1/48 P-40B
This is the latest, and greatest P-40 kit. The brand new Airfix P-40B! What's not to like about this one? I built it out of the box including using the excellent decals provided for Lt. Welch's Pearl Harbor a/c. I mixed the cockpit's "Curtiss interior green" from Testors yellow zinc chromate with a few drops of Humbrol flat black. The exterior is painted with Xtracolor olive drab over Modelmaster neutral gray. The only thing I added to this kit was a set of Eduard lap belts. The last two photos include my 20 year old Hobbycraft P-40B for comparison.
I followed Tom Cleaver's advice and fixed the separate cowl panels to each side, and attached the lower cowl piece to one side before joining the fuselage halves. This enabled me to build this kit with zero filler or super glue. Only a smidgeon of Mr. Surfacer was used to do the cowl join lines.
Nice model, and lots of fun. I'm looking forward to doing another in Desert Air Force livery.
Nice, clean build, John...I like this one.
Thanks Craig! This is a fun one. If you don't have one, get one today!
Excellent P-40 !
Thanks Robert!
Glad to be of help, John. Excellent outcome here.
Thanks Tom! What a great kit. I really love that cockpit assembly. I'm thinking of trying to use some old Aeromaster shark mouth RAF 112 sq decals that were designed for the Monogram kit on my next one. Can't be that different.
Well done John! Hope mine turns out as nice.
Thanks Rick! It should turn out great. Mine built up really fast with no issues.
Looks good! Love the P-40 - what a palette for so many possible schemes!
Yes Greg, it really is a great canvas. I even found photos of Soviet early P-40s with rockets under the wings.
After I built my Airfix P-40, I had to get a few more...I was that happy with it. They are indeed a very nice building kit. The fit, everything is really nice. Yours turned out very well. Well done Sir !
It's an outstanding kit. I plan on doing an RAF desert Air Force version and maybe a Soviet ex-RAF Tomahawk with rockets under the wings!
Looks like Airfix have a definite hit on their hands with this one.
It's one of the nicest kits I've ever built.
Great timing John; there's one on the way to me as we speak! Yours looks great & the cockpit is amazing with only after market belts. I've built Monogram, Hobbycraft & Trumpeter & this looks light years ahead. Thanks for the inspiration!
Enjoy it the project, Tony! It's a great kit with a gem of a cockpit. Nicely detailed and well engineered.
Beauty
Thanks George!
Absolutely superb