline tank on correctly and tanks on the wing pylons reversed. There is a short video of a P-47's wing tanks being filled with napalm and a detonator being installed in place of the filler cap,

P-47 Napalm Tanks

 

Cheers,

Rich

[Beazer]

That’s extremely interesting!

[Rich B]

Due to an unfortunate ground handling accident, the asset suffered Cat. A damage and is a loss. 

 

Not to be deterred, join me in a new thread opening soon.

 

Cheers,

Rich

[Greg Law]

Sorry to hear that. What happened at such an early stage to kill the project.

[Rich B]

Getting up from the bench to get some water to clean brushes and snagged the box with my sleeve. The box managed to hit the floor and scatter its contents just where and as I put my foot down and crushed several bits. Some seemed to have disappeared completely.

 

Better to happen now than just before putting on the finishing touches.

 

Cheers,

Rich