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Trumpeter 1:72 Curtiss P-40B
Posted: Fri May 22, 2020 5:48 pm
by speedgraflex
Re: Trumpeter 1:72 Curtiss P-40B
Posted: Fri May 22, 2020 6:45 pm
by Medicman71
I did a 1/48 P-40 in the same markings.
Re: Trumpeter 1:72 Curtiss P-40B
Posted: Fri May 22, 2020 7:10 pm
by speedgraflex
Mike! That turned out so well! I am sure there’s a build log here. I would like to look at your choices for color. There is a buddy’s online article I am studying, mainly because he used tan with a mist coat of gray for the “sky” color underneath. Check this out:
http://www.p40warhawk.com/Models/Builds ... /P-40C.htm
Re: Trumpeter 1:72 Curtiss P-40B
Posted: Fri May 22, 2020 10:19 pm
by Stikpusher
Dana Bell did a real good article years ago on P-40 camouflage colors. The P-40B &C camo colors were pretty exact matches to the RAF specs. But from the E onwards, while the desert schemes were identical to RAF colors, the temperate scheme was not. Side you’re doing a B/C type, RAF Dark Earth and Dark Green over Sky is what it should be.
Re: Trumpeter 1:72 Curtiss P-40B
Posted: Fri May 22, 2020 10:26 pm
by speedgraflex
Thanks, Carlos! I was tempted to follow Floyd down the slippery slope he chose, when he went for a “tan belly.”
Re: Trumpeter 1:72 Curtiss P-40B
Posted: Fri May 22, 2020 10:31 pm
by Stikpusher
Long story short, those aircraft were originally built for the RAF, then diverted to China and the AVG. So colors were done to RAF specs at the Curtiss factory in Buffalo
Re: Trumpeter 1:72 Curtiss P-40B
Posted: Fri May 22, 2020 10:51 pm
by speedgraflex
OD Reference
Colors pulled from the photo - green, brown and grey
Thanks bud! I think this may be a case of Floyd studying color photos similar to the blue winged P-51s. What registers on film taken in natural light is often something else when it’s finally printed.
Re: Trumpeter 1:72 Curtiss P-40B
Posted: Fri May 22, 2020 10:52 pm
by Stikpusher
I suppose so. And I’ll be that Sky can look a bit tannish depending upon lighting, dust, and with the type of film used.
Re: Trumpeter 1:72 Curtiss P-40B
Posted: Fri May 22, 2020 10:55 pm
by speedgraflex
Agreed! I feel that was what Floyd was going for—painted dust, or a dusty weathered appearance, which a tan provides from the get-go.
Re: Trumpeter 1:72 Curtiss P-40B
Posted: Sat May 23, 2020 1:06 pm
by Duke Maddog
This will be amazing Bruce! I'm looking forward to seeing this one started.