pecos Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 Hi gents, If one wants to build the version below, P-40K with short rounded tail (early version from -1 to -5 if I am correct), ... https://www.asisbiz.com/il2/P-40/57FG/images/Curtiss-P-40K-Warhawk-57FG64FS-White-13-Johnson-Cash-Tunisia-1943-0A.jpg ... the obvious solutions seem to use one of the Hasegawa 1/32 P-40K Warhawk 08188 or P-40E/K Warhawk 08226 references. MAJOR ISSUE: I do not have them and they seem extremely difficult to find. Is it possible to use a P-40E version (which I have), and add a the sprue with the rounded tail version (J sprue I think) ? How to get a J sprue, ask Hasegawa ? Any idea ? Many thanks for your help. Cheers, David66 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kagemusha Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 Hello and I don't think the sprue is available anywhere, however I have heard the next Eduard 1/32 release is going to be the P-40K, whether this turns out to be true we'll just have to wait and see, I'm sure if it's not the case Hasegawa will eventually re-release the K themselves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pecos Posted January 3, 2018 Author Share Posted January 3, 2018 Thanks for the welcome and the response. Shame that just a small sprue that makes a whole difference cannot be purchased separately ... I will wait then MikeMaben 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMaben Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 Hey Pecos , waiting is part of the hobby alaninaustria 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David66 Posted January 12, 2018 Share Posted January 12, 2018 I might have a spare short tail sprue as I have several of the Hasegawa P-40 kits, including a couple that I'll be converting to an F and an L. Give me a day or so to check and I'll let you know. If I have them as spares, you're welcome to them, fingers crossed and all that, eh? Shaka HI and pecos 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pecos Posted January 12, 2018 Author Share Posted January 12, 2018 Hi David, Thanks so much for checking. Fingers crossed as you say ... Cheers, David66 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David66 Posted January 12, 2018 Share Posted January 12, 2018 Just checked my Hasegawa P-40 collection, I do have a spare short tail section, but it is from the Kittyhawk Mk.I/III kit (08204) and is slightly different to the P-40K tail in that it doesn't have the rounded fillet fitted to the short-tail K. It would probably be a fairly straight-forward modification to add the fillet yourself, I'm thinking that masking off the basic shape, then building up the fillet with milliput and sanding/polishing back to the correct curvature would probably work. Let me know if this seems like a usable solution to you, and I'll get the tail parts shipped asap. I don't want anything for them so if you think you can use them, just p.m me your shipping address and I'll get it sorted out asap. Have a great evening, best regards, David. pecos and MikeMaben 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pecos Posted January 12, 2018 Author Share Posted January 12, 2018 Thank you so much for having a look Dave! Nevertheless I think you are overestimating my capacity to build this additional fillet . Let me think about it. At least if I suddenly feel omnipotent, I know where to ask. Many thanks again for your offer. Pierre David66 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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