The Tomahawk Channel at iModeler (22 articles)

The Tomahawk Channel at iModeler

Curtiss P-40B/C Tomahawk

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22 articles
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On This Day...February 15th

by david leigh-smith on February 15, 2019
in News — 15 Comments

‘Friendly fire’ (in this case quite literally) was a huge problem when organising bomb runs on the massive scale that Bomber Command executed in the war with Nazi Germany. These photos, taken on February 15th, 1943 in Scampton Airfield, Englan[...]

On This Day…December 23rd

by david leigh-smith on December 22, 2018
in News — 15 Comments

No, this is not Louis Gardner’s Iron Works. Real F4U 1 Corsairs being made on the Vought Sikorsky production line on 23rd Dec 1942. Would love to see a colourised version of this. Santa Claus exchanges his traditional civilian red hat for a[...]

On This Day…December 6th.

by david leigh-smith on December 6, 2018
in News — 5 Comments

Although there have been a few images that have been difficult to post on this series, today’s is especially so. Many of the photos have shown crews just before their deaths, people before and after their execution, or before performing a heroic[...]

1:48 Scale, Airfix P-40B, “Tomahawk”

by Frederick J Seitz III on October 5, 2018
in Aviation — 20 Comments

Terrific model, excellent build, and one I would recommend absolutely. I used Tamiya acrylics, which is something I have not done in over twenty years. I also used Star Fighter Decals, which I am pleased to report, worked flawlessly. Mark[...]

1/48 Airfix P-40B Tomahawk

by Tolga ULGUR on September 13, 2018
in Aviation — 16 Comments

This is 1/48 Airfix P-40B Tomahawk with TuAF markings circa 1942-44. Cockpit modified with Eduard PE set and Ultracast seat. Other modifications are: - Ultracast wheels - Aires landing gear doors - Quickboost gun barrels - Ultracast exhausts - m[... ]

RAAF Tomahawk Mk.IIb by Airfix

by Tony Prince on April 16, 2018
in Aviation — 25 Comments

This is my second Airfix 1/48 scale P-40; this time in the guise of a Tomahawk IIb as flown by Wing Commander Peter Jeffrey, 3 Squadron RAAF, in the western desert in 1941. Our IPMS-NSW club has a group build coming up later this year & has [...]

Airfix 1/72 Curtiss Tomahawk Mk.IIB

by Marek Halas on December 6, 2017
in Aviation — 15 Comments

One of the recent "new tooling" Airfix's 1/72 starter sets, and relaxingly easy build it is! This is an out of box build that spanned two weekends but were truncated due to other project commitments & stretched across the month of Septembe[...]

1/48 Airfix P-40B

by Brian Scott on August 20, 2017
in Aviation — 9 Comments

Another shelf of doom project finished . I present the awesome little 1/48 Airfix P-40B flown by 2nd Lt. George Welch , 47th Pursuit Squadron ,15th Pursuit Group Wheeler Field , Oahu ,Hawaii December 7th 1941 . Painted with Tamiya and Mr paints[...]

Airfix P-40B in 1/48

by Tony Prince on March 30, 2017
in Aviation — 18 Comments

Being a veteran of two Monogram P-40s, one by Trumpeter & another by Academy, I really looked forward to the Airfix offering. There were few issues & none that couldn't be corrected easily, although the spinner nearly defeated me - I don[...]

Airfix 1/48th P-40B Warhawk Build Review, Part 2

by Boris Rakic on March 4, 2017
in Reviews — 22 Comments

After having had a look at what is in the box in part 1 (), it is time to actually start building this thing. And we all know how this goes, right? You don’t say. Anyway, the cockpit goes together quite well, if you keep in mind to first chec[...]