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1  P-40 Warhawk Forums / General Discussion / P-4D WeeHawk on: November 19, 2012, 12:32:40 PM
I thought I would share this with everyone here. I am currently restoring/customizing a 1978 Sears Manco Mini-Bike. When I got this bike, my friend gave me a bicycle handlebar mounted toy plane for it that has a spinning prop. I knew from that point I wanted to do a P-40 Flying Tigers type paint scheme on it. I made the front number plate and the two side plates for it and hand painted the shark mouths and roundal on them. I also hand painted the pinup girl on the side of the engine cover. I made the ammo box on the back. It houses a battery for the lights. A friend of mine machine the brass bullet casing foot pegs for me. I put spent 209 shotgun primers in the end of them. I still need to redo the exhaust, finish the chain gaurd, and wire the lights. I am going to have a leather seat cover made for it as well. I hope to finish it up over the winter. Here's a few pics of it so far.

















2  P-40 Warhawk Forums / P-40 Models / Re: 1/72 Lt George Welch on: November 15, 2012, 06:29:07 AM
I didn't know they used a treadless tire on any of the P-40's! Cool! I thought the tires in this kit were just lacking in the detail and a minor inaccuracy. I Love learning little details like that, especially about WWII aircraft!!!   Thank you!  Grin
3  P-40 Warhawk Forums / P-40 Models / Re: 1/72 Lt George Welch on: November 14, 2012, 07:37:12 PM
Thanks for the kind words. Unfotunatly it is 1 piece! The one piece canopy, treadless tires, and decals for cockpit details are the only three drawbacks with the kit. Still very much a super nice kit.
4  P-40 Warhawk Forums / P-40 Models / 1/72 Lt George Welch on: November 14, 2012, 12:23:31 PM
Here is the latest off my bench and on the shelf. It's the new Airfix Curtiss Hawk 81-A-2. It's pretty much out of the box with the exception of the decals and the PE gunsights. Very fun build. If you haven't already bought one of these little kits, you have to get one. They are super nice!! And for the money you can't beat em!














 You can see the complete build here: http://www.gassaninedesigns.com/id26.htm
5  P-40 Warhawk Forums / P-40 Models / Newbie sayin hello on: October 19, 2012, 09:53:38 AM
Hi everyone. Of lately my love for P-40's has been rekindled and I've become a p-40 nut again. I love these old warbirds! I recently introduced my two sons to scale modeling and got myself back into it as well. All that got the fires lit again, so now I have a closet full of model kits again, and the extra table in the kitchen has glue stuck to it. I chock it all up as quality time with the kids!  Smiley

Below is my latest P-40 build. I live 10 minutes from the National Museum of the United States Air Force, so I thought I would build a series of models of the planes on display in the Museum. This is the P-40E that was donated to the Museum by Capt. Chuck Doyle. It Painted to resemble the P-40 flown by Capt Bruce Holloway who was a pilot in the Flying Tigers as well as Army Air Forces 23rd Fighter Group. It'a 1/72 scale Acadamy P-40E kit. I made the radiator scoops from flat styren so they woere open and fitted Quickboost resin exhaust manifolds. I also added Eduard Photot etch gun sights. All else is box stock besides the decals which are from Barracuda Studios, and Micro Scale. The Numbers on the fusalage silvered for some reason. didn't see it till after they were dulcoated.









I have two more P-40's started. An Airfix P-40B, and an Academy P-40M. The B will be Lt George Welche's plane he flew on December 7th 1941, and the M will be one of my favorite Airshow planes campaigned by the American Air Power Museum in NY.
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