All thanks to you, your determination is much appreciated.

Congrads P-38- that's awesome!

Thanks... he beleives he's mailing yours out today.. !!

looking good!

Mr Cole came thru. !! Check it out..!

Thanks !

hey... guess what was in the mail today????!!!!..

What the........ I don't remember seeing this one!! NICE FLAMES!!!!!

hello to all who were here... PM me your info.. I got in touch with Mr Cole.. he says he'll go good on his promise.. !

Chris

hello Mr Cole ??? I've emailed.. Facebooked you... etc.. trying to get a response ?? hello ?? knock. knock.. is this thing on ???

Ok,, took it to Granitecon this past weekend.. she got some looks, but no trophies.. some very good stuff there..

an old school Hawk P-47c took first in this division.. very nicley done plane..!

Mr Cole ???? where are ya ??????,.,,,,, myself and Waikong(sp) have finished up your challenge !!

Manstein's revenge

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Which kit is this?

amTech, P-40E,

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=290406484809

it has both airframes in it to correct an issue.. nice easy building kits, not alot of detail interior wise, but builds nice..

p38jl

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thanks! much appreciated..

hoping to hear from the author/artist soon.. lol

I remember seeing the original post and wondered if anyone would give it a shot.

You really NAILED this! Very nicely done!

Thanks everyone for the compliments, it was a fun build,,, and interesting..!

Killer work on the nose!! She is definitely an attention getter for sure!

I like it, glad to see it at the finished line and it was fun building it along with you.  A little mini-group build.

Outstanding work!  Wish I coulda joined you in the "winner's circle", but alas, my P-40 was one of the "casualties" of the recent break-in we had here... I'll try it again later though... Eventually.  It's just too good a subject to forget about!

[View:/themes/fsm/utility/:550:0]ok,. finally all done!! I kept the weathering to a minimum, as it looks like the Japaneese cleaned it up when they got it.. it also looks like was repainted IJA green.. so.. for final review...

Thanks, comments welcome..

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looking forward to the finished build.

Well.. as of 2 nights ago. the canopy is done,, the framing came out a bit lighter than the rest of the plane, so I am going to give it another coat.. I did add some exhaust streaks, but not much else for weathering as the plane appears all in fresh paint except the nose in the pics... Hopefully final pics on Monday/Tuesday...

Thanks Manny ! I appreciate comments from a figure of your stature and location, must be hard getting connection at the front..

Dude, that is incredible!!!  P-40's had some really cool markings...unfortunately they are overshadowed in this respect by the 51's and 47's...really cool work...

Last night,, decals went down,, hopefully it will be finished this weekend... !!

PICS soon,,,

thanks, i was nervous freehanding it.. but it came out pretty close to the original..

WOW! Nicely done on the sharks mouth. Looks just like a decal.

waikong

Wow, a sharks mouth all done by hand, very impressive!

Thanks,!, I think it came out pretty good.. Later tonight,, the finish detail painting,, and prep for decals..

Wow, a sharks mouth all done by hand, very impressive!

ok, Latest update,, I got the mouth done, and some more detail painting..

Masked of the nose with Parafilm...

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Whew,,, ... didn't come out to bad I don't think...