BigginHill Posted October 5, 2019 Share Posted October 5, 2019 Here is the Eduard Kittyhawk IV (P-40N-20) NZ3220, No.18 Squadron RNZAF, Bourgainville, 1944. The model is pretty much out of the box, Eduard added some nice photo-etch and resin detailing to the original kit (i cannot recall who made the original mouldings). The only thing i changed was to use home-made masks for the insignia and white identification stripes. This is quite an expensive kit (mine was a Birthday present!), but i think the quality of the kit, the instructions, choice of markings and different variants you can build justify the cost. 39 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
72modeler Posted October 5, 2019 Share Posted October 5, 2019 That's a bit of aw-right, mate! Can't ever have enough great Kittyhawk builds, and yours is definitely one of them! 👍 Mike 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baldy Posted October 5, 2019 Share Posted October 5, 2019 Lovely build. Super build quality and lovely finish/weathering. There is something about the P-40 series that makes them particularly attractive - I guess it is it's purposeful demeanour and vast number of colour scheme options I have one of these, acquired from a modelling mate at cut price - you have inspired me to take another look at it soon. I am pretty sure that the original is Hasegawa and even the basic kit is quite expensive - if you can find one. Cheers Malcolm 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Law Posted October 5, 2019 Share Posted October 5, 2019 Excellent build. I like your weathering on it. I'm building Gloria in 1/48 in the Curtiss GB at the moment. What paint and colour did you use for the olivey green. You seem to have it about right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigginHill Posted October 5, 2019 Author Share Posted October 5, 2019 1 hour ago, Greg Law said: Excellent build. I like your weathering on it. I'm building Gloria in 1/48 in the Curtiss GB at the moment. What paint and colour did you use for the olivey green. You seem to have it about right. Thanks Greg, i used Tamiya XF62 Olive Drab mixed with some XF-4 Yellow Green regards Gavin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire31 Posted October 5, 2019 Share Posted October 5, 2019 Great build and finish/weathering = completely convincing representation. Impressed… Kind regards, Joachim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMCS Posted October 5, 2019 Share Posted October 5, 2019 Superb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stew Dapple Posted October 5, 2019 Share Posted October 5, 2019 That's really nice Gavin, lovely job ... and yes, the original plastic is the Hasegawa kit Cheers, Stew 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempestwulf Posted October 5, 2019 Share Posted October 5, 2019 Oh now that is a perfectly Glorias (bad pun) Kittyhawk IV. The WWII RNZAF Insignia definitely gives a bright contrast vs other nations. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyot Posted October 5, 2019 Share Posted October 5, 2019 You`ve done a fantastic job on this one,........ love it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeaton01 Posted October 6, 2019 Share Posted October 6, 2019 Very well done! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spitfire Posted October 6, 2019 Share Posted October 6, 2019 Brilliant, that looks great, it really stands out with that unusual scheme. Cheers Dennis 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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