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[Procrastintor]

My little brother got it for me, I'm looking at getting a revell, are they any good? (PS, he only had $9 so I thought it was nice he spent all of it for my bday)

 

[Wurger]

Oh.. I see. A such gift is always welcome . So all is clear now.

As far as the Revell P-40 is concerned.. please check on this...

Curtiss P-40E Warhawk by Floyd S. Werner Jr. (Revell 1/48 )

 

[Procrastintor]

I read the whole article, and I think I'll get it, I dont really aim to win a contest, but probably after the move. Now just to decide wether to get the P-40 E or C (they make both). Decisions decisions.

 

[Wurger]

Decisions are a part of our Life...

 

[Crimea_River]

A coin flip usually works...

 

[meatloaf109]

Get 'em both.
You can never have too many P-40's

 

[fubar57]

Just a thought on your P-40. Have you tried to superglue the landing gear into place?

Geo

 

[Procrastintor]

Yeah, but not sure if I want them in and on a stand or out and free-standing, which looks better generally?

 

[Procrastintor]

Well, theyre cheap as dirt on amazon, might as well get both.

 

[fubar57]

Yeah, but not sure if I want them in and on a stand or out and free-standing, which looks better generally?

If I can get the gear doors to fit in the closed position cleanly, the model gets posed flying from the ceiling, frees up shelf space for the ones I can't pose closed,

Geo

 

[Procrastintor]

Free standing it is

 

[VALENGO]

Couple of comments:

1) I can´t wait for the pics showing the progress!.
2) I always advice: think about the model as a discrete number of sub assemblies: cockpit, landing gear, stabilizer, wings (plus fuselage) and have always your view in the sub assemblie you are workin in. Don´t jump (fror example) from landing gear to cockpit in the same session.

Good luck!

 

[Procrastintor]

While I havent picked a specific plane, I want to paint it like a PTO plane for sure. Still researching

 

[B-17engineer]

Flying Tigers

 

[Procrastintor]

That was what I was thinking, my top 3 contenders are: a Burma Banshee, (the one on my sig), a Flying tiger, or a 44th/68th P-40 that fought at Guadalcanal. what do you guys think?

 

[B-17engineer]

To be honest if it's your first kit, just go with what the kit gives you until you get a feel for it... No sense in spending money on extra decals for first one. My first 5 builds were OOB before I bought extra decals. I think the REVELL P-40 comes with flying tiger decals but I buolt mine in RAF markings and it was long ago so I may be wrong

 

[Procrastintor]

I think it has 3, AVG, RAF, and another I dont remember.

 

[B-17engineer]

I think it has 3, AVG, RAF, and another I dont remember.

Yeah just go with the AVG one there, take your time (as cliche as it is, believe me....I tried rushing a few and it NEVER works)!