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                        AIRCRAFT - On The Warpath: The Curtiss P-40

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                        JoeRugby
                        • Member since
                          November 2003
                        • From: Virginia
                        Posted by JoeRugby on Saturday, July 30, 2005 11:02 PM
                        Okay try number two...I feel a bit shy after seeing all of the great work, finished and in progress. Revell O Gram P40B/C

                        Any way this is my first attempt at making my own seatbelts. I also did some scratch work by trying to correct the seat frame. The fuselage is now joined and the work on seam removal/gap filling has started...


                        Check out the WW I Special Interest Group @ http://swannysmodels.com/yabb/YaBB.pl?board=WW1SIG
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, July 30, 2005 1:14 PM
                        Is it too late to get in on this? I've got a Hasegawa P-40N in 1/72nd scale that I'm working on right now.
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                        KINGTHAD
                        • Member since
                          May 2004
                        • From: Dallas
                        Posted by KINGTHAD on Saturday, July 30, 2005 12:51 PM
                        Looks like you got a winner there Daniel.

                        Thad
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                        pingtang
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                        • From: NSW, Australia
                        Posted by pingtang on Saturday, July 30, 2005 8:40 AM
                        Thanks Rob,

                        I've done plenty of rsearch on Cleopatra III so far mate. I'm using the Red Roo decal set, didn't know Aeromaster did a set for Cleopatra III. Olive drab over neutral grey seemed a more realistic option to me, if they were going to re-paint the thing foliage green on delivery, why paint out the US insignias with another colour? I was going to do this one as "Black magic" of 78 sqn RAAF, but the windshield was wrong for that particular aircraft. I'll be doing the Mauve kit as that one.

                        I've got a few of the decals on so far, so I'll hopefully post a pic or two tomorrow.
                        -Daniel
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, July 30, 2005 7:07 AM
                        Daniel,

                        Nicely done so far, I'd be interested to see the model when decals are applied. Your building A29-629 [BU-B] of W.Cdr. G. Atherton, or Cleopatra III. don't forget the two whip antenias that this bird had mounted on the rear fuselage section.

                        Which decal set are you using ?

                        AeroMaster sheet 48-150c show this bird as Foliage Green [Medium Green 42] over Neutral Grey, with a Black / White spinner - this is wrong.

                        Red Roo decal sheet RRD 4808, show the bird as Olive Drad over Neutral Grey, with a Red / White spinner - this set is more accurate for A29-629.
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                        pingtang
                        • Member since
                          April 2003
                        • From: NSW, Australia
                        Posted by pingtang on Friday, July 29, 2005 8:17 PM
                        Thanks for the comments Mark and Rick,

                        I've always liked the P-40 in RAAF camo too. Thumbs Up [tup]
                        -Daniel
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                        rjkplasticmod
                        • Member since
                          February 2003
                        • From: A Spartan in the Wolverine State
                        Posted by rjkplasticmod on Friday, July 29, 2005 10:35 AM
                        Good looking build so far Daniel. I've always liked the P-40 in RAAF schemes. Have to do one someday.

                        Regards, Rick
                        RICK At My Age, I've Seen It All, Done It All, But I Don't Remember It All...
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                        Mark Joyce
                        • Member since
                          March 2004
                        • From: Placerville, CA USA
                        Posted by Mark Joyce on Thursday, July 28, 2005 9:41 PM
                        Very nice work so far, Daniel! Looks like you're getting close to the end.

                        Mark
                        Ignorance is bliss
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                        pingtang
                        • Member since
                          April 2003
                        • From: NSW, Australia
                        Posted by pingtang on Thursday, July 28, 2005 8:58 PM
                        Here's some quick pics of my P-40N fresh out of the paint shop. It's painted entirely with Gunze acrylics. The green marks on the side were on the real aircraft. When it was delivered to the RAAF, it must have had US insignias on it, so they were painted out with local paint colours. The OD is a bit darker than usual, but I tried to match it to colour of the actual aircraft which looks very dark in photos. Might give it a coat of future once it's dried for a bit longer. Hope you like it so far:







                        BTW, here's a picture of the aircraft I'm building. Thought you might be interested:

                        -Daniel
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                        Thehannaman2
                        • Member since
                          August 2004
                        • From: Buffalo NY
                        Posted by Thehannaman2 on Thursday, July 28, 2005 8:26 PM
                        Better get in there and get buildin', Steve-O..... You've got three birdies staring you in the face screaming, "Build me! Build me!" Don't disappoint your fans. Dead [xx(]Tongue [:P]Blindfold [X-)]

                        Justen

                        "The distance between genius and insanity is measured only by success."

                        Member IPMS Niagara Frontier. "The BuffCon Boys."

                        IPMSUSA Member 45680 

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                        BlackWolf3945
                        • Member since
                          December 2002
                        • From: Pominville, NY
                        Posted by BlackWolf3945 on Wednesday, July 27, 2005 4:38 AM
                        QUOTE: Originally posted by wing_nut

                        Steve- web site looks good... great to see all the great builds in one place at one time.

