March 01, 2020
Mike Halbrook was a mechanic
on the P-40E Sneak Attack and sent in a lot of WWII
documents from testing of the P-40 systems and some manuals
Mike Halbrook sent in photos
of a real P-40M
Luigi Scarano built up a 1/48
P-40E
Tom Bebout built the Mauve
1/48 P-40M
Gary Metz sent some information
on Col.
Sydney Woods of the 9th FS/49rd FG
March
26, 2019
Luigi Scarano sent
in his 1/48
P-40E in the markings of 3rd Sqn RAAF in Africa in 1942
David Duckett shows us how to
update the Guillow's
400 series P-40E
Billy Buck built a full
sized Guillows P-40 as a tribute to his son and a friend
of his dads who was a Flying Tiger
Michael Neradkov built the 1/48
Trumpeter P-40B Tomahawk IIA in the markings of 112
Sq RAF, Egypt 1941
Rob Tommasone sent in some photos
of a P-40E
painted as Lope's Hope
Steven Porath sent in a vintage
photo of a P-40E
December
30, 2017
Piotr Dakowski did a nice job
on his Orlik
1/33 P-40N paper model
Thomas Cleaver sent in some
photos of a restored P-40C
Darin Bellis sent in a Buzz
Wagner tribute
Chris Mail brings us his 1/32
Trumpeter P-40B RAF Tomahawk
Brian Duddy sent in information
on his dad Cpl.
John Duddy, a P-40 mechanic at Sarasota Army Air Field,
Florida 1943-1944
Technical information on P-40
panels by Dan Collier & Garth Hogan of Pioneer Aero
of New Zealand
P-40
Suzuki Hayabusa tribute by Denny Hancock
Graham Reid brings us his R/C
1/5 P-40E
Mark Chao sent in photos of
a P-40N
November 14, 2015
It's been a long time since
my last update, various things have kept me away, I have a lot
more to put up, hopefully I can get to it soon
Mark Joyce sent in a nice article
on Philip
Adair 89th of the FS/80th FG on his most memorable flight.
The article will open in a PDF, or you can right-click and save
Neil Hulse had fun with his
Trumpeter
1/32 Flyin Tigger in some cute make-believe markings,
he also sent in two of his AMT 1/48 P-40's, one in captured
Japanese markings, the other in British
markings
I added more items to my Memorabilia
page
Vernon Rabbetts is back with
another of his great profiles, a P-40N-20
43-23400. There is also a link to more of his artwork
Derreck Janveau sent me some
information on James "Stocky"
Edwards on his kills in a P-40 which I added to my Aces
page. I have also started linking their names to a real aircraft
or models of their aircraft on my site if it's available
Jacob Knight sent in a video
interview of his grandfather William
David Gatling sinking the Leone Pancaldo, an enemy destroyer
in the MTO
Luigi Scarano sent in a very
well done Eduard
1/48 P-40N
July 31, 2014
Dick Phillips had graciously
sent in a large number of slides, some are already up, these
are the remaining slides
P-40E
N1048N
P-40E
N4420K
P-40E
N9837A 44-7368 AK 899
P-40E
N40245 AK 827
P-40E
N62435 44-47922 AL 171 RCAF 1084
P-40E
N94466 AK 933 RCAF 1057
P-40E
ZK-RMH
P-40K
NX4436J 42-9733
P-40M
F-AZPJ
P-40N
C-GTGR 44-7369
P-40N
N222SU ex N5039V 44-7619
P-40N-30-CU
N999CD 44-7804
P-40N
N1062G 44-7192
P-40N-30-CU
N1197N 42-105192 RCAF 858
P-40N
N1226N 42-105867 RCAF 867 BKD (FM-2 N5HP)
P-40N
N9950 44-7983
P-40N
N25927 42-105927
P-40N
N85104 ex NH97N 42-105182 RCAF 858
P-40N-30-CU
N94500 44-7369
P-40N
NL40PN 44-7369
TP-40N
42-105927
TP-40N-30-CU
N923 44-47923
TP-40N
NL1195N 42-106396 RCAF 880
Dan Collier has an amazing collection
of original P-40 parts, here is part
3 of his collection. For those who haven't seen his
collection yet, here it starts on part
1
Piotr Dubowik did a painting
of P-40N "White
165"- "Little Jeep" of 1Lt Forrest F
Parham, China 1944, it was also made into wallpaper
Rohan Cadzow did a great job
on his 1/32
Hasegawa P-40E
Mark Joyce sent in some corrections
for his page on Bob
Gale
Here is an older stick &
tissue model by John Bell of a P-40F
August 09, 2013
Mark Joyce brings us two nice
articles on some veterans
Capt.
