JohnB

Finished with this one. The seat belts from FineMolds and the prop blades from Grey Matter are the only after market items. The OD uppers are painted with Testor's OD while the undersides are painted with Floquil gray. Decals are all from my decal stash. I hope y'all like it! 😀 Remember: Click on the 1st image, etc, etc.

Thanks! I had always thought it was black. The Insignia Blue IS pretty dark and can easily be misinterpreted as black. 🙂

Thank you Peter. I too had always thought it to be black and in some cases it probably was. Hard to tell!

Thanks Chris. FineMolds belts as usual which are my "go to" belts. The prop "adjustment" turned out to be easier than I expected. No sweat surprisingly. 🙂

Thanks Carl. You will like the kit. A easy build with good fit, etc. Lots of different schemes to do too. 🙂

It's Insignia Blue but it can surely appear to be black! LOL

Turned out just fine I think. I can see why folks sometimes think that it's black as the insignia blue certainly is dark.

I decided to use a stencil for the US Army under the wings. Insignia Blue so I hope it looks "right" after I remove the stencils.

Base color painting done. Glossing, decaling, and weathering still to do.

Model Master was always my "go to" paint. Wish Testor's hadn't stopped production. At least we still have the small bottles of their enamels. I keep a stock of their OD.

Some of them are thin enough to use without thinning. You have to be careful spraying any of them as they will "burn" the plastic if over sprayed. A couple of light coats is the solution to that.

Thanks. I say get one and build it. They are nice kits with no real fit problems and a very low "cuss-factor".

Yes, they are pretty old but, surprisingly, still good. They all have a good "seal" on the lid that must be the reason.

Looks like the lacquer thinner works okay. Thanks guys for the help!!! 😀

Thanks!! 🙂

Thank you Kevin! I have some Tamiya lacquer thinner so I'll give it a try. 😀

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.