                        Is there an "official" end date fo rthis GB. I think I what to build another one.

                        Thanks guy, I've neglected this GB too long and I am now ready to get back into the thick of it. And updating the web page was the first thing that needed to happen.

                        No there is no 'official' end date to this shindig... I at least had the forethought to keep it open-ended because I knew that I'd lose momentum. So feel free to build another!


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                        pingtang
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                          April 2003
                        • From: NSW, Australia
                        Posted by pingtang on Wednesday, July 27, 2005 3:26 AM
                        I'm one step ahead of you then Mark. I masked off the white yesterday and sprayed the neutral grey on the bottom. I'll mask it off soon and spray some foliage green on the fuselage sides then mask it off and spray some olive drab. I might do a bit of post-shading and then the decals.
                        -Daniel
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                        Mark Joyce
                        • Member since
                          March 2004
                        • From: Placerville, CA USA
                        Posted by Mark Joyce on Tuesday, July 26, 2005 10:57 PM
                        QUOTE: Originally posted by pingtang

                        Got my white sprayed last night. Looks alright with a drop of grey added to give it a better scale appearance. I'll mask the parts that need to stay white soon and give the under side a coat of grey. Keeping up Mark???Wink [;)]


                        Yes, sprayed my white yesterdayWink [;)]. First time I've used Floquil Reefer White, and it definitely lived up to its reputation in regards to excellent coverage. Too good, in fact, and I think I lost my preshading. I might add a drop of grey like you did Daniel, and mist it on in spots. I still plan on a wash and some pastels at the end of the build to weather it more.

                        I'll be masking the white and spraying the Neutral Grey this weekend (hopefully!), then the OD the following weekend. I usually do major painting on the weekends because of work, etc.

                        Mark
                        Ignorance is bliss
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                        arki30
                        • Member since
                          February 2004
                        • From: Second City
                        Posted by arki30 on Tuesday, July 26, 2005 10:16 PM
                        Progress report: Fuselage, wings, elevators, quisanart, it's all together. However, I have joint gaps that rival the Marianas Trench Sad [:(]. This is the second time I've built this AMtech P-40 and the first time around had some gap issues but nothing like this.

                        Oh well, break out the putty, acetone, cotton swabs and jump in. This is going to slow me down though.

                        On a general note, I jump around the group builds quite a bit just seeing what's happening and I have to say this is one of the better builds in terms of participation, quantity and quality of posted work. Very cool.

                        Building Now:

                        1/48 Academy Bf-109G6 - 100%

                        1/48 Tamiya F4U-1A - 5%

                        Upcoming:

                        1/48 Revell F-14D

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                        wing_nut
                        • Member since
                          April 2005
                        • From: Piscataway, NJ!
                        Posted by wing_nut on Tuesday, July 26, 2005 6:39 PM
                        Rob-That should look very striking... can't wait to see it.

                        Steve- web site looks good... great to see all the great builds in one place at one time.

                        Is there an "official" end date fo rthis GB. I think I what to build another one. I keep thinking about the Cox .049 U-Control all pastic P-40 I had as a kid... flying in circles in the street... watching it hang from the power lines since your not supposed to do that in the streetSad [:(]

                        Marc  

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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, July 26, 2005 10:13 AM
                        Thanks Folk's,

                        For the kind words on the P 40m, it is OOB in construction.

                        I have several other P 40's [of various brands and types], but another 76 Sqn RAAF P 40n is planned, but instead of the white tailplane it has a yellow lightning bolt across the rudder.

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                        pingtang
                        • Member since
                          April 2003
                        • From: NSW, Australia
                        Posted by pingtang on Monday, July 25, 2005 11:10 PM
                        Got my white sprayed last night. Looks alright with a drop of grey added to give it a better scale appearance. I'll mask the parts that need to stay white soon and give the under side a coat of grey. Keeping up Mark???Wink [;)]

                        Nick - Have a read of this page. It'll tell you everything you ever wanted to know about US interior colours during WW2.

                        http://www.ipmsstockholm.org/magazine/2004/01/stuff_eng_interior_colours_us.htm
                        -Daniel
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                        BlackWolf3945
                        • Member since
                          December 2002
                        • From: Pominville, NY
                        Posted by BlackWolf3945 on Monday, July 25, 2005 9:56 PM
                        Alrighty, the GB page on the website is updated... although the duty roster is not. That will happen soon though...

                        We have six finished builds so far, I believe, and one or two others which seem to be close.

                        I've yet to read through all the posts I've missed in detail, but I just wanted to say that there's some nice work going on here. I like the look of the Hasegawa 48th kits the more I see them built, especially the P-40E.

                        I'm gonna dust off the bench and get crackin' now...


                        Fade to Black...

