diamant Posted April 25, 2022 Author Share Posted April 25, 2022 (edited) Hi Alan, Thank you very much for your comments. I have already modified my previous post. I wonder if someone could help us because we have 11 more RNZAF P40 to be done but we run out of Kiwi roundels (B/W/B). Does anyone could recomend a P40 decal sheet with these roundels? Here are two more P40 done. I hope you like them 47) P-40K-15 NZ3050 HQ Gunnery Training school Ohakea 1944 48) P-40K-15CU NZ3060 - coded 9 - 1 Servicing Unit (SU) / 14 Squadron Guadalcanal Cheers Santiago Edited April 26, 2022 by diamant 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maginot Posted April 25, 2022 Share Posted April 25, 2022 Nicely worked. This is a very interesting series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LDSModeller Posted April 25, 2022 Share Posted April 25, 2022 3 hours ago, diamant said: P-40K-15CU NZ3060 9 14 Guadalcanal 1-jun-43 Hi Santiago Those look really great - Thanks for sharing with us I have adjusted slightly your Heading to read a little better for your audience P-40K-15CU NZ3060 - coded 9 - 1 Servicing Unit (SU) / 14 Squadron Guadalcanal For those not familiar with RNZAF Nomenclature, the Servicing Units "Owned" the aircraft and loaned them to the Squadrons to fly Now to your question re the RNZAF Pacific Roundels? Ventura/Xtra Decal do Pacific Roundels, but for Specific airframes (and only the necessary amount of roundels) See Hannants site Hannants site Old Model Decals do do a more generic P 40 sheet, but the Pacific Roundel Blue is that fictitious Light blue (you will need to scroll down sorry) Old Models Decals Only other suggestion would be to ask your friend who printed off your P40 markings, and see if he can do you a bunch of generic RNZAF Pacific Roundel? If you need the exact sizes Email me. Regards Alan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred piket Posted April 25, 2022 Share Posted April 25, 2022 My god, all fantastic models! I bet the model shop you bought these models has booked a nice vacation😀. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diamant Posted April 28, 2022 Author Share Posted April 28, 2022 Hi Alan, Quote Those look really great - Thanks for sharing with us Your welcome. We are trying to do our best. Thank you for the correction on the heading of the latest P40. We are not familiary with the RNZAF Nomeclature at all. Great links. I will have them in mind. I did not know the Old Models Decals site. It looks interesting. What do you mean with "Pacific Roundel Blue" is that fictitious Light blue? Yes, we will ask our friend Luis to do them. Quote My god, all fantastic models! I bet the model shop you bought these models has booked a nice vacation. ha ha. I bought most of the P40 kits available in Argentina from differents model shop (aprox. 35 kits) and the rest from Hannants. Cheers Santiago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diamant Posted May 8, 2022 Author Share Posted May 8, 2022 Hi My Father has just finished another P40. Please find below some photos 49) Kittyhawk Mk I NZ3043 FE-B 2 OTU 1/1/1944 Cheers Santiago 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diamant Posted May 10, 2022 Author Share Posted May 10, 2022 (edited) Hi, Two more P40 are done and the third will be put aside waiting for the shark mouth decals. Here are the final photos of these two models. 50) Kittyhawk Mk I NZ3027 FE-V Ohakea 10 January 1944. (I have just noticed that the wheels covers are painted with the wrong color. We will correct them asap). 51) Kittyhawk Mk I NZ3036 HQ-Q I hope you like them. Cheers Santiago Edited May 10, 2022 by diamant wrong typo 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k5054nz Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 On 4/25/2022 at 1:06 PM, diamant said: What paints were used for this model? The colours look perfect!! On 5/8/2022 at 1:27 PM, diamant said: 49) Kittyhawk Mk I NZ3043 FE-B 2 OTU 1/1/1944 It makes me very, very happy to see this aircraft modelled! She's on my to-do list in both 1/48 and 1/32. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diamant Posted May 17, 2022 Author Share Posted May 17, 2022 Hi Zac, Sorry for my delay in reply your question. Quote What paints were used for this model? The colours look perfect!! My father used for that model the following: Olive drab: Hu155 NZ Sea Blue Grey: one jar (new) of Hu96 with 8 drops of white NZ Sky Grey: one jar (new) of Hu65 Nuevo with half jar of Model master underside blue Please find below a photo of one of our display cabinet. Here are two photos showing the 62 P40 done which 7 of them are waiting for the shark mouths decals. Cheers Santiago 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diamant Posted May 18, 2022 Author Share Posted May 18, 2022 Hi Please find below the final photos of these models. 52) P40 K-1-CU Mark III 245945 F 111 Squadron RCAF Elmendorf Air Base 3-sep-42 53) P40 K-1-CU Mark III 246004 S 111 Squadron RCAF Amchitka Island summer/ fall of 1942 54) P40 K-1-CU Mark III 245954 G 111 Squadron RCAF Amchitka Island summer/ fall of 1942 Cheers Santiago 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roberto Posted May 18, 2022 Share Posted May 18, 2022 Wow, really nice works! