Nose Art Group Build 1/48 Hasegawa P-40N
Many thanks to Jamie Carreon for starting this Group Build, the amount of subjects as well as various models that can be entered are truly endless. My addition is the Hasegawa P-40N that’s been around for awhile but still builds up as an excellent model. Nice detail as well as a very good parts fit are it’s high points. The low point for me was the lack of a decent cockpit seat, therefore I substituted an aftermarket one. I also used Fundekals for the stars and bars as Hasegawa seems to have trouble producing the color white on their decals.
The cockpit was hand painted using Model Master acrylics, the upper service was painted using Tamiya TS-68 Wooden Deck Tan from a rattle can. The lower service is Model Master Duck Egg Blue. Weathering was done with a brown Pitt Pen to high light the panel lines. Antenna wire is nylon thread. Fun build for me and I’ll probably add another model to this GB.
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Craig Abrahamson said on May 30, 2018
I like it, Tom….very nice indeed.
George Henderson said on May 30, 2018
Beauty
paul teixeira said on May 30, 2018
Really nice P-40N rendition! Amazing how bad the seat kit is compared to the resin after-market. Nice job all around. I just finished a Trumpeter P-40B kit in 1/32, that was nice fitting kit also. Should give one of those a try but need to replace cockpit floor.
gary sausmikat said on May 30, 2018
Nice work Tom.
Pedro L. Rocha said on May 30, 2018
What’s not to like? A desert tan P-40 full of great details that show your care while painting and weathering. I’m a blissful ignorant regarding this plane, so can only tell how good it looks to me overall. Congrats Tom!
Marc Barris said on May 30, 2018
A very nice P 40, Great job…….
Anthony Conway said on May 30, 2018
Great looking P40 Tom.
Tom Cleaver said on May 30, 2018
Nice work, Tom.
david leigh-smith said on May 30, 2018
Beautifully done, Tom. That color scheme against the sand looks fantastic. Crisp, clean, and mean. Love the photos, too.
Greg Kittinger said on May 30, 2018
I like it! I recently finished one in this same desert tan scheme, and I think it ended up one of my favorite builds and schemes. Yours looks fantastic.
Louis Gardner said on May 30, 2018
Well you did it again……………. and built up another beautiful P-40 !!!! For some reason (at least in my eyes), the P-40 looks it’s best wearing a desert scheme. You really don’t see many built up in a solid desert tan color too often.
This one is stunning, and a welcome addition to the Nose Art GB.
Well done buddy ………………..
PS: I still need to build up one of your patent pending display bases. They are the perfect for a build like this one………….. 🙂
Robert Royes said on May 30, 2018
Great N-bird !! I like that desert scheme, I remember seeing this plane in an old Arco publication. I have to remember your paint selection.
Matt Minnichsoffer said on May 30, 2018
Nice job on the detailing of this one. Great addition to the group build.
Paul Barber said on May 30, 2018
Tom, sometimes you see a build and it just looks like it could fly of the bench. This is one of those realistic builds. I can’t begin to say how much I like this – honestly, it really put a huge smile on my face – just because it is so good!
Tom Bebout said on May 31, 2018
Gentlemen thanks for the nice comments on my P-40N. It was a fun build and like most of you I think it looks great in that desert sand/tan color. My do another one.