Author Topic: Warbird in 1/48 - RAAF P-40 “Currawong”  (Read 1993 times)

Offline KiwiZac

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Warbird in 1/48 - RAAF P-40 “Currawong”
« on: February 08, 2020, 07:23:35 AM »
Hi all,
My main modelbuilding focus is warbirds. One I completed last year is the lovely old Mauve 1/48 P-40M with OldModels Decals markings for A29-448, a P-40N-1 that was recovered from Tadji in PNG by Charles Darby and restored to fly here in NZ. Today she flies with a second seat and some dual instrumentation and controls, and even has all six .50cal machineguns in working order...albeit firing blanks. Always a big hit with the crowds at Wanaka. She wears the serial A29-1050 on the starboard side for no known reason except it was that way when she was recovered, and is on the NZ civil register as ZK-CAG.

So here she is, I hope you enjoy this slice of Aussie wartime history that has been happily flying in New Zealand for almost 20 years.


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Zac in NZ
#avgeek, modelbuilder, photographer, writer. Callsign: "HANDBAG"
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Re: Warbird in 1/48 - RAAF P-40 “Currawong”
« Reply #1 on: February 08, 2020, 07:34:11 AM »
 :smiley:
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Offline Kerick

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Re: Warbird in 1/48 - RAAF P-40 “Currawong”
« Reply #2 on: February 08, 2020, 08:05:10 AM »
Looks great! Well done!
Hmmmm...... Maybe a “see at an airshow” group or theme build???

Offline finsrin

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Re: Warbird in 1/48 - RAAF P-40 “Currawong”
« Reply #3 on: February 08, 2020, 12:50:13 PM »
White tail, not seen that before.  Looks fine.

Offline FAAMAN

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Re: Warbird in 1/48 - RAAF P-40 “Currawong”
« Reply #4 on: February 08, 2020, 03:12:48 PM »
Very nicely done  8) 8)
Bloody currawongs are noisy sods, we have a family of them in a tree in our back yard  >:D
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Offline Brian da Basher

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Re: Warbird in 1/48 - RAAF P-40 “Currawong”
« Reply #5 on: February 09, 2020, 11:32:35 PM »
White tail, not seen that before.  Looks fine.

Allied ID marking, SW Pacific theater if memory serves.

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Offline kitnut617

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Re: Warbird in 1/48 - RAAF P-40 “Currawong”
« Reply #6 on: February 10, 2020, 01:33:39 AM »
Nice work Zac   :smiley: