JohnB

Making some nice progress. Working on the wings now.

Would anyone have some Floquil diosol? I have a bunch of old Floquil paint but nothing to thin it with. I need some diosol or something else that will work. Thanks in advance.

Looks to be coming along well Peter. 🙂

Agreed and I might do that even though I've already mounted the prop assembly to the spinner. I did some checking in my 2 D&S books on the P-40's and it appears to me the pointy props were mainly on the B/C's and MAYBE some "E"'s but, as near as I could tell, the "E"'s seemed to have the slightly broader props. At any rate I'm going to stick with the broader setup. Thanks for the input. 🙂

Seems to always be some "issue" with which ever Windows we use.

Mo betta prop for sure Peter. 🙂

Thank you Kevin. I much prefer Windows 9 but have to stay with 10 to be able to keep tabs on my bank account. 🙃

I decided to replace the kit prop, which has slightly narrower and pointy blades, with blades from a Grey Matter prop set for the P-40 (the GM mounting piece had been lost at some point). I had to remove the kit props from the center mounting, drill out some mounting holes, then CA the replacement props in place. Not a huge difference but noticeable, at least to me. The one on the right, in case you find it hard to see the difference, is the modified piece. 🙂

Thanks Peter. OOB cockpit isn't too bad actually. Not replacing it with some after market stuff saves some $$$$. I'm still searching the internet for a photo editor app that I like. So far only Canon My Image Garden works but I'm still not satisfied. Frustrating.

It's coming along well Dennis. I hope it turns out like I envision it! I had to go to Windows 10 when my on line banking no longer worked with 9. If it wasn't for that I'd go back to 9 in a heartbeat!

I have his book too and, yep, he wasn't a big fan of the P-40. Especially against the Zero.

Thanks Chris! Sorry for the late reply, I didn't see your post until today!

Thanks! I do too!!!

I decided to build this P-40 to depict a P-40E flown in the defense of Darwin, Australia in 1942 when the Japanese were on a roll. It should be a good subject for weathering since the conditions there were pretty rough. No matter what I tried to do the Interior yellow/green just would not come up to the shade it should be in these photos. Please bear with me as my photo editing apps are different now from the one I used to have (lost it when I had to dump everything and re-start my computer. I DO NOT like Windows 10!)

Thanks Kevin, so do I. 😃

I have it pretty well disassembled (removed ordinance racks,puttied and sanded placement holes, prop, canopys, seats/armor backing, gun sight, etc. Now waiting for SB to send me a canopy mask set.) In the mean time I've started a Hasegawa 1/32 P-40E based at Darwin early in the war. I'll start a thread in a bit.

I'm glad you like it Carl, thanks. Just one of those little headaches.

Thank you Peter. I think it turned out okay. I hope the T-28 will work out fine.

Thanks Peter. I'm happy with it.🙂

Thanks, I'm glad you like it.

Done and RFI: https://forum.largescalemodeller.com/topic/20213-revell-bf-109g-rfi/

Ready for inspection. After market items are FineMolds belts, Barracudacast tail wheel and Barracudacast spinner and prop. The canopy snubber is part of a acupuncture needle! Painted with Testor's MM. Decals are from a Aims Decals sheet on late war Bf-109's. 🙂

Thanks Carl. 😃

Understood Scott. I had been thinking about this re-do for a good bit and decided now was a good time to go on and do it. I'm also considering doing a re-work on one of my KH AT-28D builds. I'd have to remove the underwing pylons, fill and smooth out the locating holes, remove the seat armor and gun sight among a few other things. It would be a bit more involved than the P-51 re-do but we'll see.

I decided to repaint this a/c in a USAAF scheme from Italy. Not a lot to it since the model was already built. I just removed the decals, did some fine sanding, and re-painted in the scheme I wanted. Decals are left-overs from previous Hobbycraft P-51 builds. 🙂