ccoyle Posted May 1, 2024 Author #121 Posted May 1, 2024 37 minutes ago, Dave_E said: Do you take requests? 😆 P-40 I do have a P-40 in my stash (another Halinski kit), and, interestingly, its basic brown and green colors are nearly identical to the Hurricane's. But I'm not in any hurry to get to it, so you may have to wait. 😉 Jack12477, Keith Black, Canute and 3 others 6 Chris Coyle Greer, South Carolina When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk. - Tuco Current builds: Brigantine Phoenix, Mitsubishi A6M5a
Canute Posted May 1, 2024 #122 Posted May 1, 2024 Chris another beauty. Well done. 👍 Pick up the Airfix B/C model in 1/48. It's supposed to be the cream of the crop. Can do a Flying Tigers B model or a Pearl Harbor C model of Lt George Welch. Or find an appropriate aftermarket sheet if those don't float your boat. mtaylor, Egilman, Old Collingwood and 2 others 5 Ken Started: MS Bounty Longboat, On Hold: Heinkel USS Choctaw paper Down the road: Shipyard HMC Alert 1/96 paper, Mamoli Constitution Cross, MS USN Picket Boat #1 Scratchbuild: Echo Cross Section Member Nautical Research Guild
Egilman Posted May 1, 2024 #123 Posted May 1, 2024 2 hours ago, ccoyle said: ... interestingly, its basic brown and green colors are nearly identical to the Hurricane's. That would be natural, P-40's delivered after Sept of '39 generally carried RAF camo... Didn't matter who they went to they were painted to RAF spec... I know for a fact the AVG's were part of a RAF order that were diverted to them in China... Planes built and painted to USAAF spec would be overall OD Green.... They were selling these so fast that they included stick on decals of various National Insignia's for when they arrived at their final destination... It's interesting to see these painted in RAF desert scheme sporting the Stars and Bars... Old Collingwood, ccoyle, Keith Black and 5 others 8 Current Build: F-86F-30 Sabre by Egilman - Kinetic - 1/32nd scale In the Garage: East Bound & Down, Building a Smokey & the Bandit Kenworth Rig in 1/25th scale Completed: M8A1 HST 1930 Packard Boattail Speedster M1A1 75mm Pack Howitzer F-4J Phantom II Bell H-13's P-51B/C Temporary Suspension: USS Gwin DD-433 F-104C Starfighter "Blue Jay Four" 1/32nd Scale Terminated Build: F-104C Starfighter ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Quote: "Relish Today, Ketchup Tomorrow"
ccoyle Posted May 1, 2024 Author #124 Posted May 1, 2024 48 minutes ago, Egilman said: It's interesting to see these painted in RAF desert scheme sporting the Stars and Bars... I actually quite like the RAF desert camo and have a Halinski Spitfire Vb tropical that can be built in either RAF or USAAF markings. The latter had their RAF roundels painted over and then the USAAF insignia applied over the top of that. Several Polish publishers have offered the P-40 in North Africa camo, including WAK, Halinski, and most recently from Card Army (Marcin Dworzecki did the art on both the Halinski and Card Army kits). Keith Black, Egilman, Canute and 3 others 6 Chris Coyle Greer, South Carolina When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk. - Tuco Current builds: Brigantine Phoenix, Mitsubishi A6M5a
Danstream Posted May 1, 2024 #125 Posted May 1, 2024 Great build, Chris. I like the 'curvy' lines of this old fighter. Well done, Dan Canute, Egilman, mtaylor and 5 others 8 Current build : Mayflower - AL 1:64, Lady Nelson - Amati Victory 1:64 Completed non-ship builds : Spitfire MK I - 1:48, Arado 196B - 1:32, Sea Fury - 1:48, F-15C Eagle - 1:48, Hawker Tempest Mk.V - 1:48, F104S Starfighter - 1:48 "The most effective way to do it, is to do it" - Amelia Earhart
GrandpaPhil Posted May 2, 2024 #126 Posted May 2, 2024 Chris, Very nicely done! Keith Black, Old Collingwood, Dave_E and 5 others 8 Building: 1:200 Russian Battleship Oryol (Orel card kit) 1:64 HMS Revenge (Victory Models plans) 1:64 Cat Esther (17th Century Dutch Merchant Ships)
mtaylor Posted May 3, 2024 #127 Posted May 3, 2024 Master's level, Chris. Looking forward to your next model. Canute, Keith Black, Jack12477 and 4 others 7 Mark "The shipwright is slow, but the wood is patient." - me Current Build: Past Builds: La Belle Poule 1765 - French Frigate from ANCRE plans - ON HOLD Triton Cross-Section NRG Hallf Hull Planking Kit HMS Sphinx 1775 - Vanguard Models - 1:64 Non-Ship Model: On hold, maybe forever: CH-53 Sikorsky - 1:48 - Revell - Completed Licorne - 1755 from Hahn Plans (Scratch) Version 2.0 (Abandoned)
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