P-40B Warhawk, last model, out of room, out of coordination. 78 and I’m DONE. The flash on the first two throws the color off.
There aren't too many aircraft the Australians didn't fly... A P-40 by Darwin Artist Randy Green The same aircraft over Darwin
For some reason, on that model, Revell moulded it with only four machine guns. And they protrude out pretty far. But it’s a very old kit from them, old mould from 1964.
What guns did the P-40 have? Caldwell found the P-40C Tomahawk's armament of two . 50-inch (13 mm) Browning AN/M2 "light-barrel" dorsal nose-mount synchronized machine guns and two . 303-inch (7.7 mm) Browning machine guns in each wing to be inadequate. Different models had different armament... Who was Caldwell? My Avatar no less..."He was the highest-scoring P-40 pilot from any air force and the highest-scoring Allied pilot in North Africa" - He invented Shadow shooting in the P-40 taken up by other air forces. He was so naturally cool... Here he is with a P-40...He is in front Looking cooler in Darwin with his Spit...Clive Robertson Caldwell (CRC) - With the roundel looks like "CROC" - Very apt for Darwin.
I took three more with the wheel covers painted. They should have been painted in the first place from all the photos I saw on line. The landing gear gave me some trouble and I eliminated some parts there. And the little Hells Angel I just put on for something else to put on the fuselage.
Sure…Caldwell hated coming back with ammo still in his guns, so when able he would hunt for ground targets on the way home. It’s from this habit I suspect that the idea came to him. After struggling early with deflection shooting, he practiced by shooting his own shadow. He would pair off his squadron, one high and one low.…The top fighter would have to follow the bottom aircraft’s shadow and try to shoot it. (Or was it the other way around? : ) The desert popped up plenty of sand to show where the round hit. This would be to practice deflection shooting, difficult to judge for most…Caldwell was a self taught expert in the art.
Interesting that the .30 caliber wing machine guns extend forward from the wing, while the .50s in later models are almost entirely within the wing. Also the 2 or 3 ports for discharging spent shell casings are further back in the .50 installation.
.50s can get barrel shake bad. Pintle mounts, not so much. First time you put a 18 yo at the paddles you have to watch their face.
