Ok second part.

After several sessions I was not particularly thrilled with the look and went back and carefully sprayed some Testors Olive Drab from the square bottle to give it a bit of warmth.

A couple of things I am pretty happy with.  The appearance of staining and panel paint fading.

Alrighty then, she is pretty much ready to decal up.  

All comments, critiques, and criticism are encouraged.

Joe

I like the look of that!

Just keep in mind that pre-war aircraft were very well maintained. You won't see a lot of chipping or stains. They cleaned those up right away.

So, which markings?

Very nice Joe. I love this plane...even just straight outta the box.

M. Brindos

I like the look of that!

Just keep in mind that pre-war aircraft were very well maintained. You won't see a lot of chipping or stains. They cleaned those up right away.

So, which markings?

 

nevermind that last question. You've already answered that.

be advised those markings are for Mitchell Field, NY. and not Pearl. I did a bit of homework to figure that out for my build. Training aircraft had the group markings in yellow. Service aircraft markings were in black with the numbers in white like you see on the Pearl birds.

At least, that's what my research has discovered so far. Like everyone else, I'm ALWAYS learning something new lol! 

Mike no worries.  For the purpose of this build the markings really will not matter.  As more of this is revealed I hope I can get the build to match what my minds eye has pictured.

Many thanks all, glad you like her.

Joe

I feel ya Joe. I felt the same trepidation when I built mine. 

Theres always that hope that it turns out like the vision you have in your mind.

I think we'll all be happy about how this turns out. ;)

Another update.

Decals are on.  Again for this build the markings are not my focus.  This will however be the last update showing what I had planned to show.  After this I go a bit off road.  

The decals went down with no issues.  I used MicroSol to get them to conform and then threw a gloss over the top to seal them in.

Next up is the weathering.

All comments, critiques, and criticism are encouraged.

Joe

Be advised that you are using the British "cranked" style of pitot tube which was never used on US P-40's.  You need the straight arrow pitot tube.

Your faded OD looks great!  You're doing an excellent job with this classic Monogram kit.

He's built it OOB, Rich. The kit only comes with the cranked pitot.

Otherwise I would've mentioned it a long time ago lol.

The P-40B is my all time favorite A/C after all lol. I'm working on the Academy 1/72 -B/-C right now. It doesn't even have a pitot, but a lump instead. 

Anyways, um, looks good with the markings on her, Joe. :)

I’m very late to this thread, my apologies.  Everything looks great.  I love the weathering!

Toshi

I like what you did with the paint on this one. Well done, it looks really good.

BK

Many many thanks all for the kindness.  Apologies for the delay in the response.

As for the pitot tube, I did go strickly OOB and strickly from the instructions step by step.  With that in mind there are a number of things done that I would not have done or at least not in that order if done my way.

Joe

Nice work, Joe. I'm really liking this. This kit in Flying Tigers livery was one of my first kits built as a kid. Now I have the new Airfix P-40B I will build in AVG markings, but you've got me thinking of doing a side-by-side build of the two together.

-BD-

Glad you like her.

Joe

With the continuing movement forward with the videos on this build it is time to throw out some better, used very loosely, quality images of the weathering.

First up, and each of these will be a kind of summary of what happened.

First the initial process was with a gloss coat I used Titanium White, cheaper oil set, to try to get some streaking and a bit of weather staining on the fuselage.  I also used Burnt Umber, same set, to try to get some distinct staining on the panels of the engine area.  I did not like the way this came out.  

Anyway the pics.

The process is started anyway.  Teaser, a bit of a change in execution is next up.

All comments, critiques, and criticism are encouraged.

Joe

Joe, your weathering looks pretty good to me. I am looking at a July 1940 photo of 4 8P in "P-40 Warhawk In Action 205" and you are not far off. Tone the weathering down by adding more camouflage color (white was more subtle) and it will be fine. But, I realize that you are the one that has to be happy with it!

The OD green looks fantastic! Love it! 

