P-40E into a K

[Eli Raphael]

Hi all,

Can't seem to find the Hase release. Anyone know what needs to be altered to the Echo kit?

Thanks

[MikeC]

Depends - do you want a short-tailed K with fin fillet, or the long-tailed version?

[Eli Raphael]

1 minute ago, MikeC said:

Depends - do you want a short-tailed K with fin fillet, or the long-tailed version?

Short

[MikeC]

Ok stand by, I'll need to dive into my refs and refresh my memory.

[MikeC]

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

[thierry laurent]

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.

[Eli Raphael]

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]

9 minutes ago, Eli Raphael said:

Thanking you, Mike

My pleasure Eli, look forward to a WIP in due course.

[D Bellis]

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_Ron]

It can be easily done with some plycard and milliput. I did one with the Hase E years ago.

[Rick Griewski]

Ooo ooo I want that helicopter behind the P-40!  Make it in 1/32 scale please. 

Thanks and now back to regular programming. 

[phasephantomphixer]

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]

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]

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]

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