Here are some more progress shots. Starting with an overall shot, you can see that the main construction is complete with the wings, tailplanes, and rudder on. Some sanding has been done at the joints with the fuselage.
This next pic shows the wing to fuselage joint. After sanding the area, I rescribed the line along the seam as there is a definite panel here where the fairing meets the wing. After a scrub down with a toothbrush and soapy water, I'll give this area as well as the rest of the model a coat of primer and further work on any areas that don't look quite right yet.
Here is the rudder cemented in place with a slight deflection to the right. You can see where I had to add a thin pice of sheet styrene owing to a large gap that appeared at this location
Next is a detail of the underside. I must say I'm impressed with the overall fit of this model. Good thing too because of the many different optional parts that leave seams everywhere.
Now, one thing I noticed while looking closely at the pics of Edwards' plane and others in the 260 Squadron line-up is the small exit louvre on the bottom of the radiator fairing (see circles in the below pic and the following close-up detail of a bombed up 250 Squadron Kittyhawk where this louver is shown in good detail). Comparing with the pic of the model above, it's obvious that this feature has been omitted from the kit. Interestingly, various Kagero line drawings I have of the P-40 don't show this little louvre at all, leading me to think that maybe this was a field mod to facilitate cooling while taxiing. Whatever it is, it looks like this is something I'll need to scratch build and add to make this model a true representation of Edwards' crate.
That's it for today. Next time, I should have that little detail added and a shot of primer on the whole model. Thanks for looking in.