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