Many many thanks.

Ship where this is going most likely won't look like the picture.  

Joe

Ok for this update let me talk about my methods.

First up for me was a drybrush of Testors Flat Aluminium.  This concentrated on areas I felt and have seen received excess wear and tear on the paint due to crew use or even weathering.  Along those lines I also used my cheap Oil Paint Titanium White with an abused round brush as well as two sizes of flat brush.  I put small dots into the centerish of panels and then worked them into the paint.  Mind you that this is being done over a flat clear layer.  After several passes that encompassed varied panels I came to the decision that one of my more recent investments needed to be used here.  

Recently I purchased four sets of Abteilung 502 Oil Paints.  Beginning with ABT070 Dark Rust I began to play a bit with panel lines.  After just a brief attempt I just had the thought that it didnt look right.  I used a cotton bud to remove most of it and brought out ABT004 Bitume and began to work around some of the lines.  I tried to keep this to where dirt and grime would build up and where the weather would cause streaking.  I did this over several sessions.  

Overall there is several hours of work.  

In the next update I will show what at the time I thought was the weathering finished.

All comments, critiques, and criticism are encouraged.

Joe

Ok this is the last, or what I thought was the last, of the weathering.

For this part I did go back over the different panels with the oils again.  This time my main goal was to add a bit of blending.  I did manage to get some better definition on some of the panels and did add some further effects on the panels near the cowl.  

Now following this set of photos this build went quickly.  The small bits went on with little issue other than the canopy.  I will expand on that more on the final update but for now I will leave these with you.

All comments, critiques, and criticism are encouraged.

Joe

Really like the panel line technique and the weathering.  Thanks for sharing!

I did this P-40B a few years ago as an Advanced Fighter Training aircraft used at Sarasota Army Air Station during the war years.  Sarasota AAS cycled through P-40s, P-39s, and P-51s during the war, training pilots coming out of basic flight schools for fighter planes.  Although the P-40B model was never used (they used -K thru -N models), I was building this model for a local O scale railroad group who had an airport on their layout.  I doubted anyone would care about the inaccuracy of the model type.  There was no weathering, since most planes were kept in good shape and replaced frequently.

jmoran426

 

I did this P-40B a few years ago as an Advanced Fighter Training aircraft used at Sarasota Army Air Station during the war years.  Sarasota AAS cycled through P-40s, P-39s, and P-51s during the war, training pilots coming out of basic flight schools for fighter planes.  Although the P-40B model was never used (they used -K thru -N models), I was building this model for a local O scale railroad group who had an airport on their layout.  I doubted anyone would care about the inaccuracy of the model type.  There was no weathering, since most planes were kept in good shape and replaced frequently. 

 

Talking about accuracy; this P-40B was initially assigned to the 8th Pursuit Group early 1940, but by July 1940 it was supposed to be pulled as a test plane. I doubt if it ever saw combat; and had minimal fading! But modeling is an art!

My research led me to the same conclusions about this aircraft. I didn't weather mine much and I used modulation to fade the panels just a little.

Joe, I should've warned you about the windscreen fit. I had to attach mine before painting and use bits of styrene and putty to blend it into the fuselage before painting. 

I love what you're doing with the oils! You've captured the look of this bird seeing a lot of flight time without much maintenence. She looks like she's been parked in the weeds after training and testing were long over and that gives me a mental picture for a unique dio.

Can't wait to see how you finish this. :)

My friends this build is finished.

Following the last update the little things were completed and attached.  There was one issue that is now a glaring reminder to me that it is not over until it is over.  One of the last attachments was the clear parts.  Following my normal procedure I fitted them and then used Tamiya Extra Thin to attach.  This time the glue marred the surface and made the clear nasty.  This does happen and in itself it did not bother me too much except for the idea that I had been working this "live" and did not have alternative parts.

All in all this experiment was a success in my mind and I put it to the shelf with a smile.

All comments, critiques, and criticism are encouraged.

Joe