Hasegawa P-40M/Kittyhawk III next up

[JohnB]

This one's been on the shelf for a good while so I think I'll build it now. Will be mostly OOB and as "Wairarapa Wildcat" using kit decals. Should be a easy straight forward build.

[belugawhaleman]

Always liked the Curtis P-40/kitty hawk family.

I remember building a p-40 kit made Otaki  in the 80s'

[JohnB]

42 minutes ago, belugawhaleman said:

Always liked the Curtis P-40/kitty hawk family.

I remember building a p-40 kit made Otaki  in the 80s'

Yes indeed. I built that one too. Wonder what became of Otaki?

[Peterpools]

John

Ready and waiting

Keep 'em comin

Peter

[JohnB]

1 hour ago, Peterpools said:

John

Ready and waiting

Keep 'em comin

Peter

Those Hasegawa P-40's are really easy builds. No big snags, etc.

[belugawhaleman]

2 hours ago, JohnB said:

Yes indeed. I built that one too. Wonder what became of Otaki?

Oh, long gone I suppose. I built all their WW2 Japanese stuff. Their Corsair and P 51 as well. Good stuff. They built up ok as I remember. Heavy rivet detail, but I thought the kits

were cool back then. Oh, nostalgia!

[JohnB]

13 hours ago, belugawhaleman said:

Oh, long gone I suppose. I built all their WW2 Japanese stuff. Their Corsair and P 51 as well. Good stuff. They built up ok as I remember. Heavy rivet detail, but I thought the kits

were cool back then. Oh, nostalgia!

Agreed. I think I might still have a couple in my stash somewhere! LOL

[JohnB]

Making some progress.

[Peterpools]

John

Nice progress on the front office and prop - looking mighty good.

Keep 'em comin

Peter

[JohnB]

Thank you Peter. I'll overspray the prop with clear flat to get rid of that glossy area. This kit is practically falling together. As close to a shake and bake as you can get!

[Peterpools]

John

Now that's my kind of kit for sure

Keep 'em comin

Peter

[GazzaS]

Good start, John!  Looking sharp!

[Kaireckstadt]

Copy Gary: great start and beautiful pit!

[DocRob]

The cockpit looks great John, albeit the seat seems to be a bit thick casted, which is relatively prominent due to the aluminum color.

Cheers Rob

[JohnB]

14 hours ago, Peterpools said:

John

Now that's my kind of kit for sure

Keep 'em comin

Peter

Yes indeed Peter! LOL

[JohnB]

10 hours ago, GazzaS said:

Good start, John!  Looking sharp!

Thanks Gaz.

[JohnB]

8 hours ago, Kaireckstadt said:

Copy Gary: great start and beautiful pit!

Thank you Kai!

[JohnB]

43 minutes ago, DocRob said:

The cockpit looks great John, albeit the seat seems to be a bit thick casted, which is relatively prominent due to the aluminum color.

Cheers Rob

I can live with that. 😉

[JohnB]

More progress.

[harv]

Damn John, almost snuck this by me. I like what I see sofare. Your fast too.  I'll be watching now.....harv 

[Spitfire]

This is fast even by your standards, but it does remind me that I have one of those in the stash and the P40 was a truly iconic WW2 fighter so I must plan a build in sometime.

Cheers

Dennis

[Kaireckstadt]

Fast beautiful clean job John!

Where do you store all the finished models ? You really have an amazing building frequency. 

[Peterpools]

JOhn

Amazing progress -perfectly done.

Keep 'em comin

Peter

[JohnB]

6 hours ago, Spitfire said:

This is fast even by your standards, but it does remind me that I have one of those in the stash and the P40 was a truly iconic WW2 fighter so I must plan a build in sometime.

Cheers

Dennis

This is such a easy build it just doesn't take a long time to make significant progress. Hasegawa and Tamiya are the two best in my opinion.

[JohnB]

1 hour ago, Kaireckstadt said:

Fast beautiful clean job John!

Where do you store all the finished models ? You really have an amazing building frequency. 

Thanks Kai. I've run out of room in my display cases so now I just have to put 'em on top and on wall shelves. I hate to do that since they collect dust, etc but I have no other options.