1/32 Hasegawa P-40E

[TimW]

Looking excellent!

 

I have the Hase P-40M that comes with Fisken's markings...but it's OD over neutral gray and not as colorful as your scheme!

 

http://www.hlj.com/product/HSG08199

 

Great work!

 

Tim W.

[LSP_Ron]

Wow, quite a paint job. I like it

 

Ron

[Allok]

Thanks fellas.

 

Looking excellent!

 

I have the Hase P-40M that comes with Fisken's markings...but it's OD over neutral gray and not as colorful as your scheme!

 

http://www.hlj.com/product/HSG08199

 

Great work!

 

Tim W.

I have this kit also and am using the painting instructions and decals as a guide for the stripes. I will probably do an OD P-40 at some point in the future but for now, I just need to get this one done.

 

Here is a picture of the plane I'm doing (K-15 at the left of the shot) warming up in front of Geoff Fiskins M-5 (extreme right):

 

 

(This photo is taken from the Hobbyvista site and is subject to copyright)

[LDSmodeller]

Hi Keith! nice bird...!

 

I've one question regarding the Sutton harness. I saw you put the main belts with one fixture point behind the seat.

 

However, as the back belts have two attachment points, I thought one was indeed fixed to the seat rear as you did but the other one was secured in the center hole of the seat reinforcement plate located in the seat.

 

Am I wrong? Were there various ways to fix the harness in the Warhawk?

 

An important note here, is that the Sutton harness fitted to the

the "M" varient could well have been just the shoulder

and lap harness, without the strap going down the back.

 

The Suttons were fitted upon arrival in New Zealand by the SU's

(Servicing Units) and I have a feeling they were the same/similar

fitted to the P 40E in April/May 1942.

 

Tim

 

Yes the "M" version in US Equivalents of RAF Day fighter scheme

camouflage is one of the nicer ones. Only the first intial batch

of 'M" model wore it, the rest were OD/Grey.

 

When th P 40's were repaced by the Vought F4U's in 1944,

the P 40's were flown back to New Zealand and the browns were

over painted with (NZ) Blue Sea Grey (sometimes referred to

as Ocean/Pacific Blue) that also looked quite nice, but

the P 40 never wore it in combat

 

Check out this link to a P40 at the RNZAF Museum under restoration

in those colors

http://www.airforcemuseum.co.nz/index.cfm/imageeffect/effect/popup/medium/screen/libraryimageid/612/lang/en_nz/

 

Regards

 

Alan

[Allok]

Some spots to go with the stripes.

 

 

I really like the RooDecals. Good colour, opacity and reasonably robust.

Seeing as how they are probably 20+ years old, I've had to use a considerable amount of Sol to get them to stick.

[Allok]

Turns out, the ID stripe on the cowl is in the wrong place (Cheers Hasegawa)

So I painted it out,

 

 

 

remasked...

 

 

and painted them in the right place.

 

 

 

Incidentally, if your are doing RNZAF P-40 "Gloria Lyons", the Hasegawa painting and decal guide is correct.

[Anthony in NZ]

Wow Keith, that is beautiful.

 

I have the Fisken issue and was going to do that scheme, or possibly "Gloria Lyons" but after seeing this..........oooh I may have to go with this scheme. Very inspiring indeed. Cant wait to see this one in person soon!

 

Cheers

Anthony

[Allok]

Wow Keith, that is beautiful. Can't wait to see this one in person soon!

 

Cheers

Anthony

Thanks Anthony but this one is no oil painting.

 

A little minor progress...

I've managed to complete the decalling and start attaching all the fiddly bits.

 

 

 

The 9 on the nose used to be an 8. The great thing about decals is their flexibility.

Serials are from Ventura and I used the the kit data stencils. I had a note from Brad Hagen (AKA P-40) that there should also be placards on the fronts of the oleos, so I'm going to paint those:

 

 

I used a PE Gunsight from Toms Modelworks and painted the Mastercasters Fishtail exhausts grey (for now)

 

 

 

I bet Charles Metz has a laugh when he sees the wheels.

It's on my to-do list charlie... really!

[LDSmodeller]

Keith; you have done really well!!

 

Quite captured the look.

 

Don't know if you have plans to weather

your model?? If not doesn't matter, looks

really good the way it is

 

Regards

 

Alan

[Allok]

Don't know if you have plans to weather

your model?? If not doesn't matter, looks

really good the way it is

 

Regards

 

Alan

Thanks Alan.

 

Definitely going the weather it- mostly just fading as I don't see a lot of chipping in the photo I'm working from (nor any other Pacific RNZAF plane I've seen). I'll also be doing a bit of dusting, exhaust staining and oil seepage... but not too much.

I'm going to try to give it a rinse first before the paint fade. Then I'll flat coat the whole thing before adding the other weathering.

Should look OK in the end.

[LSP_Kevin]

Very nice work Keith. P-40s just look great in this scheme, and you're really doing it justice here.

 

Kev

[Anthony in NZ]

Wow, very cool Keith, very cool.

[dodgem37]

Kieth,

Great job on a wonderfully dynamic scheme.

 

Sincerely,

Mark

[Allok]

I've begun the laborious weathering process, starting with some good old Gunze clear flat.

I am really resisting the urge to heavily paint chip this plane as it is crying out for some serious scratching but the servicing units kept them in remarkable shape so I've tried to keep it subtle. However, nothing can hide from the sun in the Pacific so "paint fade" is the order of the day.

 

 

 

Oil, dust and soot are next.

[big matt]

What a great paint job. She really looks sharp.