Evening Fellas, This project is a 1:48 Scale Revell/Monogram P-40B Tigershark. This has been an ongoing project for about a year and a half because ...well...I work and we'll leave it at that...LOL...It has been tough till lately I decided to just take some time to myself and finish the darn thing so I want to know your honest opinions be as brutal as you like. However, take this into account its been a while since I built my last model, I had some crappy paints(not all of them were a pain in the butt though) but, everything on this model is hand painted including the insignia the camo and YES even the lettering...the only decals on this model are the U.S. ARMY on the underside of the wing surfaces and the prop spec. on the props. So, without further adeu heres my latest "masterpiece"... This particular P-40B is painted in the camo and colors of the U.S. 500th Fighter Squadron, U.S. 3rd Army Air Force from Harris Neck Army Air Field, Georgia, ca. 1944... From the front looking back... Looking right to left... Looking left to right... From the rear looking forward... The under side of the wing surface with the flaps in the up position... The under side of the wing surface with the flaps in the down position... Comments... Regards, MARNE [ 01. February 2007, 03:40 PM: Message edited by: MARNE ]
I would like to see some exhaust stains and alittle weathering on the wheels and perhaps other places to make it look more real and life like. Also the tennis shoes need to go ! I think you did really good.
Look at the P-40 on the hoist at this site for exhaust stains. Although other P-40's are clean. Also some stains past the gun openings would look good too. http://www.mts.net/~royb/units_middle_east_1942.html
Great model & paint job, Got the correct national markings for 1944?? I though it would be the Star & Bar and no US Army underneath. Plus it wouldnt be a Tigershark, at best a Warhawk but I think this came in with the P-40E. (And 131017 was allocated to a Vultee Vengeance which was supplied to the RAF, but i'm being a pain in the arse here.)
Hey Ali, Nah, thats alright I asked for as critical as possible info on the model itself. The insignia, yes, is correct. They didn't start going to the star and bar until I believe the later part of May 1944. I have a picture of one of the P-40's from Waycross Army Airfield, Waycross, Georgia upon its delivery in January 1944 and it has the roundel and star insignia on it. If you have the number for a P-40B in the US 3rd AAF in the Southeastern US please let me know I'm all about the authenticity of my models. However, seeing as I didn't have a specific number to use I just made one up on the spur of the moment...LOL.. Thanks for the constructive criticism... Regards, MARNE PS...You don't see the Vultee Vengence in the model???...Dang thats what I was goin' for....LOL...
You would probably be better off modelling a P-40C than a B version. There were not that many B's made (131) of which most were either in the Philippines or Hawaii. The C model soldiered on in the US through most of the war as a trainer with serial numbers say from about 41- 13340 to 13520. Some of these also flew in the Caribbean and Panama Canal zones. A few went to Iceland. The only way to ensure true accuracy would be to have a photo(s) of the aircraft being modelled.
Hey T.A., The original aircraft was a P-40E but, I couldn't find one in that variant so I went with what I was able to find. So, I painted it in the 500th Fighter Squadron colors from Harris Neck AAF. Regards, MARNE
Nice work. Beats the hell out of my P-40. The first airplane model I ever built many years ago. A really good technique to bring out more detail is to water down a dark color like gray or dark brown, then pour it onto the wings and fuselage to get into all the nooks and crannies. Then wipe it all down with a piece of tissue paper and just see all of the detail it brings out. Do all of this before you put the decals on of course. This works great for anyone who doesn't have access to an airbrush.
A really nice model. You could probbly try to put it on a tar road and put bushes next to it. By taking a black and white picture, it would look like a realistic 1944 photography.
