I will be building it piloted by 2nd Lt. George Welch, 47th Pursuit Sqn., 15th Pursuit Group, Wheeler Field, Oahu, Hawaii - December 7th 1941
Airfix Curtiss P-40B Warhawk
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BlackSheep214
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Airfix Curtiss P-40B Warhawk
My first build of 2023...
I will be building it piloted by 2nd Lt. George Welch, 47th Pursuit Sqn., 15th Pursuit Group, Wheeler Field, Oahu, Hawaii - December 7th 1941
I will be building it piloted by 2nd Lt. George Welch, 47th Pursuit Sqn., 15th Pursuit Group, Wheeler Field, Oahu, Hawaii - December 7th 1941
“Who controls the skies, controls the fate of this Earth”
Author unknown- 352nd Fighter Group, Blue-Nosed Bastards of Bodney
“Send one plane it’s a sortie; send two planes it’s a flight; send four planes it’s a test of airpower. - Richard Kohn
Author unknown- 352nd Fighter Group, Blue-Nosed Bastards of Bodney
“Send one plane it’s a sortie; send two planes it’s a flight; send four planes it’s a test of airpower. - Richard Kohn
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BlackSheep214
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Re: Airfix Curtiss P-40B Warhawk
Yup. Bought a couple years ago or so at Hobby Lobby. 
“Who controls the skies, controls the fate of this Earth”
Author unknown- 352nd Fighter Group, Blue-Nosed Bastards of Bodney
“Send one plane it’s a sortie; send two planes it’s a flight; send four planes it’s a test of airpower. - Richard Kohn
Author unknown- 352nd Fighter Group, Blue-Nosed Bastards of Bodney
“Send one plane it’s a sortie; send two planes it’s a flight; send four planes it’s a test of airpower. - Richard Kohn
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Stikpusher
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Re: Airfix Curtiss P-40B Warhawk
Looking forward to see how this turns out.
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BlackSheep214
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Re: Airfix Curtiss P-40B Warhawk
Spent a while making sure I have the paint colors indeed for this build. Don't have US Compass Grey at all. Ran out of it a year or so ago.
Since they are Humbrol color call outs, two colors kinda stumped me
Khaki Drill - not alternative paint for this one but it's definitely not Khaki Drab.
Interior Green - this particular color is neither green nor yellow zinc chromate. Definitely not RAF or US Interior Green. More darker than all of them.
It looks more like Khaki.
Since they are Humbrol color call outs, two colors kinda stumped me
Khaki Drill - not alternative paint for this one but it's definitely not Khaki Drab.
Interior Green - this particular color is neither green nor yellow zinc chromate. Definitely not RAF or US Interior Green. More darker than all of them.
It looks more like Khaki.
“Who controls the skies, controls the fate of this Earth”
Author unknown- 352nd Fighter Group, Blue-Nosed Bastards of Bodney
“Send one plane it’s a sortie; send two planes it’s a flight; send four planes it’s a test of airpower. - Richard Kohn
Author unknown- 352nd Fighter Group, Blue-Nosed Bastards of Bodney
“Send one plane it’s a sortie; send two planes it’s a flight; send four planes it’s a test of airpower. - Richard Kohn
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BlackSheep214
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Re: Airfix Curtiss P-40B Warhawk
After reading the reviews and seeing this kit's seat has zero visible seat harness, I decided to make my own. I found a YouTube video on how to make my own. Here are the results...
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“Who controls the skies, controls the fate of this Earth”
Author unknown- 352nd Fighter Group, Blue-Nosed Bastards of Bodney
“Send one plane it’s a sortie; send two planes it’s a flight; send four planes it’s a test of airpower. - Richard Kohn
Author unknown- 352nd Fighter Group, Blue-Nosed Bastards of Bodney
“Send one plane it’s a sortie; send two planes it’s a flight; send four planes it’s a test of airpower. - Richard Kohn
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Brandons_Iron
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Re: Airfix Curtiss P-40B Warhawk
Nice. I have this one in the stash. Love the scratch seat belts. I have decided to make my own where needed from now on as well. Super effort.
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If you can't fix it with duct tape, you're not using enough duct tape.
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BlackSheep214
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Re: Airfix Curtiss P-40B Warhawk
Does anyone see pics? I’m not seeing it on either my phone or iPad.
“Who controls the skies, controls the fate of this Earth”
Author unknown- 352nd Fighter Group, Blue-Nosed Bastards of Bodney
“Send one plane it’s a sortie; send two planes it’s a flight; send four planes it’s a test of airpower. - Richard Kohn
Author unknown- 352nd Fighter Group, Blue-Nosed Bastards of Bodney
“Send one plane it’s a sortie; send two planes it’s a flight; send four planes it’s a test of airpower. - Richard Kohn
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Re: Airfix Curtiss P-40B Warhawk
Not me on a kindleBlackSheep214 wrote: ↑Sun Jan 22, 2023 12:18 pm Does anyone see pics? I’m not seeing it on either my phone or iPad.