Curtiss P-40 Warhawk (Kittyhawk)
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Aleutian Tiger, NOT...1/48 Curtiss P-40K Warhawk, 18th FS/343rd FG, USAAF
When my dad started the Aleutian P-38 last year, I thought wouldn´t it be nice if it had some company?
So he built a P-40K. Sadly 1/48 decals for this theatre are rare and we didn´t want to do a usual tigerhead scheme. Finally found a [...]
Pearl Harbor GB: Curtiss P-40B Warhawk – Airfix 1/48
A happy New Year to all my fellow modelers!
This evening (almost midnight), I'd like to share with you my most recent build (and last of 2021 by a hair), which is of course the Airfix P-40B. This kit needs nothing said of it, and I [...]
1/32 Hasegawa P-40N Warhawk “Geronimo”
This is 1/32 Hasegawa P-40N Warhawk with the markings of 'Geronimo' 45th Fighter Squadron on Nanumea Airfield, Ellice Islands, Dec 1943.
Modifications are;
Eduard instrument panel and seat belts
Eduard exhausts
Paints : Gunze Sangyo and [...]
gen. Joseph John Kruzel's P-40E
This time the article will not be long or colorful with fictionalized stories. As for the history of the fights, I do not intend to compete with the knowledge of Tom Cleaver (I hope @tcinla write some more informations) 🙂 I just wanted [...]
Flight 19 Pearl Harbor 80th Anniversary Group Build A pair of Airfix 1/48 P-40’s and a 1/48 Hasegawa A6M-2
I have been extremely busy with all sorts of full scale life lately, and I have not had much free time available at the work bench. Because of this, I was not able to fully complete these models before the December 7th deadline. Sorry. [...]
Defender of the Pearl Harbor – 80th anniversary of the Japanese attack.
The scene from the movie Tora Tora Tora, when two pilots jump into their P-40s and, regardless of the glaring disproportion of forces in the air, rush to Attack the Japanese formation as a young boy from school, I was simply moved. What [...]
1/32 Hasegawa P-40E Warhawk “Kay Strawberry Blonde”
Here is another tick on my P-40 Warhawk to do list. This is 1/32 Hasegawa P-40E Warhawk with the markings of “Kay Strawberry Blonde” flown by Sammy Pierce of 8th FS / 49th FG Doboudura, New Guinea in Spring 1943.
The inspiration for [...]
Airfix 1:48 P-40B
This completion dates from November 2020. I really enjoyed the build. The kit has very few vices beyond some fit funkiness in the lower nose section. It's completely OOB except for Eduard PE lap belts. I mixed Testors Zinc Chromate and [...]
1/32 Hasegawa P-40N Warhawk “White 21”
Here's another tick on my bucket list of P-40Ns in 1/32 scale.
This is 1/32 Hasegawa P-40N Warhawk with the markings of “White 21” from 74FS 23rd FG (Kweilin – China) flown by Capt Harlyn Vidovich in December 1943.
Note that this [...]
1/72 P-40B/C Warhawk
Three day build complete. P-40B/C Flying Tiger - spring 1942 - 1/72 Trumpeter kit.
The aircraft is actually a Hawk H81 A-3, which was Curtiss’ designation of the P-40B/C aircraft pulled from an order to Great Britain (H81 A-2) and sent [...]
