Tomahawk! Curtiss Mk. ii in 1/48
This is AK431, a workhorse from the North Africa campaign, based in Fayid, Egypt in 1943. I was attracted to the P-40’s battered, leaky look – a survivor in a tough environment. Apart from an unfortunate Me-109 I mauled as a 10-year-old, this is the first desert scheme I’ve attempted in the second phase of my modeling career.
The Airfix Tomahawk is a nice kit – easy to build with a nicely detailed interior. I added a Master gunsight and replaced the pilot with the one I didn’t use from the Tamiya P-38, a well sculpted figure that deserved to be reassigned.
Forgive my amateur Photoshop experiment with getting this thing to fly. Well, under the circumstances, you’ve got to keep yourself entertained.
Thanks for looking.
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Andrew H said on April 25, 2020
Very photo-realistic Tim. It’s great to see some larger scales built wheels up. I think if you threw a backdrop on one of those photos, most people wouldn’t be able to tell it’s to scale. Your photography (lighting specifically) is perfect. I love it!
George Henderson said on April 25, 2020
Nice looking camo
John Healy said on April 25, 2020
Nice work!
Tom Cleaver said on April 25, 2020
Excellent result with this great kit.
Tom Bebout said on April 25, 2020
Good looking P-40 Tim. One can never build enough of them.
Robert Royes said on April 25, 2020
Very nice!! Looks great, did the pilot like being reassigned?
Tim T said on April 25, 2020
Ha! Well, he didn’t complain, despite the smaller mount.
Michael Woodgate said on April 25, 2020
Excellent work with your Tomahawk. I like it.
Spiros Pendedekas said on April 25, 2020
Excellent build of your Tomahawk Tim!
Bill Koppos said on April 26, 2020
Yeah get that prop to spinning and put some azur blue sky background in there, you won’t be able to tell it’s a model. The pilot is in a very good action pose too. Great work.
Tim T said on April 26, 2020
Thanks very much, everyone!
Michel Verschuere said on April 26, 2020
Beautiful!
Pedro L. Rocha said on April 26, 2020
What a great Tomahawk! The weathering looks the part and the inflight pose takes my imagination to a combat manoeuvre up above Libyan skies
Tim T said on April 26, 2020
Thanks, Pedro! Exactly where my imagination was too – glad it comes across!
Greg Kittinger said on April 27, 2020
That’s a real beauty! Love the desert schemes, and you got a perfectly worn look to her. Excellent!