P40 N-1...RAAF 84 sqn "come in suckers"

[oz rb fan]

this has been an ongoing projecty for the last couple of months in between doing mustangs....and the occasional Japanese plane.
it's the AMT P40N...but i had to source the earlier styled canopy,the kit has all the correct fuselage parts but not the canopy..luckily i have friends it seems.
i bought the DK decals P40 sheet awhile ago and have built one plane from it already(P40n-5 "svengali"),but i really wanted to do this one as the real plane is restored and flying in canada(albeit in an RCAF desert scheme as "stocky"Edwards plane).
so during the build i found a few differences of opinion on the indevidual code of the plane and also the colour scheme,but after some research i decided to go with the RAAF foliage green/raan dark earth over RAAF sky and the L indevidual code..


the wavy white leading edges are to represent that they were probably freehand painted(the overspray on the fuselage is seen one photo's of the real plane)

the spinner was also painted white later on
i've started playing around with weathering on it


this is where it is at the moment as i await a replacment decal sheet as i stuffed up the nose art.
Paul

[tor lives]

Loving you present P-40 and P-51 work.......good stuff mate.
TOR

[Adam the Akrodude]

Very nice Paul - you're getting pretty handy at this modelling stuff!

[oz rb fan]

and she is done






now i enjoy a build...and this has been a fun one.....but the research on this has been just as much fun,the real pane still exists and is flying in canada in a desert scheme.
but it's own story is interesting,like all P40n's it was delivered in overall olive drab,buyt it was repainted in foliage green and RAAF dark earth with sky undersides once she arrived here,before being assigned to 84 sqn once the sqn was sent into action in PNG the white leading edges and tail were done,the leading edges were quite probably free handed,so i tried to replicate that including the overspray on the fuselage.

apperently the spinner was painted white later in it's career so i went with that option to add a little something to it .


the kit is an AMT P40-n converted to an N-1(it's pretty easy,just need to get the correct canopies) the decals are by DK decals.

[Adam the Akrodude]

Top work ol' chap! Looks like you had a interesting journey with all the research as well - well done!

[tor lives]

That is some outstanding modelling going on right there!!!
Nice job mate.
TOR
PS: love the subtle weathering and carbon streaking.

[oz rb fan]

and it seems i have stuffed up.....the model is fine.....but the Squadron should be 78..........dont know where i got 84 from