P-40 in the ETO - Airfix 1/72 Tomahawk mk.I

[dmminiatures]

Airfix had the wing guns protruding like that, I guess? I wonder how you would have manage to keep them intact during the build process.

[LyleW]

I usually break them off and cuss a bit. Not sure how Portman will handle it.

[Stuart]

So far it's down to luck - I hate moulded on gun barrels and I know I'll knock on off at some point!

[Stuart]

And guess what... thanksfully I've got it back on again.

I've made a little bit of progress on this - I've started painting the pilot and I have started to fill the damage caused by Airfix's overly large sprue gates.

[Stuart]

Times been a bit limited of late, but just to show I'm still working on this...



There's been a bit of a change of plan though - rather than a Desert Airforce scheme this will be built in a late war 'daylight fighter' green/grey scheme, marked as a Bomber Training unit aircraft.

This reason for this is that over the hols I found my cat alseep on my modelling tray and more importantly on top of my P-40. Having removed her I found the tail broken, the antenna post snapped and the wing guns had gone completely - hence the change of scheme as it doesn't require them.

Cheers

Stuart

[KSaarni]

She must have enjoyed lying on the Tomahawk, probably rubbing her back, some itchy spots against those antennas and guns... :-)

Looking forward to the build Stuart!

- Kari

[Stuart]

Lol - I think you're right Kari!

Thanks!

[LyleW]

Cats are funny critters. Scatter some empty boxes around.

[Stuart]

I'm just glad she didn't do anything worse than sleep on it

[Stuart]

No longer a Desert Tiger - more of a late war ETO run-a-bout...



Getting there!

Cheers

Stuart