                        Steve O. Reno Check Out My Photo Sets on Flickr

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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Monday, July 25, 2005 7:50 PM
                        Got a question on the paint.On my Revell-o-Gram instructions for the P-40B is says on the color chart-Zinc Chromate(interior green).Are ZInc Chromate and Interior green the same?
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                        Thehannaman2
                        • Member since
                          August 2004
                        • From: Buffalo NY
                        Posted by Thehannaman2 on Monday, July 25, 2005 3:44 PM
                        Looks great Rob. After the north African schemes, the Kiwi P-40's are my most very favorite! Good job.

                        Justen

                        "The distance between genius and insanity is measured only by success."

                        Member IPMS Niagara Frontier. "The BuffCon Boys."

                        IPMSUSA Member 45680 

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                        waikong
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                          December 2002
                        • From: NYC, USA
                        Posted by waikong on Monday, July 25, 2005 11:52 AM
                        Rob, very nice. I especially liked your weathering on white, always find that a bit difficult to look just right.

                        My website: http://waihobbies.wkhc.net

                         

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                        wing_nut
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                          April 2005
                        • From: Piscataway, NJ!
                        Posted by wing_nut on Monday, July 25, 2005 10:30 AM
                        Very nice Rob... an excellent addition to the GB

                        Marc  

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                        Mark Joyce
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                          March 2004
                        • From: Placerville, CA USA
                        Posted by Mark Joyce on Monday, July 25, 2005 10:07 AM
                        QUOTE: Originally posted by pingtang

                        Got a coat of primer on my P-40N yesterday. There were a few spots that needed a bit more attention so I'll patch them up, give it another coat of primer and then start spraying colours. I'll start with the white areas hopefully tonight or tomorrow.


                        Daniel, are you building my P-40 behind my back? That's exactly where I am with buiding mine, even with the white!Laugh [(-D]

                        Robert, as I said in the Aircraft Forum--great build!

                        Mark
                        Ignorance is bliss
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                        rjkplasticmod
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                          February 2003
                        • From: A Spartan in the Wolverine State
                        Posted by rjkplasticmod on Monday, July 25, 2005 10:05 AM
                        Rob, Very nice build.

                        Joe, most P&S type digital cameras will have a zoom lens with some range of mechanical zoom, but then goes into a digital zoom beyond that. The digital zoom feature is pretty much useless on most cameras & gives the type of pixelation seen in your pics.

                        Regards, Rick
                        RICK At My Age, I've Seen It All, Done It All, But I Don't Remember It All...
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                        pingtang
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                          April 2003
                        • From: NSW, Australia
                        Posted by pingtang on Monday, July 25, 2005 8:13 AM
                        That looks great Rob. The paint job is very nice and so is the weathering. And it's good to see another RAAF bird. Great workThumbs Up [tup]
                        -Daniel
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Monday, July 25, 2005 7:56 AM
                        My P 40m is now finished, this was the older Mauve kit built OOB with mix and match decals and codes from the spares box.
                        Humbrol Authentic Neutral Grey is the under surface colour, the upper Olive Drab is Humbrol # 155, The white on the tailplane is from the Boyd range of paints and is White Primer, the blue is Humbrol # 14.
                        Earth tone pastels have been used, on the Olive Drab and the tailplanes, to tone them down just a tad, as well as for the muzzle flash, exhausts and cordite stains.






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                        pingtang
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                          April 2003
                        • From: NSW, Australia
                        Posted by pingtang on Sunday, July 24, 2005 10:32 PM
                        Got a coat of primer on my P-40N yesterday. There were a few spots that needed a bit more attention so I'll patch them up, give it another coat of primer and then start spraying colours. I'll start with the white areas hopefully tonight or tomorrow.

                        Joe Like the others said, the pics are too blurry to really see your work. Try setting the camera to macro mode and don't use any zoom at all. My camera seems to have trouble focussing if you zoom in while in macro mode. Hope to see some better pics soon.
                        -Daniel
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                        JoeRugby
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                          November 2003
                        • From: Virginia
                        Posted by JoeRugby on Sunday, July 24, 2005 9:31 PM
                        HARUMPH! I will try again this week...Rick thanks for the heads up...even though I have no idea as to what you were describing ! LOLSmile [:)]
                        Check out the WW I Special Interest Group @ http://swannysmodels.com/yabb/YaBB.pl?board=WW1SIG
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                        rjkplasticmod
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                          February 2003
                        • From: A Spartan in the Wolverine State
                        Posted by rjkplasticmod on Sunday, July 24, 2005 9:24 PM
                        Sorry Joe, but your Pics are so pixelated that all detail is lost. If you are using your digital Zoom to get closer, don't. Only use the actual lens Zoom without using the digital feature. All it does is digitally crop the image going to the sensor & cause excessive pixelation.

                        Regards Rick
                        RICK At My Age, I've Seen It All, Done It All, But I Don't Remember It All...
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, July 24, 2005 8:05 PM
                        Joe- No offense,but those pics are VERY blurry.

                        All-got the Modeling the P-40 book today in the mail,its great!
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