The Scorpion King. 1/48 AMT P-40K 64th FS/57th FG Tunisia 1943. Finished!

[franky boy]

Looks great Craig. I like the weathering, it really helps show off the ruggedness of the P-40. 
 

James 

[modelling minion]

12 hours ago, Sam said:

Missed the party Craig, but can admire the result. Looks fantastic! The freehand painting is great too. 
 

The hair antenna is something i did too on my Corsair: I noticed that when humidity changes a lot the hair extends or shrinks a bit, quite interesting to see. My wife‘s hair was more extreme in this behaviour than my daughter‘s hair, so I switched to daughter hair. Will also turn grey much later 😂😂😂

Thanks Sam, really glad that you like her.

 

Interesting difference between wife and daughter hair, I don't have a daughter to test that with and my son's hair is about the same length as mine and he lives 4,500 miles away!

[modelling minion]

4 hours ago, franky boy said:

Looks great Craig. I like the weathering, it really helps show off the ruggedness of the P-40. 
 

James 

Thanks James, much appreciated mate.

There is a rugged beauty to the P-40 from the E model onwards isn't there, and it's nose is perfect for artwork and shark mouths.

[franky boy]

1 hour ago, modelling minion said:

Thanks James, much appreciated mate.

There is a rugged beauty to the P-40 from the E model onwards isn't there, and it's nose is perfect for artwork and shark mouths.

There certainly is. My favourite is the F/L. Mainly because of having seen the one at Duxford so often. 

[81-er]

19 hours ago, modelling minion said:

Interesting difference between wife and daughter hair, I don't have a daughter to test that with and my son's hair is about the same length as mine and he lives 4,500 miles away!

All three of mine have completely different hair. The eldest daughter has really thick dark blonde hair, that's also a bit frizzy like mine. The middle daughter has thick, straight, brown hair, and my son has fine, straight blonde hair. I may have to collect samples for some scientific research into who's hair is best for aerials

 

James

[modelling minion]

37 minutes ago, 81-er said:

I may have to collect samples for some scientific research into who's hair is best for aerials

That sounds like a very good plan to me.😉

[81-er]

I had the pleasure of seeing this in reality at the weekend, it's even better than it looks in the photos

 

James

[modelling minion]

1 hour ago, 81-er said:

I had the pleasure of seeing this in reality at the weekend, it's even better than it looks in the photos

 

James

Thanks mate, thats very kind of you to say so.👍

[stevej60]

Beautiful job Craig,10/10 on that hand painting too!

[modelling minion]

58 minutes ago, stevej60 said:

Beautiful job Craig,10/10 on that hand painting too!

Thanks Steve, I really appreciate that, though I think that you (and others) have been far too kind about my hand painting.

[Retired Bob]

A lovely build and great painting Craig.  It's so annoying when you find out a decal sheet has a lot of errors and it seems that so many do.  As others have said, you have done a grand job of painting the skull, fez and other details.   I will wait for the Eduard P-40 kits to come along before I build one.

[modelling minion]

18 minutes ago, Retired Bob said:

A lovely build and great painting Craig.  It's so annoying when you find out a decal sheet has a lot of errors and it seems that so many do.  As others have said, you have done a grand job of painting the skull, fez and other details.   I will wait for the Eduard P-40 kits to come along before I build one.

Thanks Bob I appreciate that.👍

It never ceases to amaze me mistakes that some kit/decal makers do on their sheets, it really does make you wonder what pictures they have worked from.

I'm really looking forward to the Eduard P-40's, if they are anything like as good as their latest kits (and I believe they will be at least that good) then I can see myself buying quite a few of them.

[Ray_W]

Great execution and a wonderful result. Love the scheme. Goes to show the joy you can get from the older kits. Really looks the part.

 

Ray

[modelling minion]

1 hour ago, Ray_W said:

Great execution and a wonderful result. Love the scheme. Goes to show the joy you can get from the older keys. Really looks the part.

 

Ray

Thanks Ray, I really appreciate that mate.

You're right that a decent result can be had from an older kit and that they are worth the effort.