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The first `Lula Belle`, P-40N Warhawk, Burma Banshees, India, 1944


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Hi Everyone,

 Finished this one last week and managed to get some photo`s before the weather went down hill

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My latest attempt at Hasegawa`s 1/48 P-40 kit

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Built from the `M` boxing to represent an early P-40N

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Finished to represent `Lula Belle` of the `Burma Banshees` 89thFS/80th FG, 1944

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This was the first of two `Lula Belle`s` flown by 1stLt Phillip Adair, the second being a later model `N` version

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The kit`s built OOB with just some brake pipes, seat belts and antenna added

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The decals came from a Skymodels sheet ( 48-047 ) and worked fine but........

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...after researching the aircraft found to be lacking certain details.

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So I had to add black mouth and red blood to the skull, whitewall the tyres and try to paint the bomb carrying buzzard to the wheel hubs by hand.

Hope you enjoy the pic`s, thanks for looking

Cheers Russ  

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1 hour ago, russ c said:

So I had to add black mouth and red blood to the skull, whitewall the tyres and try to paint the bomb carrying buzzard to the wheel hubs by hand.

Skillfully done:like:, I assume the rest of the skull was a decal, it must have a devil to get it to conform and I really like that edge mottle scheme, I did a Boston in it many years ago.

Pete

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49 minutes ago, Pete in a shed said:

Skillfully done:like:, I assume the rest of the skull was a decal, it must have a devil to get it to conform and I really like that edge mottle scheme, I did a Boston in it many years ago.

Pete

Thanks Pete, Yeah it`s a decal, wasn`t too bad to conform, just a press with a pad of kitchen roll and hot water 

Cheers Russ

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6 hours ago, Dogtail2 said:

Beautiful. Love the realistic photography.

Is that Eduard Marston matting?

Thanks Dt, yes, it`s the plastic one though not the etched

Cheers Russ

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