TonyOD Posted July 11, 2021 Share Posted July 11, 2021 (edited) Fresh from the Less Than A Tenner GB: I haven't been spending much time with the kits of late what with my existential crisis and the fact that I've been out and about a fair bit, but I've finally managed to drag this one over the line. It's the Airfix 1/72 Curtiss P-40B Warhawk, picked up from Amazon for the princely sum of £6.99 delivered, built entirely out of the box with the addition of a bit of Uschi thread for the antenna wires (which I'm pretty sure hasn't bumped it over the tenner!) It's a lovely little kit, builds like Lego. The sharp-eyes will not that the underwing roundel is slightly wonky and again on the underside I made bit of a mess of the port navigation light, but I can live with these, otherwise one of my better efforts, I didn't make an absolute hash of the canopy! As usual close-up photography is brutal but it sails through the three feet test! Brief and unremarkable WIP here if you're interested. Thanks for looking in! Edited July 16, 2021 by TonyOD 35 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 Looks pretty good to me, Sir! These are rough times for us all. Be well, and stay safe. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 A nice job on that Tony, I've a couple of these in stock, (counts on fingers) make that 3 4 & I'll be rapt if they come up like this. I've had a look through the WiP thread for this & also your Existential one & can see a lot applicable to myself, I've learned to apply the TLAR rule (that looks about right) which works for me, I did like @ckw's "Perfect is the enemy of good" quote, a good thing to remember. You've done a very workman like job on this, one to be pleased with. Steve. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyOD Posted July 15, 2021 Author Share Posted July 15, 2021 1 hour ago, stevehnz said: the TLAR rule (that looks about right) A mantra for life, if ever there was one. Thanks for the kind words Steve. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kapam Posted July 16, 2021 Share Posted July 16, 2021 I love it! This is a nice kit and I like the early-war scheme on US P-40B's. Some may find it rather too plain, but I for unknown reasons I'm a fan. Great work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vulcanicity Posted July 16, 2021 Share Posted July 16, 2021 Great build and hope it feels good to scrape over the finishing line with a kit- a quick build can be very liberating I find! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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