My P-40 is nearly ready for take-off. The antenna, pitot tube, pilot's rearview mirror and some dust on the wheels are the things left to do.

For some reason I can't figure out, the sliding section of the canopy does not match the fuselage green. I think either the paint was too thin so the cockpit green shows through... or the acyrlic Dark Green I used on the canopy is different than Gunze's lacquer Dark Green I used on the fuselage. In either case, it's too late to correct it now. I'll assume they had to replace the canopy from another a/c due to lack of spare parts

Emre your build is looking superb, I love that paint job !!

I managed to throw some paint at the interior of my build in the last couple of days, today I will do some weathering then it's assembly time at last !!

Cheers, D

Emre, I agree with D. I just wish that I could have been there to watch your paint technique.

Bob

Finished. Hasegawa P-40N. Out of the box with tape seat belts and custom made decals to depict Sammy Pierce's airplane.

Hope you enjoy it as much as I did and do.
Floyd

Floyd, nice job be sure to post a photo in the gallery.

Emre has been tutoring me in the fine art of print screen and I want ot see if I did it correctly by posting an updated spreadsheet.


AHHHH!!!!!!success.

Bob

Done. Woohoo! 1st posted.

Floyd, well done now you have time to do:

1. P36
2. P-40B
3. E
4. F
5. K
6. L
7. M
and last but not least Q since you have so much time on your hands.

Bob

Thanks Damian!

Thank you Bob, although I do nothing special, I previously wrote how I painted. The rest is experience. This is my fifth airplane painted like this and I think I'm getting better at each attempt. The first one doesn't look half as good as this one.

Good to see you got the hang of the print screen thing Beats your old trick, doesn't it?

@ Emre: YEP it does and whole lot less labor intensive thanks for the pointers.

Bob

Nothing like working to a deadline.... I told my customer his P-40 would be done around mid-month and here we are. Almost there... Just need to flat coat it, a little weathering around the exhausts and guns then add the antennas. More to follow shortly. "Q"

Matt: your 40 looks really good. I did not go back over the threads, did you mention that you use a stand off mask for the color? I am having a little trouble seeing how I will use one and keep my under color on the fuselage from beeing sharp. I want go for a soft edge.

Bob

Thanks. I think I read that they were painted with rubber masks so a hard edge would be ok. I did use a stand off mask for mine. I blew the instructions up to kit size, then cut the patterns out and used poster tack to keep it off the surface. This provides for a hard/soft edge. Just be sure to paint 90 degrees to the mask so that paint doesn't creep under the poster tack where you don't want it. "Q"

Proudly announcing that I'm done! Although it has some issues, my P-40E was taken off the workbench with a small ceremony and has been placed in the shelves for active duty. I hope together with a P-51D I built some time ago, it can defend itself against the two 109s roaming the shelves

Today, there was a little sunny break in the clouds, so I took photos using daylight:

Emre,

Excellent workmanship on your P40E build.

I'll get back to my P40K within the next week or so.

Emre you and Floyd are out there by your selves for now. Nice job, I still need to practice on that technique.

Bob

Jeeez, you guys all really rock!

Just got the new 1:32 Hasegawa Kittyhawk Mk1/3 as a present from my Dad while we were visiting our old home Berlin.
Well, what better excuse to start another kit than a campaign, huh?

I'll be using the kit markings for Goffrey Fiskens machine of the No.14 sqn RNZAF. It's Olive Drab over Neutral Grey, a bit boring but I really love to hit it off on monotone schemes with my airbrushes (will be adding to your thread soon, Matthew, promise).

As i do not know about regulations for quoting other peoples pics here's the link to my documentaion pic:
http://www.warbirdinformationexchange.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=13667

Hope that's ok, Bob?

Will be starting that lovely kit tomorrow and i'll take it with me on vacation (yes, I got a mobile man cave, yeeehaahhh!!). So pics will be kind of sketchy, I think.

Happy to join you!!

Leo, you will give Matt, and Damian company in 1/32.

Bob

I guess this qualifies as finally started. Opened it up and started cleaning up the resin.

Thanks Rob and Bob. I'm very glad this campaign motivated me to take that P-40 off my shelves and complete it with a shark mouth. Now, moving off to another campaign!

A little bit of progress from me today, detailing and assembly on the office . .



Cheers, D

Nice to see the campagin king finally do some work on his (Damian) P-40


Bob

I'm calling mine done. Just put the finishing touches on it. I decided to keep it fairly clean with just the engine exhaust and gun staining. Easier to add it later rather than take it off if the owner doesn't like it. The white you see in the pics is the Micro Crystal Clear, it hasn't dried as yet. I will add 2 MV lenses for the tail lights as the kit ones do not fit at all. Now I can finally get moving on a couple of other builds. I'll post a pic or two in the gallery as soon as this goes up. Thanks for a great campaign! "Q"

Matt, you have been marked as finished nice 40 BTW.

Bob

Fabulous work, everybody!

Really cool camouflage, too. Mine will be a little dull in comparison I think. But I just love the RNZAF roundel with the pinpoint red speck in the middle!

Here's my work of sunday, got into a bit of a frenzy to have the kit travel ready. As I said, I'm going on vacation so next pics will be further down the road.

The kit as is:


The seat complete with tape harness. My first attempt at selfmade buckles. Please be kind


The dash:


And a nice view down the maw of the beast:



Comments welcome!