Hasegawa 1:48 P-40N Warhawk
I always liked the P-40N, it’s my favorite of the whole Warhawk/Kittyhawk family and I always wanted to do white-tailed New Guinea warrior.
Well, here it is, my latest finished build, 1:48 P-40N from Hasegawa.
The kit is beautifully detailed, but a bit over-engineered, due to Hasegawa wanting to make the most out of the molds.
It was an enjoyable build, although the kit fought me all the way, especially around the fuselage behind the cockpit. A few nasty seams and a lot of putty-sand-repeat 🙂
I added some photo-etched seat belts, brake fluid lines on the main landing gear, a scratched rear view mirror and the whip antenna.
Paints are Humbrol enamel and gloss/matt coats are Gunze.
I used the kit decals, which behaved nicely with a little help from Micro Sol. Weathering and chipping was done with pastels and light gray pencil.
And here it is, a combat proven warrior from the South Pacific.
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Craig Abrahamson said on November 27, 2012
One of the better P-40’s I’ve seen done. Nice work on the belly, btw.
Tom Cleaver said on November 27, 2012
Nice work. The Hasegawa P-40s are indeed “fiddly,” but the result if one takes care is the best P-40s in 1/48 (or 1/32). I gave you a 10 for your finishing.
Josef Blažek said on November 28, 2012
Good work 😉 !
Dan DeSilva said on November 29, 2012
Beautiful build! THANK YOU for turning it over to show us the underside! I don’t know why that means so much to me except for sculptor training in art college that has made me think of a sculpture as an object you need to appreciate all the way around- I feel the same way about kits- look that whole bad boy over- its worth it.
Nikola Pentić said on November 30, 2012
Thanx. You’re right, very few modellers show the underside of their models.
For me, it’s as interesting as the rest of the model.
Drew Tarter said on April 25, 2013
An absolutely stunning build. I agree with Tom, this is a ’10’!
Nikola Pentić said on April 25, 2013
Thanks Drew.
bob mack said on December 10, 2013
stunning piece
Frank Cronin said on March 1, 2014
Nick,
I somehow missed this article so allow me to belatedly tell you that I absolutely love what you have done here. I also think the “N” is the best looking of all the P-40’s and your model is a master compliment to the “N”.
Stunning workmanship.
Nikola Pentić said on March 2, 2014
Thank you Frank, I appreciate it.
Bernd Müller said on July 1, 2014
Hi Nikola, one of the best Warhawks i have seen so far, very well done
You captured the look of the more faded fabric areas very well.
The same fitting problems i have discovered on my Hasegawa Warhawks
Bernd
Nikola Pentić said on July 2, 2014
Thank you, Bernd.