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P-40E ( Jean Barby ).
P-40B ( David Matusek ). "Academy. I think it's Borris Safanov plane. Sprayed with Tamiya colors and finished with oil paints."
P-40B ( Peter Vill ). "The P-40 was made from the 1/48 kit by Hobbycraft with the cockpit from an Ertl P-40N grafted in, tubes replacing the kit machine gun barrels etc., painted with Aero Master paints, the paint scheme is unfortunately pure speculation, I believe a number of ex-RAF North African P40`s ended up with the VVS so you never know."
P-40M, 1/48 scale (
Esteban Mazzarelli ). "This is the Mauve kit. The rear window actually
has to be faired into the fuselage, as the kit is engineered be an 'N' type
first, M second. Faring the clear rear canopy part into the rest of the fuselage
is the tricky part. The 'M' model doesn't have a panel line here and thus the
join between the clear canopy and the fuselage has to be filled. The rounded
rear quarter window is rather close to the join and thus care must be taken
when sanding smooth. The engineering on the spinner also requires a bit of Fill
and Sand, but this came out ok I think. All in all the Mauve kit is fairly straightfoward,
but it's not a Tamigawa by any means. Be prepared to fill and sand bit.
I used the True Details cockpit, with an Ultracast RAF P-40 seat. This has the
Sutton harness and is simply sublime! I painted it using Testors' Aluminum (the
special type for buffing) and it really looks metalic. The TD cockpit is a must
buy as the details are incredible. The TD cockpit is actually for the 'N' type
but can be converted easily. I also went for the Squadron Canopy, though the
Kit's is ok. I find the vac canopies to be more to scale in thickness. Minimeca
tubing was used for the six .50 cals. Though small these little items really
add to the realism of the kit. True details wheels rounded out the A/M details.
The paints are Aeromaster acrylics painted in successively lighter tones."
