**** DONE: GB-54 1:48 P-40F/L - Pacific Theatre

[le_steph40]

Username: Le_steph40
First name: Steph
Category: advanced
Scale: 1/48
Manufacturer: AMTech 489202
Model Type: Curtiss P-40F/L
Aftermarket Addons: Hi-Tech 48001 superdetail for P-40E/F/L for Mauve kit, so only the cockpit and wheels will be used, and Squadron 9597 crystal clear canopy.

The kit:

Details here

It is very probable that I will not finish in time this build but the surgery steps will be a challenge...

 

[Donivanp]

I've don that kit. not a bad kit I got the Eduard set for it and it was pretty nice. Plastic a little thin as I recall but worked great. Did the E in R. L. Scotts.

 

[Wurger]

 

[Crimea_River]

Nice Steph. Looking forward to the build steps.

 

[Vic Balshaw]

Looks like an interesting kit Steph with its HiTech resin, I'm assuming its an oldish kit. Looking forward to watching it grow under your masterful hands.

 

[le_steph40]

Thank you all for the comments
The project is the P-40F "white 104" flown by American Ace Robert "Westy" Westbrook from 18thFG-44thFS between April/May 1943 and July 1943. According to some sources, it seems that this aircraft was the second "white 104" flown by the Ace. The first was very probably SN41-14104, a short tail version, apparently flown until April or May 1943...

 

[Wurger]

 

[T Bolt]

Good choice Steph.
That AMTech kit is the old AMT kit with resin parts. I built the AMT back in group build 24 and found that the underside aft of the cowl is all wrong. If you want to fix it here is a link to the fix I did in my build starting at post 54. P-40F lower cowl repair
With the resin nose at least you wont have to deal with the side cowl panels which are too short on all the AMT P-40 versions.

 

[le_steph40]

Hello,

Ready to start... Heu, I've already started (a little)
Here is the Hi-Tech resin kit for Mauve model and their nose included in the kit of the P-40F/L

The flaps and the rudder will be not used fot his build because the dimensions are not good. I will cut the sides of the cockpit to facilitate painting and assembly in the fuselage.

I don't know if it's usual, but my kit contains the short fuselage...


I hollowed out the resin nose (for the weight) and I made the cutout in the nose of the fuselage for the resin nose


Next step: the cockpit

Good choice Steph.
That AMTech kit is the old AMT kit with resin parts. I built the AMT back in group build 24 and found that the underside aft of the cowl is all wrong. If you want to fix it here is a link to the fix I did in my build starting at post 54. P-40F lower cowl repair
With the resin nose at least you wont have to deal with the side cowl panels which are too short on all the AMT P-40 versions.

Glenn, your build is in my favorites since several months; very inspiring and great work !

 

[Wurger]

 

[Crimea_River]

Good stuff. I hope the short fuselage is what you need.

 

[Gnomey]

Good work so far!

 

[le_steph40]

Hello,

Work of the week-end: Curtiss interior green color painted, I only added some brown in the original interior green color...

Good stuff. I hope the short fuselage is what you need.

I need the long tail but the 2 versions were in my box...

 

[Wurger]

 

[Vic Balshaw]

Nice bit of weekend work.

 

[Gnomey]

Nice work so far!

 

[Wayne Little]

NICE.....!

 

[le_steph40]

Hello,

Finally, the surgery started sooner than I thought
The IP included in the Hi-Tech resin kit is not the good model but one of the threes included in the model kit is the good... Unfortunately the rudder pedals are unusable, so, surgery...!!!

The result...

 

[Wurger]

I can't see the pic with the final effect. It seems it wasn't uploaded correctly. But the other pics look fine.

 

[le_steph40]

I can't see the pic with the final effect. It seems it wasn't uploaded correctly. But the other pics look fine.

Repaired