Hi y'all,
I've been on this forum for a while and started having a lot of free time over the summer, so I finally bit the bullet and decided to try building model kits in real life after years of making liveries and 3d models.
Previous attempts/Not super relevant stuff
Now, this isn't...
Hi guys, just a random little question... I’m getting ready to put together a couple of P-40 models and it just got me curious as to which plane, may have been the better dog fighter? I’ve done some research, but I am still left bugged about it... Figured I’d get some other opinions from those...
I've recently cut the sale prices on my Aircraft Pictorial series books. The offer is available through Amazon for delivery to US addresses only - sorry, but previous problems with international shipping have forced me to limit myself to domestic orders. Here are the titles and links:
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P-40 evaluation should also include P-40L which was nearly identical to the P-40F, it just had some of the field stripping done in the factory. The RAF designated P-40F/L as Kittyhawk II and IIa respectively.
So which of the two famous aircraft was most useful to the war effort?
Which...
Hi guys, new to the forum and enjoying it. I have also fairly recently renewed my interest in modeling and have put together a small fleet of 1/72 model airplanes with an emphasis on fighters and 'light' bombers from the crucial early to mid-war period. Say June 1940 - June 1943, but I'm...
I am in the process of converting an Airfix P-40B into an original P-40, what in later years has been called a P-40-CU to separate it from the early B models, even though these aircraft were contracted for before the Air Corps started using designator suffixes.
The subject of my efforts is...
Just 2 1/2 hours west of the Twin Cities lies the town of Granite Falls, MN.
Just 4 miles south lies the Granite Falls Municipal Airport. Located on the property of the Granite Falls Municipal Airport is this:
It is an amazing collection of WW II warbirds, vehicles, and memorabilia.
Just...
I share with you some pictures of fighters Curtiss P-40 operating aboard aircraft carriers or on the flight deck. Some questions for aviation and history enthusiasts of WW2. There was a naval version of the P-40? Which countries have used during the war and which Operating Theatres? To view...
In the Which aircraft would you cancel? thread there was some support of the P-39.
So why was the P-39 so favored in USSR, yet the P-40 so favored by the US, Britain, etc?
WWII P-40 Warhawk wreck discovered in Kailua Bay, North Shore, Oahu, Hawaii
Story documents the history of the wreck and its connection to December 7th 1941.
An underwater wreck was recently rediscovered and investigated in Kailua Bay. Using information provided by someone who first...
Curtiss Hawk 75 used by Royal Norwegian Air Force. They were based at Kjeller Airbase, Norway, March 1940. They saw little action before being destroyed during the German invasion.
This piece was created in Illustrator CS and is entirely vector.