Revell 1/72 H-623 Curtiss P-40E Warhawk 1963

[John]

I saw this on the 'Bay and I really couldn't resist 🙄

 

The P-40 is one of my all-time favourite modelling subjects. I remember having this boxing as a kid and being super-impressed with the sliding canopy:

 

 

It's actually maybe even a wee bit more sophisticated a kit than the Airfix Kittyhawk, a kit much loved by my generation of model builders. 

 

This will not stay in the box for long 😀

 

John

[John]

Pure nostalgia 😀

 

1960's era Revell green plastic in what is, by today's standards, a tiny box:

 

 

It's around on a par with the Airfix kit, which actually came out a year later, and is if anything a bit more sophisticated. Much more flash than you would typically find in a contemporary Airfix kit though:

 

 

Revell GB instructions from Potter's Bar:

 

 

 

Transfers look past it but I probably wouldn't be using them anyway:

 

 

Can't wait to get in about this. I built the P-36 a few years ago it it built up really nicely:

 

 

John

[stevej60]

Another fine choice John I remember this one as a kid.

[John]

This is the decal sheet from the "Claws and Teeth" boxing of the Special Hobby P-40E:

 

 

Plenty of options there:

 

https://www.scalemates.com/products/img/5/6/7/1225567-72-instructions.pdf

 

John

[jean]

Hi John,

 

I believe many modelers from our generation built at least one Revell P-40 sometimes in the 60s.

Ditto re the sliding canopy. I thought this was the coolest thing since the wire to cut the butter.

So enjoy the build and have a lot of fun.

 

JR

[Jeepboy]

I really liked these Revell kits because they had little extras like opening canopies or engine panels you could remove (Polikarpov I-16) so much more fun than the competition.

[Corsairfoxfouruncle]

Never have seen one of these kits. Looks ok from what I can see, though I agree the decals are knackered. 

[GAF]

Interesting kit!  I built a lot of early models back in the late 60s, but I don't think I built this one.  Good luck!

 

Gary

[John]

Basic construction is reasonably painless, apart from the short-shot under the nose:

 

 

A coat of light grey is needed to kill the Revell green plastic.

 

John

 

[Corsairfoxfouruncle]

Well thats not good, plastic or fill it with everything to repair ? 

[John]

A combination of Humbrol filler, chopped up Microstrip and superglue and accelerator seems to have done a reasonable job:

 

 

 

Some black paint, still wet in this photo, should hide most of the repair on the inside.

 

The current Humbrol filler really is excellent stuff.

 

John

[stevej60]

Good save with the filler John,another kit an awful lot of us of a certain age built along with the Airfix kit just for that shark mouth! Ooh could a P-40 STGB

be in order?

[John Ballman]

Nice repair job, a save and a dismount. Awesome!

Very nice, Keep up the good work.

Respectfully,
JB