1/48 Hasegawa P-40N 15,000th Curtiss Fighter

[Davecww1]

Recently completed this one, it has Ultracast seat with belts, quickboost hollow exhaust pipes, Eduard photoetched cockpit details. I added the antenna wire with ez line and scratch built the pylon and sway braces for the 100# bombs.

 

[Wurger]

 

[Wildcat]

Nice model!

 

[Crimea_River]

Haven't seen that one before. Good job on that.

 

[SaparotRob]

Great build. That's some cool paint job!

 

[rochie]

really nicely done

 

[Gnomey]

Nice work!

 

[hal bregg]

Ubiquitous P-40... Great painting with Polish touch (I assume RAF 112 sqn, and Flying Tigers).
Really good model, congrats!
I wonder if I could find decals for 1:72 ?.

 

[Davecww1]

Hi Hal,
I'm not sure if Hasegawa did these markings in 1/72, but these were the kit markings, and I know that they also did these markings in 1/32 scale. Do a google search for hasegawa curtiss 15,000 1/72 or some similar search.

dave

 

[fubar57]

Love it Dave. I could have sworn someone else did this in 1:48 but Google showed nothing

 

[Wurger]

IPMS/USA Kit Review: Hasegawa 1/32 P-40N Warhawk "15,000th Anniversary "

Hasegawa 1/72 P-40N Warhawk, by Shervin Shambayati

 

[hal bregg]

Hasegawa 1/72 kit:

P-40N Warhawk '15,000th Anniversary', Hasegawa 00360 (2002)

With Cartograf decals (that sound promising). Unfortunately, kit hard to get....I must be watchful.

 

[Davecww1]

Yes the 1/48, 1/72 and 1/32 all have Cartograph decals. The 1/48 ones were nice but very thick for the brand and didn't settle into the panel lines well, even with micro sol and solvaset. Took quite a few coats of clear gloss and semi gloss to blend the decals into the olive drab paint, even with a gloss base coat.

 

[Maxrobot1]

Excellent work! I well remember seeing this plane with all the insignia illustrated on the cover of a book in my local library when I was a kid in the 1960s. Perhaps it was a Harlyford book.

 

[Airframes]

Yes, it was the Harlyford "Camouflage and Markings" book, which I still have on my shelves, although the dust jacket is a bit tatty now !

 

[Davecww1]

 

[le_steph40]

I missed that...
Excellent Dave