Curtiss P-40 Kittyhawk
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On This Day…May 26th.
Two A6M2 Type 0 Model 11 ‘Zero’ fighters pictured in flight from Yichang, Hubei Province en route to attack targets in Nanzheng, in China, 26 May, 1941.
British Cruiser Mk IV tank at Huppy, France, 26-29 May 1940. Below is George [...]
On This Day…May 25th.
Nice set of Spitfire references for weathering.
Spitfire MkVb of RAF 222 Squadron (ZD-H) named ‘Flying Scotsman’ In Essex, England, 25th of May, 1942.
Pilot, South African Flight Lieutenant Laurie, is a flier of the 222 Squadron [...]
HobbyBoss 1/72 P-40 B/C – finished
Good day!
Model series is easy kit. Very weak detailing, so many homemade parts.
Cockards and alphabetic codes infused with paint through a stencil.
The model depicts the aircraft No. 250 Sgn., 262 Wing, Desert Air Force, RAF, 1942
Flown [...]
1/48 Airfix Curtiss P-40B
Robert Neale's plane. Used Ultracast seat, prop/spinner and Master gun barrels.
1/48 AMT P-40N Lulu Belle
Just of my table is this P-40N Lulu Belle, driven by 2nd Lt Philip Adair. 2Lt Adair would make a name for himself by single handily attacking a flight of 24 Sally bombers escorted by 34 Oscar fighters. He bagged an Oscar, damaged 2 others [...]
Kiwi Kittyhawk
Mentioned in my Mosquito build the other day that a Kittyhawk build was following-on, and here t'is !
The 1:48 AMT /Ertl kit came out around twenty years ago and was 'top of the tree' for a couple of years before Hasegawa came along and [...]
Hasegawa 1/48 RAAF P-40E-1 Kittyhawk I
The P-40E-1 was produced for service with the RAF under Lend-Lease, where it was known as the Kittyhawk. The aircraft served primarily in the Middle East and Far East, where it was the first fighter equipment for the RAAF.
As the Japanese [...]
Hasegawa 1/48 P-40E Kittyhawk....
Well, good people keep trying to drag me from the dark side to the light... and I always resist. Except for this time- A good kop (whose favorite A/C is the P-40) dared/cajoled me into doing a Kittyhawk. Credit for inspiration also goes [...]
Curtis P 40M Kittyhawk, A29-359, 86 Sqn RAAF Dutch New Guinea 1944.
1/72 Academy, my third Kittyhawk so far, I modified a few things, finished in Polly Scale acrylics and MM enamels with Matt Cote over Tally Ho decals, this aircraft was flown by Sqn Ldr Stan Galton.
Curtis P 40E Kittyhawk, A29-41, 75 Sqn RAAF Port Moresby 1942.
1/72 Academy, the second of my Kittyhawks so far, I modified a few things, finished in Humbrol and MM enamels with Tamiya X22, + X21 over Aussie and Badger decals. Flown by Flt Lt Les Jackson DFC and Bar with 5 victories.
