Hasegawa P-40K

[RandyB]

It's been a while since I've posted anything... a long, long while. 

 

I'm slowly dipping my foot back into the water, so to speak. I'd like to start with a recently completed kit which has a bit of a backstory. A few years ago, when I was a member of the Austin Scale Modelers Society, one of our members passed away. It happens, although too frequently these days it seems. One of the other members was given a stack of kits to pass out to other members of the club. We all drew straws, and I drew the short straw and picked last. This kit was the last thing in the pile. It didn't look like much, half started, but it did come with a set of BarracudaCals for the P-40K. On it was some markings for a P-40K (Evelyn II/White 171) flown by Maj. Elmer Richardson out of Hengyang, China in late 1943. Maj. Richardson flew with the 75th FS, 23rd FG, and this aircraft had a faded O.D. finish with fresh O.D. over-sprayed to cover some previous markings. What was even more interesting was the DF football behind the canopy and the addition of a second set of droptank/bomb shackles. It was these markings that Pat had set out to build. Well, flash forward seven years, a bit longer than I had hoped, and here is the result. I still have to add antenna wires and the rearview mirror.

 

Sorry for the cellphone pics. And, as always, constructive comments are welcome.

 

Thanks for stopping by...

 

-randy

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Jan_G]

great build Randy!

jan

[LSP_Kevin]

Looks great, Randy! And welcome back!

 

Kev

[MikeMaben]

[Reuben L. Hernandez]

Great build. I have the K in my stash and been wanting to build this kit.

 

On another note, about your member that passed away, was that Tim Valdez?

 

Thanks,

Reuben 

San Antonio

[RandyB]

Thanks for the kind words, guys!

 

Reuben, the member who passed away was Pat Rourke. He was an armor modeler for the most part, but he did dabble in other subjects.

[Flight Line Media]

Great work, Randy!

[Jaro]

Great job!

 

And - if I may suggest - the model certainly deserves better photos (non-workshop scenery) to show all its highlights!

[Gazzas]

Very nice!

[RandyB]

Gazzas, thank you!

 

Jaro, thank you! Yes, I do have a better setup that's packed away right now. Once we get into the new house, I'll get it setup.

 

Cheers,

 

-randy

[RandyB]

Thanks Maru! It's good to be back and at the bench again.