I barely finished this one in time for the P-40 aces symposium. I posted one photo of it in the related topic but thought I'd post here as well.
This is the 48th scale AMtech P-40K in the markings of Joe Griffin's P-40, in which he gained three confirmed victories while flying with the 75th FS/23rd FG in China. Mr. Griffin was one of the aces on the symposium's panel (he gained an additional four victories flying P-38s in the ETO), and I had a chance to show him this model. He seemed to get a kick out of it.
The AMtech kit isn't bad, but it requires cutting off the styrene tail from the fuselage and inserting the resin tail. You need to use a template to determine where to cut the fuselage, and for the life of me I can't seem to get a straight cut at exactly the right place (I've built two of these so far). In addition, in my rush to finish this one I had to forgo some detailing and made some relatively minor construction mistakes. One which you'll notice is the sharks mouth, which isn't flush with the front of the intake. I did add an Ultracast seat and exhausts, and True Detail wheels. Anyway, here it is:
Thanks for looking!
Mark