James Reed of the 59th FS/33rd FG
Bob
Gale of the 88th FS/80th FG including pictures and an
article entitled Tales of a Burma Banshee
Here are two more pages of modern P-40's by Dick Phillips
P-40E
N151V
P-40E
N940AK
I have put up some information
on US (including AVG) P-40
Aces. I haven't found any data on P-40 aces from other
countries, if you have any information that you would like to
share, it would be greatly appreciated. Just looking for the
pilots name & rank, country, and number of kills
July 30, 2013
I have two reviews for today:
P-40
Warhawk Aircraft Pictorial #5 by Dana Bell is an excellent
detail reference for the early US P-40's
Here is a model that will be
different to a lot of modelers, the WAK
1/33 P-40C paper model & laser cut frames
Darin Bellis sent in photos
of his friends 1967
Dodge A-108 van done up as a Flying Tiger tribute
Here is another of Dick Phillips
extensive collection of photos, this time the P-40E
N5672N
February 27, 2013
A short update today. Jack Landree
sent in some updated information about the full-scale
static P-40's & P-51's as well as parts that they
are producing. Some photos of both, as well as links to Facebook
pages for each and his e-mail address has also been updated.
December 30, 2012
Gary W. Metz has a nice article
called Low
and Slow: The First Casualties of the 60th FS, part
of the 33th FG
Here are some more photos by Dick Phillips:
P-40E
N95JB ex N1207V AL 152 RCAF 1052 S/N 18796
P-40K
N293FR 42-9759 CK N67253
P-40M
N1232N (N1009N) 43-5795 RCAF 845
John Bardwell did a really good
job on the big Hasegawa
1/32 P-40M
Jose Gutierrez Escuder brings
as his 1/48
P-40N
Keith Allott did a really good
job on his Academy
P-40B, especially considering he did it in one day
I added items to the Memorabilia
page
September 30, 2012
It's been a while since I put
up an update, just seems to take longer to find time to work
on them and I was hoping to have a much larger update, just
not finding much time unfortunately. I have a lot more to put
up and hopefully it won't take long to get more up.
Pat Murphy sent in some photos of a P-40E
including one with Stocky Edwards in the cockpit.
John Mitchell has some nice photos of the Flight
Heritage Collection P-40C
Iain Ogilvie did a nice job
on his Trumpeter
1/32 Curtis Hawk 75A done up in the markings of the
AVG
Rob Knox brings us his R/C
P-40N, what could be more fun than flying your own P-40
Don Clauson sent in some photos
of a P-40E
owned by Ron Fagen of Granite Falls, MN
John Bardwell sent some photos
on his Hasegawa
1/32 P-40F that he made using Derek's fabulous nose
conversion
I also added some pictures to
the Wallpaper
and Links sections
September 19, 2011
A short update this time, just
trying to get them out a little more often.
Cheng Pin Fan sent in three different nice models, two in 1/32
and one in 1/48. One of the 1/32 models and the 1/48 are in
the same markings of a pilot in the Chinese Air Force.
1/32
Hasegawa P-40N Capt. Wang Kung Fu (CACW) 7th FS/3rd FG, Laohokow,
China
1/48
Hasegawa P-40N Capt. Wang Kung Fu (CACW) 7th FS/3rd FG, Laohokow,
China
1/32
Hasegawa P-40E
I have received a lot of requests for larger versions of the
factory drawings in that Technical section. I have now included
the original
TIFF files that I received so you can choose either
version. You can either look at and save from the original link
or right click and save the TIFF file. The TIFF will enable
you to enlarge the drawing, but unfortunately some of the text
on the drawings still isn't all that clear. I still have the
fuselage drawings to put up yet.
April 22, 2011
This update has been a long
time in coming, I have LOTS more material to put up & I
was hoping to have a lot more on this update, time just always
seems to be so tight lately. I will try and have some shorter,
but much more frequent updates. Thanks much to everyone who
has submitted items, I am trying to get it all up as quickly
as I can. Now on to the update.
Darin Bellis sent in his really
cool RTF (Ready To Fly) P-40E that he repainted as an Aleutian
Tiger. I wish we had these back when I was doing R/C!
Otti sent in a picture of his
tribute to
the P-40, he sure loves this plane!
Dick Phillips loaned me a lot
of slides that he had taken of various P-40's over the decades,
it was really interesting to see the schemes on different aircraft
evolve over the years. Some interesting civilian schemes as
well. I have five pages formatted so far with a whole bunch
more to go and I will get some up on each update. Each plane
will be on its own page with its civilian codes.
