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I've been working on this one since December of last year. I usually don't make very much progress with each session, but I'm not interested in just pushing this one through to completion. I've really enjoyed this kit so far.

A little more sanding to flush out the seams and a few dust particles and then a nice new misty coat of Tamiya primer. The picture doesn't show how grainy the new coat is, but I will give it a buff later and it should be good to go.

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Back on track again. Let's see how far I get this round. lol.

Good to see this one Mike!

Airfix has several kits, this among others, on my want badly list...

Yeah, the hits just keep coming from Airfix. I'm a huge fan these days. I've even been collecting the older ones. When I was young I was advised that Airfix kits were horrible, but I would build Matchbox kits and those IMHO were actually worse in a lot of ways lol.

I'm still holding out for a new tool 1/48 P-36A, but who knows when they might get around to that?
It wouldn't be a bad choice seeing as how the current choices are so limited.

Yes, for the Hawk series in 1/48 there is the 20+ years old Hobbycraft family, and the 40+ years old AMT kit. I would love to see Revell or Airfix tackle the family like Hobbycraft did with all the different versions.

Lovely kit by all accounts - It's on my want's list too.

Great progress so far!

Following this one! I also got this kit, and it looks so good in the box. Beautiful moulding from Airfix!
I also got some aftermarket, as resin exhausts and the Eduard BigEd set...

Stik, Tamiya would be my primary pick for a 1/32 Hawk 75/P-36. You know what they've been doing lately in that arena! Just stunning kits! But that's probably just wishful thinking lol.

Portman, I can almost guarantee you'll love this kit. Its a must have! Highly recommended!

Thomas, what's in the big Ed set? I'm big on scratch building extra details, but I only modified the window crank and the throttle quadrant because they were molded into the side wall details. I didn't find that it need any more than that.

The weak areas in this kit are the nose cone (needs shims) and the gear knuckles (needs tlc). I added the canopy rails to the sides of the pit, but otherwise this is a really crackin' kit. It doesn't need much more to be a stunner.

So I'm super curious as to what the Big Ed set adds.

I finished the prop and made some progress on the landing gear yesterday evening.



I've noticed a bit of overspray is getting past my foam pit masking onto my pilot, but I shouldn't have a problem fixing that. I has my ways lol.

Mike, yes, Tamiya's 1/32 kits are truly superb. But they do not seem to gravitate towards a subject like the Hawk. A P-40, maybe... They go for the mainstream sure fire Mustang, Zero, 109. I think Revell Germany is more likely to come out with such a subject. After all they did come out with a fantastic 1/32 Ar-196 float plane in the $30 range. Now who could pass up that? Or I could see Trumpeter doing a 1/32 Hawk, as it does have an association with China (but the heresy of Trumpeter doing one in Nationalist markings.... ) But now I'm just rambling on the subject...

I like the P-40 a lot! One of my favorites. What is that one to the left of it? Looks a bit like an Eduard FW-190 Weekend Edition.