MJames70

I pretty much finished up a while ago....not my greatest effort ever, breaking one main gear leg a couple of times and cracking one of the back windows trying to install it. Sometimes you just have to know when to move on...

Looks real good to me (but, then, P-40's always do) ... and you have my respect for finishing up a tough build.  Salute!

My daughter finished her P-40.  I think she did an excellent job.

Here are our planes side by side:

And here is a creative shot with both of them:

Wow, she did do a great job- congrads!

My P-40 is almost there, stupid spinner with a stripe down the middle, I can't get it anywhere near straight.

That picture BEGS for a photoshopped "terrain" background, DJ! With a little planning, you could make a helluva forced-perspective shot of the two in-flight "somewhere over China"..

Thanks Gamera!  She is quite proud of it (and so am I).

Hans von Hammer

That picture BEGS for a photoshopped "terrain" background, DJ! With a little planning, you could make a helluva forced-perspective shot of the two in-flight "somewhere over China"..

You mean something like this?

Not really, no.. More the same pose I posted, using a horizontal surface to set behind the planes.... The one above though, you could do it justice with the smaller plane in the same position, but shoot it with the entire length of the big one in the shot too..  

Then you'd have the big one in the foreground, the small one in the background, and your depth of field would be easy to maintain, making both planes more focused..  Just move the small on closer to the lense..

That was the wrong picture.  I meant to post this one.

sweet !

That looks awesome DJ- VRRRROOOOOMMMMMMMMMMMM!!!!!!!!!!

DJinFlorida

My daughter finished her P-40.  I think she did an excellent job ... Here are our planes side by side:

Best father/daughter group build ever.  I wish you both many more to come.

Just catching up on this ,nice Father Daughter build DJ ! I'm joining in late with a monogram P-40B 1/48 hope the thread is still kiickin'?

Go ahead Trey, I'm starting my P-40B in a couple of days.

Cheers

Tony

Cool, guys! I finished mine but the photos I took Sat were too krappy to post. Darn daylight saving time- it's too dark to take photos when I get home from work- will take more next weekend.

Guys, not the greatest photos but  'Daddy Please, Milk Wagon Express' is done and I'm ready to post photos dang it!!!

PS: 1). The demarcation line for the white tail wasn't straight on the actual aircraft.

2). There was a white stripe around the middle of the spinner in the real plane, I made a massive mess every time I tried to paint it so I gave up

3). Looks like a forgot to put the small light under the wing in, I don't feel like retaking the photos

That looks really good Cliff. I like the pre shading effect. Overall, it's a realistic looking model. I am assuming from the white tail and leading edges that this aircraft operated in the SW Pacific theatre ?

I've finally made a start on my Airfix 1/72 P-40B,  here's the first photo.

Cheers

Tony

Tony: Thanks! I think she did fight in the Pacific, not totally sure, I just liked the nose-art!

Nice work there on the P-40B, almost ready to close her up!

Tony off to a nice start!

Cliff that came out awesome,killer weathering ! Your paint skills are top notch,do'nt sweat that white stripe I doubt even the rivet counters would'nt have missed it had you not brought it up and it looks sweet without it,Very nicely done Sir!

I've got the office going and a figure I pilfered from another kit.

Trey: Thanks and nice work, the figure looks really good!

Thanks Cliff,this is pretty much a simple kit but the fit is nice. I'm almost ready for some paint,I''l add the gear legs after the paint session

NIce, she's coming right along Trey!

I like the plastic tubes on the blades, masking and protection at the same time- ingenious!

Thanks Cliff glad ya like the drinking straw prop protectors;) I've had to go back and fix some missed blems on some seams and lost some of the raised details in the process.

The kit supplied gunsight was too big and bulky so I scratched one out of wire and stretched sprue

Decals went down with no issues

Trey: She's lookin' good!

Thanks Cliff!

I'm calling it finished! Fun basic kit ,just what I needed to blow off some steam!

Cheers Trey

Ohhhhh love the in flight photos! Is there any photo manipulation software out there to make the prop appear to spin?

Thanks Cliff,I'm sure there is some sort of app that would make the props blur but I've yet to find it. Even if I did my low computer skills would probably prevent me from figuring out how to use it!

FJS3: I don't think The Real Red Baron is on this site anymore, I haven't see him in months. If you want to build the P-40 I'd love to see her though, sounds really cool. If you haven't asked you might ask Scorpionmikey about entering his ANZAC GB, course I doubt anyone would have a problem with doing a cross build of both.    

I'd like to still be on this site, but I have no motivation when it comes to masking.

Thanks Gamera, I will get busy gettin busy!!