ChuckD Posted December 30, 2018 Share Posted December 30, 2018 It is with great pleasure that I present my completed 1/32 P-40E in the livery of the 7th FS, 49th FG in Darwin, Australia, 1942. I've been on a big early-Pacific-war kick lately (see also: Guadalcanal-era Wildcat), so I decided to pull this off the shelf and give it a go. The trick is that I decided to do that on December 15th and I'm planning to join the Multi-Engine Group Build with my HKM B-17E on January 1. Can't have something else cluttering the bench, so I challenged myself to put out a reasonably quality product by December 31st, or 16 days from start to finish. If you'd like to see the build process, I was fairly verbose in the WIP thread. This was built out of the box except for a couple minor things. The shoulder harnesses came from the spares bin (I think for a P-39) and the lap belts are Tamiya tape. The aerial wire is EZ Line and the rear iron sight is scratch built from the spare PE left over on a StuG III kit I did years ago. Much better than the ridiculous molded plastic rear sight. The kit is really pretty good and fits together well, though I remain baffled on several of Hasegawa's engineering decisions. Neither the separate tail section or the rear canopy glass are done on a panel line, so extensive filling, sanding, and rescribing are needed... something that I did a so-so job on. A little more thought to the engineering on this would have taken a "really solid" kit to a "superb" kit. Markings are Montex masks and decals. Paints and finishing materials are a mix of everything. Tamiya, MRP, Vallejo, etc. Though, I will give a tip that I found an absolutely perfect "flat" clear that I'll use from here on out. It's a 1:1 mix of Vallejo Gloss Varnish and Vallejo Matt Varnish thinned 3:1 with their airbrush thinner. E.g. 3 parts gloss, 3 parts matt, 18 parts thinner. It's not dead flat, but few things are, and that mix gave me a perfect finish for oil filtering. Anyway, on to the pics. My first time working with masks. Turned out pretty well despite making rookie mistakes and over-complicating the process for myself. (sigh) Scratch-built rear iron sight Cockpit. See the WIP thread for more detailed photos. Jan_G, red baron, BiggTim and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChuckD Posted December 30, 2018 Author Share Posted December 30, 2018 Exhausts were painted Vallejo Burnt Umber and weathered with black pastels and pencil graphite for a final sheen. Daniel Leduc, Bill Cross, BiggTim and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChuckD Posted December 30, 2018 Author Share Posted December 30, 2018 FIN. I hope you enjoy. Tomorrow I clean the workshop and get everything organized to kick off my entry into the Multi-Engine Group Build: A 1/32 rendition of the aircraft that came to be known as "Swamp Ghost." LSP_Kevin, Rocat, Anthony in NZ and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 What a brilliant result! Looks amazing. Kev ChuckD and BiggTim 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BiggTim Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 Hope mine turns out as well someday....good job!! ChuckD 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMaben Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 Very nice ChuckD 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madelf75 Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 nice looking aircraft you have there ChuckD 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Ray Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 Very nice! ChuckD 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan_G Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 great build! jan ChuckD 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dennismcc Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 Fabulous and fast, nice one Cheers Dennis ChuckD 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reuben L. Hernandez Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 Great looking P-40 ChuckD 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petrov27 Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 Excellent build and fantastic finish! ChuckD 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimHepplestone Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 Lovely build. Nice subtle touch to the weathering ChuckD 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Cross Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 Exceptional detail. Very nice work. ChuckD 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woody V Posted March 18, 2022 Share Posted March 18, 2022 Very nice! I built the same one from the Revel kit back in the early 90s. ChuckD 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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