bad edd Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 (edited) Hi! I managed to finish the third of many P-40s I started a couple of months ago. It's an Academy M, converted to a late, long tail K, by removing the cooling panels in front of the exhausts. The horrendous spinner and canopy were replaced without much effort with a hasegawa ones, the aft fuselage needed to be sanded down to a correct height. Most of the small details are scratchbuilt, but i used a true details seat and eduard PE for the ring'n'bead gunsight. It's painted with the excellent WEM enamel paints, markings are from a Model Alliance decal sheet but the roundels from a generic Aeromaster one. There are many doubts about this particular bird, the only photo of it shows it badly damaged. It probably had yellow leading edges on the wings and lacked the Curtiss logo on the propeller blades. Full build here : Edited October 30, 2011 by bad edd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David H Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 Nice job Edd. I like the P-40 but i'm not a die-hard nut about it like Brett Green is. I will say replacing the windscreen and re-profiling the aft fuselage to match improves the looks of that kit by an order of magnitude. Thanks for posting! david Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOUSTON Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 SUPER Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moofles Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 I really like that, turned out really well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbuna Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 Lovely job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bad edd Posted October 22, 2011 Author Share Posted October 22, 2011 Today I finished two more: A French short-tail P-40F from the G.C II/5 Lafayette , no.8 "P'tit Quinquin": The Special Hobby F/L kit is very very nice, the only drawback is the canopy that has such thick frames. I used a resin seat and wheels from True details. Most of the decals are improvised/ homemade. I used techmod french roundels and sprayed a darker blue in the center. For this machine I had to replace the fishtail exhausts with some early ones from the Academy P-40E. The famous "London Pride" , a Kittyhawk Ia from 112 squadron RAF: For this one i used the old Hasegawa kit, with most of the small parts scratchbuilt. Decals are from the excellent Barracuda sheet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docjojo Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 A very nice collection. A good quality of assembly and paint for all aircraft Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pte1643 Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 GA-Y is going to be my next build, although I'm working in 48th (with the Barracuda sheet). I think that's the first time I've seen it actually modelled with the Portside roundel edge painted over. Very nice work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Posted October 23, 2011 Share Posted October 23, 2011 Lovely work Ed. Great finish on all three and good to see more of your work. Cheers, Andrew. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dahut Posted October 23, 2011 Share Posted October 23, 2011 I like the look of the P-40. It just looks "right" to me. In all the stash clearing Ive done in the last year, I managed to hang on to one of my P-40 models - the Mauve P-40N with a True Details cockpit. 80% of the kits went out the door, but I never could make myself sell that one. Very nice looking 'Hawks you've done there. Great work in the scale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bad edd Posted October 23, 2011 Author Share Posted October 23, 2011 (edited) Today i almost finished two more: Skipper, a P-40L from the 79th FG, with a very interesting story: Lighthouse Louie, another L but this time from the Checkertail Clan: Both are the new Special Hobby kit, with Sky decals and as with the other ones, many bits were scratcbuilt. The checkers are home made black decals over painted yellow tailplanes. Both need their propellers weathered a little and the canopies cleaned up, as some matt varnish was dispersed over them. Edited October 23, 2011 by bad edd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldhouse Posted October 23, 2011 Share Posted October 23, 2011 Very nice pair !! Great Job !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOUSTON Posted October 23, 2011 Share Posted October 23, 2011 bad edd.. STUNNING looking pair... HOUSTON. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antoine Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 Hello Edd, Nice P-40s, all of them. Enough of Mirage/phantom/MiG/tomcat? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lansen73 Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 cracking builds ,that desert scheme looks really great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vulcanicity Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 What a lovely collection of desert Warhawks! I love some of the little detail touches, like the oversprayed roundel edge on GA-Y. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angels49 Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 Not a slouch in the bunch....all extremely well done. Of all the aircraft to ever wear a sharkmouth as nose art only two really pull it off without any doubts, the P-40 and that still raging warhorse the venerable F-4E Phantom. All others are just bad imitations and wannabe's; 'Nuff Said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickydicky210 Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 You certainly like and know how to build these hawks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bad edd Posted October 30, 2011 Author Share Posted October 30, 2011 Thank you for your kind words, gentlemen! I managed to finish the last one (of the first group) A Kittyhawk IV, also from the famous 112th Squadron, RAF: The Hasegawa P-40N with scratchbuilt racks and bombs stolen from other kits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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