Hasegawa P-40 E

[Chris Hannover - Germany]

After recieving the brand new 1/32 Hasegawa P-40 E, i had a fast look at it. All looks very nice and i went on to have a little test fit of the main parts. Now i´m up to do a quick job on it, and hopefully i can get it done in the next 7 or 10 days.

Here are the first pics.

 

The Box art

 

 

The overall shape is great

 

 

Close up of the windscreen

 

 

What the hell is going on here...

 

 

To spread the fuselage a bit to close that bad hole between fuse and wings, i added a plastic rod

 

 

Looks much better now, i can live with that.

 

 

The surface detail is great and it seems, Mr. Trumpeter has his fingers in the game...

 

 

The chin cooler

 

[LSP_Kevin]

Looks a fine kit Chris, and I'm looking forward to seeing what you do with it. You're right about the Trumpeter-like rivets though. I'm not a fan of rivets personally, but I'm not freaked out by them either, and I'm sure they'll look OK under paint etc. I wish I could build a kit in 7-10 days!

 

Kev

[alaninaustria]

Good looking kit Chris, I am sure you will doa great job on it!!

Cheers

Alan

[ColinR]

Thanks for that chris , I havn't got round to test fitting anything yet , (My Tornado F-3 is a cruel mistress!), I don't know if I'm alone in this , but the Pilot ikit looks excellent, and I think he might get a flight for once.. anyone else thinkig of crewing their P-40?

[Chris Hannover - Germany]

Needs some attantion: Glue topside first, then the lower one.



The cockpit, starting with the seat.







The instrumentpanel



The kit wheels



But from what i know, later P-40s were refited with this wheels, so i'll use them. That are True Details Mustang wheels.



Bomb and drop Tank. I'll use the bomb on this one. Yellow stripes are provided in the kit decals, but i want to paint it. I bend a stripe of Tamiya's Masking Tape around the bomb and covered it with FUTURE. After painting i'll have a raised detail which should be easy to paint.




That's all for now. At the moment i'm working on some wireing in the cockpit as well as the wheel well.
Hope you like it, please leave comments and have a look for the next updates. I've planned to do something like a daily diary. We will see how it is coming along


Cheers,
Chris

[Chris Hannover - Germany]

Thanks Gentlemen
That was fast... I HOPE to get it done in 7 - 10 days, i'm not sure about it... The rivet detail isn't that bad, i like them. The pilot figure looks indeed very nice, but i won't put "him" inside, as i want to show the cockpit.


Cheers,
Chris

[Chris Hannover - Germany]

Thanks mate,

 

at least i try to get it done in time...

Just the Sea Fury and the P-40 on the go.

 

 

Cheers,

Chris

[Lancman]

Hey Chris, start doing builds in 7-10 days and you may have to change your name to Erwin :D It looks a nice kit from straight out the box.

 

Graham.

[Chris Hannover - Germany]

Thanks Graham!

 

Cheers,

Erwin

[MikeMaben]

Hey thanks for the close-ups Chris.

 

M

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...mine's on it's way from HLJ now.

[Chris Hannover - Germany]

My pleasure Mike

You'll like the kit i'm sure.


Cheers,
Chris

[LSP_Ron]

Are there pictures on this thread? Cause I am not getting them?

[Silver Dollar]

I picked mine up two days ago. It looks really good. I'm going to build mine as a late AVG P40E with Chinese markings instead of using the US national insignia.

[gunpowder]

Thanks for that chris , I havn't got round to test fitting anything yet , (My Tornado F-3 is a cruel mistress!), I don't know if I'm alone in this , but the Pilot ikit looks excellent, and I think he might get a flight for once.. anyone else thinkig of crewing their P-40?

 

Funny you should mention that. I was thinking the same thing. I think its a great figure that will be dry fitted in mine.

[Chris Hannover - Germany]

Thanks mates