AVG Hawk 81 A2 (P-40)

[Medicman71]

Yeah Academy decals are hit or miss. They have some boxings that come with high quality Cartograph decals, and others with some really crappy Academy decals. Did you buy some replacements for your P-40?

I think I had some spare one that I had gotten from someone.

[jkim]

Here's my contribution to the AVG squadron...

[Stikpusher]

That is great John! All it needs is a Wild Bill Kelso figure to go with it….

[Medicman71]

That's awesome John!

[Gary Brantley]

That cutie looks like it suffered a laundry problem! It seems some shrinkage is evident! Or, perhaps the water was just cold...

[tempestjohnny]

That is great John! All it needs is a Wild Bill Kelso figure to go with it….

But what happened when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor

[Stikpusher]

Kelso tracked ‘em down to Pomona…

[Stikpusher]

As well as resuming work on my Buffalo, I also resumed work on my P-40.
First up was drilling out the exhausts



after that I installed the exhaust stacks and from portion of the nose, as well as the nose gun fairings





I also figured out a way to add some sheet styrene after closing up the wing into the wheel wells to fill the gap and replicate the missing skin and wing spar in there. I also filled the mount point for the drop tank, as AVG Hawks we’re not able to mount drop tanks



lastly I had previously added the horizontal stabilizers



Just about ready for some basic painting…

[Medicman71]

It's looking great Stik!

[LyleW]

Coming along swimmingly!