Monogram 1/48 Tiger Shark P-40B

Yeah I couldn't figure out why a yellow stripe on an HA and why yellow instead of blue on the spirals on the wheels. Also they were so yellowed that I figured they wouldn't be worth it. 

Oh, it's gets worse the more you try to puzzle it out. #14 should've been in the first squadron "Adam & Eve's" tail number for number 68 (Charles Older) tail stripes should've been red, and they didn't paint the nose cones.

I mean, it makes for a striking and colorful scheme, but it's all over the place. The scheme I chose is mostly accurate, except for the tail on mine. The British markings are one registration number digit off from being accurate and is the most historically documented of all three schemes.

So I'm glad you went with some markings that make sense.

See, I wasn't sure about the nose cone when I painted it. Afterwards I noticed they were all brown in the color photos that I did have available to me so I may go back and change it. 

Very nice build!   

Jim 

Stay Safe.

Got some weathering and chipping done and attached the canopy and iron sights. I still have to add the tread strips on the wings and to scratch the two guns I broke off on accident. 

Did I overdo it? Quite possibly lol. Do I care? Nahhhhh.... 

Ok. I switched the nose color, and fed some fuel spill to the left side window, and got all the guns and pitot tube on. Pretty much done besides adding an antenna. I may still do that. Not sure. I'll post these shots and then come back later with some closeups if I can. 

Ill say first off that I went a little darker on the fuel spills down the side of the aircraft than I should have maybe but I still like how it looks. If you look up photos of this specific airplane you'll see the fuel spilled down the side of it. I also added a coat of future to the streaks to give it a bit of a shine but it's hard to photograph. 

Let me know what y'all think. 

You've captured that worn and rugged look alright. I like it!

Shipwreck

DM1975, looks really great. You nailed it. I will tell you what I see when stand back and look at the big picture; Wheels! The only way that they could look so pristine is if the plane were prepped for a photo op; and it is obvious that you did not model your P-40 for that purpose. Look at photos in theater and you will see them sitting on dirt runways. Just a thought, your model and you did a wonderful job on it!

 

Oh yeah! I had totally planned on weathering them too lol. Thanks for pointing it out.

Forgive me if you mentioned this earlier in the thread.  What chipping technique did you use?  

wpwar11

Forgive me if you mentioned this earlier in the thread.  What chipping technique did you use?  

 

I just did it with a brush 

That's some really good brush work.

After all these years I never knew that the fuel tank caps were located there. I was wondering why the black marks in that location at first but get it now. Looks good. 

The one that is forward is usually a black cap, but painted red for the British. The second one was just left aluminum in color and is where the coolant for the radiators goes.

You learn lots of dumb facts sometimes lol.

I love those dumb little facts lol

M. Brindos

The one that is forward is usually a black cap, but painted red for the British. The second one was just left aluminum in color and is where the coolant for the radiators goes.

You learn lots of dumb facts sometimes lol.

 

 

Actually, the rear cap is the oil filler cap as here:

http://village.photos/images/user/79be2e9a-36dc-44d5-b50f-cbe1bfc189bd/876e9a14-5a22-4a78-8c94-00eaaf3fd1f9.jpeg

The caps were red for fuel and yellow for oil even on USAAC planes:

yellow oil cap here:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/35963591@N00/4129626700/in/album-72157622864527612/

red fuel cap here:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/35963591@N00/4129645426/in/album-72157622864527612/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/35963591@N00/4129651890/in/album-72157622864527612/

Nice Warhawk DM1975! You might consider the weathering a little hefty for what they actually saw, but the AVG were hard up for parts and paint. These hawks were originally scheduled  for the Brits and got rerouted after production. They made due however they could. Happy to see you went the extra mile on the nose cone late in the game. Red nose cones were only seen in the Mediterranean I believe. I'm not sure why Revell did that. Everyone jumps on that red! Lol.
You breathed a lot of life into this Hawk. Definitely in love with all the scratch building. I encourage that kind of masochism. ;) I hope you caught the bug. 

Thanks. You are right on the wear being real heavy. I did consider the short time they were under the AVG's but also figured the logistics would be lacking in this environment. In the end I decided on artistic license while trying not to go too overboard but I may have done just that lol. I have two zeros in the works right now, I'll get my chipping and weathering bug out on those. lol

No worries. You're good. I fight with not being so heavy handed myself at times.  With the Japanese planes, keep in mind they used a pale looking darker red primer. So when setting up you're chipping, be sure to leave some peeking through in places. 

 carry on. 

bvallot

No worries. You're good. I fight with not being so heavy handed myself at times.  With the Japanese planes, keep in mind they used a pale looking darker red primer. So when setting up you're chipping, be sure to leave some peeking through in places. 

 carry on. 

 

Thanks, one of them I'm just brushing like I did this one, but the other and the Rufe I have I plan on trying salt chipping. I'll keep the primer in mind for sure.