ScottsGT Posted Sunday at 05:56 PM Posted Sunday at 05:56 PM Well this took longer than expected! The huge tiger head decal just did not want to cooperate. So I ripped it off and started over. Thank goodness I had the foresight to scrounge up two sets of these decals over the years. Okay, truth be known? I probably forgot I bought the first set and bought another accidentally. 🤪 But I photocopied the second set and made a stencil out of Tamiya 40mm tape and painted the yellow and then the same with the black areas. Outline was done with a paint pen after too much caffeine in the morning. The old hand isn’t as steady as it used to to be. In hindsight I should have just trimmed the black outline off the good decals and applied them. The eyes and mouth is also sections off the second decal set. White bands were painted on. Stars would have looked better if I had stencils and painted them as well. Cockpit details are Quinta. 9
HubertB Posted Sunday at 07:45 PM Posted Sunday at 07:45 PM She’s looking good, Scott 👍 ! Funny, my only knowledge of the Aleutian Tigers P-40s was the box-art of the venerable 1/32 Revell kit. I had a memory of a fierce-looking tiger, when this one looks only half awake with its strange eyes 😂 ! Anyway, great-looking P-40 ! Hubert 2
ScottsGT Posted Sunday at 08:20 PM Author Posted Sunday at 08:20 PM 34 minutes ago, HubertB said: She’s looking good, Scott 👍 ! Funny, my only knowledge of the Aleutian Tigers P-40s was the box-art of the venerable 1/32 Revell kit. I had a memory of a fierce-looking tiger, when this one looks only half awake with its strange eyes 😂 ! Anyway, great-looking P-40 ! Hubert Thanks Hubert! I also have a set of very old Microscale decals and the Tiger is completely different. Especially the eyes. 2
Martinnfb Posted Sunday at 11:09 PM Posted Sunday at 11:09 PM Lovely build, looks natural. The tiger head stands out better when painted. 👍 Cheers Martin 1 1
DocRob Posted 11 hours ago Posted 11 hours ago Completely wow, Scott. I love how you solved the tiger head issue. What blends better than a decal, right, paint. I don´t know, if I had chosen this way or if I would have chickened out. Cheers Rob 1 1
JohnB Posted 57 minutes ago Posted 57 minutes ago Turned out really nice Scott! Very nice work. 🙂 (Of course I'm partial to P-40's too.)
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