Woohoo! She is finished! Hooray! [:D]
This is my first attempt at a muti-colored camo paint job. Not my best paint job (ok ok…it’s only my third airbrushes model) ever but I sorta had to hurry it up and finish her off before this weekend. It’s also my first attempt at using PE detail parts to enhance the model…good lessons learned and again, THANKS to everyone on the board! Enjoy!
—ken
Looks great, ken ! The PE ring & bead sight make a BIG difference. What is the kit & scale? (1/48 AMT?)
Well done !
Ken, very nice job for only your third model. Looks like you are a fast learner and have some talent. Thanks for sharing.
Opps! Sorry I forgot…it’s a HobbyCraft 1/48 kit (actually just an OLD ERTL reboxed kit). It had a really bad wing fit and I had to do some cutting, warping and styrene laying to get the wings to work right. Alot of work but it turned good, yes?
looks great. well done.
joe
wow lovely build ,great job on the cockpit,
gun and exhaust staining look realistic to me and
excelent camo and overall weathering.
ps:do the flaps come dropped with the kit?
NICE JOB i hand painted the exact model (i think)but it didnt come out near as good, shows wut an airbrush can do, ill have to look into getting a better one than i have, testors has gotten cheap.
and on mine the flaps came dropped, or hindged anyways
Great looking P-40, Ken! I too really like the job you did on weathering and the exhaust stains.
What paints/colors did you use for the camo? I’m working on several MTO P-40s now, and am getting to the point of (finally) painting them (once I get a better airbrush[:D]).
Were those the kit decals or aftermarket? I’d like to pick up some!
Mark
That’s great! I like the cockpit detail… And painted or decaled instrument faces? I too, agree with Pix on the Ring and bead sight! keep up the good work!
Looks fantastic Ken!!! Can’t wait to see some more builds…whatcha thinking of doing next??
Great looking P40.
And this is only your 3rd airbrushed build!
Karl
Love that weathering. How’d you do the scuffing around the panel lines? The cockpit looks great aswell. Did you freehand the camo job?
great work.
Looks just right to me, very nice weathering!
Thanks for all the kind remarks! [:D] I try hard and am a slight perfectionist at heart so it makes me feel all warm and fuzzy. [8D]
Here are some answer to ya’lls questions:
obiwan ps:
Nope. I had to drop the flaps and build the wing frame box…sorry don’t a pict of that yet. I also droped the cowl flaps up front [:)]
Mark Joyce:
I used Model Master enamels this time for all the paints except for black…i’m going back to acrylic!
The Belly is RAF Azure Blue,
The light top color is RAF Middle Earth
The dark top color is RAF Dark Stone
The dark stone was very hard to work with…it did not airbrush well and dried very quickly giving an overall “uneven” look. Took several attempts and mask cutouts to get it right.
The decals were in the kit and are a very high quality and just labeled as “hobbycraft” on the bottom.
shrikes:
The instrument faces (sorta obscured in the shadow) are actually three film sheets and a PE instrument dash. The switches and knobs are a combo of dry brushing and a gray wash.
kik36:
I don’t know…i have to go play Army in Texas for a few months and have to put up my brushes for a bit [:(] I’m thinking something German [:)]
pingtang :
The scuffing was actually really easy. I took some masking tape and laid it along and just off the panel line that was toward the front of the plane…then took the base color mixed in with some white and gently air brushed along the tape. So you get a hard edge in the panel line and soft edge where the scuffing is. [:)] Then I washed it with a gray to fill in the panel lines across the plane. When you seal it blends in really nicely. I did the same on the bottom too. [:D]
The camo paint was mostly airbrushed using a soft mask (ie blue-tack and stiff paper)…but the dark stone was very hard to air brush and I had to go back over freehand with the middle earth on the edge to touch it up.
wow! looks GREAT!! i reeeeaaaally like the camo work!
thats a fabulous looking P-40 Ken!!![tup][tup][tup] i have a AMT kit of the P-40 that i’m just about to open and it has the same cammo scheme. thanks for the ref. pics my friend. keep sharing and i’ll keep staring. later.
wow! looks GREAT!! i reeeeaaaally like the camo work!
Nice work on the’Hawk. Thanks for posting the pics.
Very nice model.Just hope my Corsiar turns out half as good
Very well done thanks for the pics.