Eli Raphael Posted September 18, 2023 Posted September 18, 2023 Hi all, Can't seem to find the Hase release. Anyone know what needs to be altered to the Echo kit? Thanks
MikeC Posted September 18, 2023 Posted September 18, 2023 Depends - do you want a short-tailed K with fin fillet, or the long-tailed version?
Eli Raphael Posted September 18, 2023 Author Posted September 18, 2023 1 minute ago, MikeC said: Depends - do you want a short-tailed K with fin fillet, or the long-tailed version? Short
MikeC Posted September 18, 2023 Posted September 18, 2023 Ok stand by, I'll need to dive into my refs and refresh my memory. Eli Raphael 1
MikeC Posted September 18, 2023 Posted September 18, 2023 (edited) And dive duly done. As far as I can see the main difference between the E and the K was the engine. As an aside, the longer tail came in with the P-40K-10-CU, before that was the short tail with a fillet. The E's engine was a V-1710-39, the K was powered by a V-1710-73; I am not an engine expert so I have no idea what the differences were, sorry. Both could carry a centre-line tank or bomb, both carried 6 x 0.5" guns. Externally, I think the only noticeable difference was the early K's fin fillet. This comes from a spreadsheet I put together of P-40 variants way back in my 1:48 days: my main sources for that were www.p40warhawk.com and the IPMS Stockholm site. My spreadsheet and therefore this info may well be incomplete, so anyone more knowledgeable than I reading this, please do chip in. Nevertheless, hope this is helpful. Edited September 18, 2023 by MikeC LSP_K2, Mebo and Mark_C 3
thierry laurent Posted September 18, 2023 Posted September 18, 2023 Unfortunately the short tail with a fillet was noticeably different and out of my memory such tail parts were only in the P-40K release. KiwiZac, Eli Raphael and D Bellis 3
Eli Raphael Posted September 18, 2023 Author Posted September 18, 2023 35 minutes ago, MikeC said: And dive duly done. As far as I can see the main difference between the E and the K was the engine. As an aside, the longer tail came in with the P-40K-10-CU, before that was the short tail with a fillet. The E's engine was a V-1710-39, the K was powered by a V-1710-73; I am not an engine expert so I have no idea what the differences were, sorry. Both could carry a centre-line tank or bomb, both carried 6 x 0.5" guns. Externally, I think the only noticeable difference was the early K's fin fillet. This comes from a spreadsheet I put together of P-40 variants way back in my 1:48 days: my main sources for that were www.p40warhawk.com and the IPMS Stockholm site. My spreadsheet and therefore this info may well be incomplete, so anyone more knowledgeable than I reading this, please do chip in. Nevertheless, hope this is helpful. Thanking you, Mike
MikeC Posted September 18, 2023 Posted September 18, 2023 9 minutes ago, Eli Raphael said: Thanking you, Mike My pleasure Eli, look forward to a WIP in due course. Eli Raphael 1
D Bellis Posted September 18, 2023 Posted September 18, 2023 2 hours ago, MikeC said: As far as I can see the main difference between the E and the K was the engine. The engine was different, but not visibly so. The early "short tail" K had a much wider fin, not just a 'fillet'. This is the early K fin: Compare that to the E fin (which was structurally the same as that used on the later "long tail" versions): Hasegawa provided different parts for the aft fuselage/fin to cover the E, K and also the later "long tail" versions. HTH, D LSP_K2, Eli Raphael, MikeC and 1 other 3 1
LSP_Ron Posted September 18, 2023 Posted September 18, 2023 It can be easily done with some plycard and milliput. I did one with the Hase E years ago. Eli Raphael, LSP_K2 and KUROK 3
Rick Griewski Posted September 19, 2023 Posted September 19, 2023 Ooo ooo I want that helicopter behind the P-40! Make it in 1/32 scale please. Thanks and now back to regular programming. firefly7, LSP_K2 and CRAZY IVAN5 2 1
phasephantomphixer Posted October 16, 2023 Posted October 16, 2023 The Hasegawa P-40K kit also replaced the tubular exhaust (sprue T) with fishtail (sprue U) including shroud (replaced sprue D with sprue E) and to use the loop antenna on spine for one of the schemes.
GeeBee Posted October 17, 2023 Posted October 17, 2023 (edited) On 9/18/2023 at 8:45 PM, thierry laurent said: Unfortunately the short tail with a fillet was noticeably different and out of my memory such tail parts were only in the P-40K release. IIRC, there was another boxing that offered the 2 tails, but I may be wrong... Too bad that Eduard didn't re-issued that one... Edited October 17, 2023 by GeeBee
thierry laurent Posted October 17, 2023 Posted October 17, 2023 2 hours ago, GeeBee said: IIRC, there was another boxing that offered the 2 tails, but I may be wrong... Too bad that Eduard didn't re-issued that one... I don't think so. There was only one K boxing and it was released right after the E.
Dennis7423 Posted October 17, 2023 Posted October 17, 2023 39 minutes ago, thierry laurent said: I don't think so. There was only one K boxing and it was released right after the E. There was a Flying Tigers boxing that was marketed as an E/K, and it comes with both tails in the box. I sure hope that Hobby 2000 takes a stab at these kits, as they've started delving into the 1/32 Hasegawa line. - Dennis S. Mount Juliet, TN USA GeeBee, scvrobeson and D Bellis 3
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