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Modelers Lounge => The World of Scale Models => Topic started by: KiwiZac on November 12, 2021, 03:21:03 PM
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Hi all,
This kit was a birthday present to myself in August last year as I love P-40s; had liked the look of the Special Hobby kits; and am a sucker for RNZAF markings. The kit itself has lovely details and went together beautifully, the decals were well-behaved. The only issues I had were self-caused such as losing the correct canopy, and using a too-dark green for the top colour which somehow became even darker under Humbrol gloss. For various reasons I only added the finishing touches - painting the light lenses - today.
But I want more of these kits. It was a delight and, as long as I don't bring myself down by using the wrong colours, I expect the next (I want to get an E to honour a local pilot killed in a training accident) to be even better.
Photo of the real NZ3061 from "RNZAF The First Decade" by Charles Darby:
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51673516141_3eb8733fee_o.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2mJdh56)NZ3061 RNZAF The First Decade Charles Darby (https://flic.kr/p/2mJdh56) by Zac Yates (https://www.flickr.com/photos/zacyates/), on Flickr
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51673433608_e17ebaa7c8_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2mJcRx7)Special Hobby 1/72 P-40K-15 Kittyhawk NZ3061 (https://flic.kr/p/2mJcRx7) by Zac Yates (https://www.flickr.com/photos/zacyates/), on Flickr
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51673868529_1bfc31bea8_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2mJf5PK)Special Hobby 1/72 P-40K-15 Kittyhawk NZ3061 (https://flic.kr/p/2mJf5PK) by Zac Yates (https://www.flickr.com/photos/zacyates/), on Flickr
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51673868519_ca4c0f34fe_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2mJf5Pz)Special Hobby 1/72 P-40K-15 Kittyhawk NZ3061 (https://flic.kr/p/2mJf5Pz) by Zac Yates (https://www.flickr.com/photos/zacyates/), on Flickr
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51673193931_21dc8cc77c_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2mJbChK)Special Hobby 1/72 P-40K-15 Kittyhawk NZ3061 (https://flic.kr/p/2mJbChK) by Zac Yates (https://www.flickr.com/photos/zacyates/), on Flickr
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51673433588_8c581b4a56_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2mJcRwL)Special Hobby 1/72 P-40K-15 Kittyhawk NZ3061 (https://flic.kr/p/2mJcRwL) by Zac Yates (https://www.flickr.com/photos/zacyates/), on Flickr
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Nice! I've been tempted by those P-40s, too. Last time I did one it was the really old Hasegawa kit :)
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Brilliant work on this P-40! The RNZAF markings are great looking, and I think you've nailed the colours.
I've got one of these kits in my stash so it's good to hear that it builds nicely!
Thanks for sharing your photos.
Cheers,
Mark
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Zac,
and am a sucker for RNZAF markings.
Shocking! Not like me with most of my subjects having "Canadian content"! Nice Kittyhawk! If I do one it will be in Canadian livery as they wore in the Aleutians.
Cheers,
Lance
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Thank you for the kind words, folks! If you're considering a P-40E-N I wholeheartedly recommend the Special Hobby kit. I see at least two more in my future.
Not like me with most of my subjects having "Canadian content"! Nice Kittyhawk! If I do one it will be in Canadian livery as they wore in the Aleutians.
Cheers,
Lance
If I were to build a Canadian Kittyhawk it would have to be this one, photographed during its NZ stay four years ago (like a fool I never got a photo of her on the flightline with the other two):
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51021266252_9d53bf6efa_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2kJzjUm)dae3d303-c5ab-4cfe-9ae6-49a3553b117c_zpsz3u8jgbo_35644183836_o (https://flic.kr/p/2kJzjUm) by Zac Yates (https://www.flickr.com/photos/zacyates/), on Flickr
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Nice! I've been wanting some of these P-40 from SH.
WD
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I want more! They are real gems - another case where I was smiling during the build. The only faults were my own.
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I just wanted to bump this as I was recently given the opportunity to write an in-box review of this kit for the forum! That review can be read here (https://forum.ww1aircraftmodels.com/index.php?topic=13246.0).