P-40B
AK 255
P-40E
AK 752
P-40E
N40PE
P-40E
N41JA
P-40E
N95JB
William Larkins sent in a nice
vintage picture of P-40N
NL-1011N from 1948
Bruce Watson has gotten involved
with the P-40 in a big way with his P-40E
in 1/5 scale
Darin Bellis took some great
photos at the Military
Aviation Museum
Floyd Werner, Jr. did a OOB
build review of the Hasegawa
1/48th P-40N 'Natural Metal' kit in markings of P-40N-
CPT, Sammy Pierce, 8th FS, 49th FG
If you've ever had trouble keeping
your landing gear aligned while the glue dries, there is finally
help. Floyd Werner, Jr. reviews the new CB
Tools Landing Gear Jig
I review the old MPC
1/72 P-40 Warhawk. I will review some of these older
kits as time permits, they can often be had inexpensively off
of eBay
November 07, 2009
Dan Collier sent in some photos
of an incredible model
he built for his daughters, if I only could've had one
like this when I was a kid!
Dan also sent in a large collection
of photos of original P-40
parts he has collected, very interesting and also a
great reference source
Floyd Werner, Jr. reviews the
Victory Films DVD chronicling the 14th
Air Force
Francisco Castracane sent in
a very nice piece of Flying
Tiger artwork
Neville Mines has been doing
a lot of research chronicling the different P-40's that served
with the New Zealand Air Force. The first installment is of
the P-40E
Kittyhawk with Allison V1710-39. Lots more to come
March 05, 2009
Doug Dietz sent into some information
about his grandfather Lawrence
Dietz was a mechanic in the Aleutians. He also sent
some very interesting photos, I have never seen this particular
configuration on a P-40 before, looks like a late-model nose
on a K. Doug also sent in some other very interesting photos
of other airplanes his grandfather took which I included.
Charles
Dills was in contact with master modeler Brian Cauchi
about the P-40he flew and Charles was gracious enough to allow
me to put that information up on my site. I included a link
to his site which has much more information including his time
flying the A-36.
Mark Zello of Flying Colors
of Texas sent in some photos of the P-40N
they restored and painted in the markings of Tex Hill while
he was with the Flying Tigers.
Dean Zinter & Lonnie Gilbertson
sent in some photos of a very unique tribute to the Flying Tigers.
You may have seen it on the message board, I copied the information
they put there so everything is in one spot, there are some
great photos of the car while it is being built and after it's
finished. The RUNAMUCKA
is a truly unique and special tribute!
Floyd Werner reviews the new
DVD by Victory
Films which covers the newsreels from 1942.
John Lama did some really great
Pearl Harbor profiles
of the planes flown by Lt. Welch and Lt. Taylor.
I redid my profile outline drawings
in more detail for the B/C, E, F/L,
N variants that I have up else anyone would like to
try painting their own profiles. The drawings are large in size
at 3000 pixels wide.
I updated the links.
Rodney Williams did a nice bare
metal 1/48
P-40E following the out-of-the-box rules for contests.
Tony Feredo brings us his 1/48
P-40B as flown by Lt. Joe Moore of the 20th Pursuit
Squadron based at Clark Air Field in the Philippines during
December, 1941. That's an area not often seen by modelers.
Carey Dorsett brings us photos
of a nice restored P-40E.
Charles King sent in his model
of the P-40E
built as Bob's Robin.
Charles King sent in photos
a P-40E
Michael Wolfe send in some photos
that he took at the WW2 weekend in Reading, PA in 2003 of a
P-40M.
I put up some more factory drawings,
this time of the Landing
Gear and the Nose.
Floyd Werner sent in some photos
of his 1/72
P-40E done up in the attractive Aleutian Tiger scheme.
Frederick Seitz III sent us
three models in 1/48, his P-40E,
P-40K, and P-40N.
Gary Metz sent in his challenging
conversion of the 1/32
Revell P-40E to a P-40F as it was flown from the USS
Chenamgo by Lt. Virgil Radcliffe on November 10, 1942.
There is new wallpaper
by Dean Zinter & Lonnie Gilbertson of RUNAMUCKA
and Carey Dorsett of a
P-40E
February 20, 2008
Sorry for the lengthy delay
since my last update. Health problems and some surgeries have
kept me from working on it, I am finally able to work on it
a little. The update isn't as long as I was hoping, I have more
great stuff to put up which hopefully will take too long!