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diamant Posted May 19, 2022 Author Share Posted May 19, 2022 Thank you very much Roberto, Please find below the final photos of a new P40 just done by my father. 55) Curtiss P40 K FL891 8 Cheers Santiago 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k5054nz Posted May 20, 2022 Share Posted May 20, 2022 On 5/18/2022 at 7:15 AM, diamant said: Hi Zac, Sorry for my delay in reply your question. My father used for that model the following: Olive drab: Hu155 NZ Sea Blue Grey: one jar (new) of Hu96 with 8 drops of white NZ Sky Grey: one jar (new) of Hu65 Nuevo with half jar of Model master underside blue And now you can disregard the second email I just sent! Thank you very, very much! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diamant Posted May 29, 2022 Author Share Posted May 29, 2022 Hi, Here are two more P40 just finished. 56) P40 K short tail EV322 CV-I 3 RAAF Squadron 57) P40 K short tail EV421 DB-H 2 SAAF Squadron Cheers Santiago 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diamant Posted June 14, 2022 Author Share Posted June 14, 2022 Hi to all, There are three more P40 finished and my father have just reach the sixty done. Only 52 to come. 58) P40 K FR507 OK-REB 450 RAAF R.E.Bary Grottaglie Italy 4th October 1943 59) P-40 K A29-182 AM-C 77 Squadron New Guinea 1943 60) P40 K A29-302 86 August 1943 Cheers Santiago 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWM Posted June 14, 2022 Share Posted June 14, 2022 2 hours ago, diamant said: There are three more P40 finished and my father have just reach the sixty done. Only 52 to come. The numbers are incredible as the variety of painting schemes is! If I count properly, each of your model represents in average some 35 machines delivered to the British Empire (RAF, RAAF, RNZAF, RCAF, SAAF) Regards and congrats J-W 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
112 Squadron Posted June 14, 2022 Share Posted June 14, 2022 It is always amazing to see how your collection is growing. My compliments to you and your father. Each of your P-40s is truly a masterpiece.👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diamant Posted June 27, 2022 Author Share Posted June 27, 2022 On 6/14/2022 at 4:50 PM, JWM said: The numbers are incredible as the variety of painting schemes is! If I count properly, each of your model represents in average some 35 machines delivered to the British Empire (RAF, RAAF, RNZAF, RCAF, SAAF) Regards and congrats J-W Hi JW Thank you very much. I have never thought it in that way. Yes, totally agree. I think that this is could be one of the most diverse series in term of painting schemes and of course shark mouths. I am glad you like it. On 6/14/2022 at 6:00 PM, 112 Squadron said: It is always amazing to see how your collection is growing. My compliments to you and your father. Each of your P-40s is truly a masterpiece.👍 Thank you very very much. My father is trying to do his best and so do I with the reasearch. Please find below four more models done. 70) P40 F FL220 - Uk - 1-ago-42 71) P40 F FL234 HS-A - 260 SQN 72) P40 L FS452 5 Takoradi 73) P40 L FS490 BAE 3 RAAF Squadron WGCDR Brain Eaton Italy Cheers Santiago 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
112 Squadron Posted June 27, 2022 Share Posted June 27, 2022 It is nice to see that you have added these four Kittyhawk Mk II to your collection. They are all looking great! 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diamant Posted July 5, 2022 Author Share Posted July 5, 2022 (edited) Hi Thank you very much for your comments. Please find attached some photos of the latest P40 done by my Father. 74) Curtiss P40 M 837 75) Curtiss P40 M 851 Dartmouth, Canada early 1945 76) Curtiss P40 M 831 C 132 77) Curtiss P40 M FR806 GA-Q 112 RAF Cheers Santiago Edited July 5, 2022 by diamant 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
112 Squadron Posted July 7, 2022 Share Posted July 7, 2022 Nice to see the latest additions to your collection! 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winenut Posted July 8, 2022 Share Posted July 8, 2022 What a great team effort! Superb collection ......love that cabinet 😀 Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diamant Posted July 13, 2022 Author Share Posted July 13, 2022 Hi, Thank you very much. My father has finished two more P40. These are the final photos: 78) P40 N-1 P40 M A29-495 Piva North 1/9/1945 79) P40 N-1 P40 M 5055 D SAAF Cheers Santiago 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k5054nz Posted July 14, 2022 Share Posted July 14, 2022 On 7/13/2022 at 1:44 PM, diamant said: 79) P40 N-1 P40 M 5055 D SAAF What an eyecatching scheme! I've never seen anything like this before. I like it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diamant Posted July 14, 2022 Author Share Posted July 14, 2022 Thank you very much Zac. There will be a couple of more like that one. My father has finished two more. 80) P40 M A29-323 SV-F 76 Squadron Momote, Los negos 1-abr-44 81) P40 M A29-357 SV-H 76 Squadron Cheers Santiago 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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