I have four stories from veterans
that flew the P-40 in training and went on to other types in
combat. They sent in their memories from training and a couple
also sent in photos of the planes they transitioned to and flew
in combat. The pilots are:
Rene
Burtner
John
McAlister
Bill
Lyons
Warner
Jennings
I have installed a new
forum which will get rid of those annoying ads and has
some better features. Hopefully you find it easy to use and
helpful. It does require registration to be able to post or
see photos, although you can read the posts without registering
or signing in. I have kept the registration as painless as possible
and it only takes a minute to do. No information will be sold,
given away, or used for anything other than running the forum
I have reviewed the new P-40
In Action by Rich Dann. The original was old and lacking
in some respects, this new one was definitely worth the wait
Dave O'Malley sent in some banners
of James
"Stocky" Edwards and some information on their
museum Vintage Wings of Canada
Tom Silsbee sent in a photo
of a truly unique model, it's of a P-40L
that his dad flew during the war and his dad also built the
model during the war. It's also one that AMTech used for the
markings for their model
Anatoli Tarasov did a great
job on his P-40C
in Russian markings and a nicely warn winter camouflage
Bill Armstrong sent in some
photos of a truly
unique replica that sure brought a smile to my face
and wouldn't be that hard to reproduce yourself
Floyd Werner Jr. sent in two
decal reviews of offerings by PYN-up Decals
Curtiss
Cuties part 1: a P-40E and a P-40F
Curtiss
Cuties part 2: a P-40E and a P-40N
Lyle Brown sent in some really
nice artwork of a P-40E and the markings of an Aleutian
Tiger
Caroline sent in some photos
of her nice 1/48
P-40E, she doesn't want her full name used and asked
just to go by Hermetia
I have two new wallpapers,
one is of Bill Armstrong's replica (I just couldn't resist,
it's just too cool!) and one of the photo sent in by Chris Maude
of a P-40 that his father bought after the war, it has to be
the most unusual P-40 photo I have ever seen and would make
a great diorama
I have added a few interesting
pictures to the Memorabilia
page, a couple different kinds of items including some old models,
amazing how far the hobby has come
I have added some new links,
I will be separating the links by categories in the future
For anyone that has submitted
items that haven't been posted yet, I will get to them, they're
all sitting here waiting to go up
February 7, 2007
I have a real treasure with
this update. Robert W. Fairbairn, Capt. USAF Reserve, Retired
sent me some photos and stories of his time in Panama, it is
titled Memories
Of A P-40 Pilot
January 17, 2007
There are two more sections
of factory drawings up covering the wing
and external items. Thanks to Mick Grinter for sending
these in. More to come
Giovanni Galvan brings us a
nice 1/48
AMT P-40L in the markings of Skipper
Ron 'Big Doc" Smith has
a nice 1/48
P-40F on a simple and elegant base
Scott Van Aken did a really
good job on the diminutive Minicraft/Hasegawa
1/72 P-40E and has a detailed write up on it
Phillip Gore brings us his model
of George
Welch's Pearl Harbor P-40B in 1/32 scale with a nice
history on George Welsh
Mark Joyce has been busy and
brings us four different versions of the P-40:
1/48
Hasegawa P-40E
1/48
AMtech P-40K
1/48
AMtech P-40L
1/48
Eduard P-40N
June 17, 2006
I have been toying with a new
look for quite some time and as you can see I have finally finalized
it and finished updating the entire site. I would like to thank
Vernon Rabbetts for his help in the design! Everything that
was on the old site is on the new site, two main moves were
moving the Profiles to the Art page and the Replicas to the
P-40's Today section. Hopefully you will find navigation a little
easier. I have lots more content that I will try and get up
soon.
May 01, 2006
I will be having surgery May
2 and will be laid up for at least two or three weeks and most
likely won't be able to get to my computer at all. If anyone
emails, I will eventually get to it
Chris Clarke sent in some great
historical photos of his dad Fred
Clarke and the RCAF 400 and 414 Squadrons
Louis Chang brings us two nice
models, the Hasegawa
1/48 P-40N and the Mauve
1/48 P-40N
Mick Grinter brings us some
great and very helpful photos of the P-40
Engine Area under restoration
Chris Maude send him some photos
of the P-40E
that his dad George Maude bought after the war and photos
of it restored today. An incredible photo showing a very unique
way of getting it home
Some very exciting news from
Trumpeter that will excite modelers, especially large scale
ones. Trumpeter is releasing three new 1/32 P-40s, a E, M, and
a N. As soon as more information is available, I will post it
here
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