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RW Build: P-40M (Kittyhawk Mk.III) 112 Sqn RAF
« on: September 20, 2024, 10:42:57 PM »
What I'm going to be building;

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How accurate it's going to be is ... questionable, because 112 Sqn lost three P-40Ms (Kittyhawk Mk.IIIs) with the squadron code GA-M in a six month period between October 1943 & April 1944, & there aren't a lot of photo's I could find of any of them (& none very clear).

I've written on the painting guide that the one I'll be building (FR861) force landed north of Trogir in Croatia on the 22nd of March, 1944, after suffering Flak damage during a mission in support of Yugoslav partisans.

I chose the Trogir one because I was there on my Euro trip in 2018, & it's a beautiful place. ;)

Bits chopped up to fit the Aires wheel wells;


Starboard (right) wheel well taped in situ for a test fit;


Add top wing;


Add half-fuselage;


Bits primed & drying ready for interior painting either later tonight or late tomorrow (SWMBO has decided I need to do "things" other than model building tomorrow);


They don't tell you quite how much cutting you really need to do, there's no mention in the destructions of cutting out part of the fuselage floor or making a larger space in the wings. Actually, pretty standard for all the parts I'll be adding from this set, they don't tell you half of what's required to get things to fit correctly. :banghead:
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Re: RW Build: P-40M (Kittyhawk Mk.III) 112 Sqn RAF
« Reply #1 on: September 21, 2024, 12:54:17 AM »
Looks like a good start to me. It seems like many of these aftermarket things are 3D puzzles.
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Re: RW Build: P-40M (Kittyhawk Mk.III) 112 Sqn RAF
« Reply #2 on: September 22, 2024, 11:27:45 AM »
Some more prog shots;








(2nd time through the paint shop for the wheel wells, screwed up the first attempt, so everything's running a bit behind schedule.)

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Re: RW Build: P-40M (Kittyhawk Mk.III) 112 Sqn RAF
« Reply #3 on: September 23, 2024, 07:22:17 AM »
Looking good!
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Re: RW Build: P-40M (Kittyhawk Mk.III) 112 Sqn RAF
« Reply #4 on: September 23, 2024, 11:02:14 AM »
Well, yesterday not much seemed to get done but progress was good; I got the fuselage & the wings glued together, & the wings have joined the fuselage this morning (currently clamped & taped while the glue dries).

Some PPP seems to have fixed the small seam lines (we'll know when primer goes on) but there are paint touch-ups required, especially in the cockpit, as this mould is pre single piece cockpit rear bulkheads.

Thanks for watching!

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Re: RW Build: P-40M (Kittyhawk Mk.III) 112 Sqn RAF
« Reply #5 on: September 23, 2024, 11:30:22 PM »
Today's update:


Where I was when I went to bed last ... yesterday morning (at Stupid o'clock ::) );




Where I'm at tonight after midnight (at Not-So-Stupid O'clock ;) );




Had to move the aerial mast back because Hobby Boss thought it should go immediately behind the sliding canopy. :icon_zombie: )


Note the crack in the canopy just in the top rear, where it joins the fuselage glazing - the joys of single-piece canopies with complex shapes & angles. :-\ )

Bits & pieces awaiting priming and/or painting;




Well, that's all the modelling for today.


Thanks for watching!


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Re: RW Build: P-40M (Kittyhawk Mk.III) 112 Sqn RAF
« Reply #6 on: September 24, 2024, 01:07:34 AM »
Looking good
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Re: RW Build: P-40M (Kittyhawk Mk.III) 112 Sqn RAF
« Reply #7 on: September 24, 2024, 03:01:44 AM »
I’ll second that!  :smiley:
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Re: RW Build: P-40M (Kittyhawk Mk.III) 112 Sqn RAF
« Reply #8 on: September 24, 2024, 08:04:50 AM »
Quote from: Old Wombat on September 23, 2024, 11:30:22 PM







 :smiley:
There's some UFOs attached to your "real world" build  :-\   or is that the way it really was on the day you're modelling it ?
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Re: RW Build: P-40M (Kittyhawk Mk.III) 112 Sqn RAF
« Reply #9 on: September 24, 2024, 02:47:20 PM »
Nope, no UFOs ... Not even IFOs! ;)


Painting day, today.

The fuselage is primed - just a few little spots requiring a bit more putty-&-sanding, & a few bits of fluff that need buffing out. :smiley:



Prop spinner painted SMS "Italian Red" (which is slightly ironic, when you think about it), & prop tips painted very, very, very pale pink as an undercoat for the yellow.




The instructions say to paint the prop blades "steel", but they're usually black ... Any suggestions (remembering "Real World" (or a moderately reasonable approximation thereof, anyway)?
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Re: RW Build: P-40M (Kittyhawk Mk.III) 112 Sqn RAF
« Reply #10 on: September 24, 2024, 10:45:22 PM »
Azure Blue bit done;











Note: The photo's look more purple-ish than it does in person, but there does seem to be a very slight purple tinge in the photo's of the real aircraft I've seen (the very few that are in colour) & the SMS Azure Blue I've used looks to be very close to the correct colour.


One, maybe two more colours tonight but the Azure Blue parts will be left overnight to dry properly.

The good thing about these SMS lacquers is that I could, if I wanted, mask up for the next colour within 2 hours, but I won't. ;)


Thanks, again, for watching!


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Re: RW Build: P-40M (Kittyhawk Mk.III) 112 Sqn RAF
« Reply #11 on: September 26, 2024, 01:30:22 AM »
OK, Stupid-O'clock is getting very close! How did that happen? :blink:

Anyway, masking is done for the base camo colour & it has been applied, & all the "bits" are ready to be fitted.


So, here are the photo's of where I'm at this morning, before I head off to bed;







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Re: RW Build: P-40M (Kittyhawk Mk.III) 112 Sqn RAF
« Reply #12 on: September 26, 2024, 10:49:48 PM »
The P-40M has gone on hold.

Styrene (the Goddess of Plastic Modelling) has blighted me with destroyed decals (one fell onto the floor unnoticed & got rolled into scrap by my chair, & the other decided to bunch up into a knot of decal film that refused to be disentangled). :o :o :o

Therefore, I'll have to hunt down some 1/48 white 24" RAF code letters to have any hope of finishing it.

I'll post some photo's of where I've got to later, once I'm a little less f___ed off (with myself).

In the meantime, I'll try to find something else to take to the expo on Saturday.


I knew I was feeling too good about how things were going this morning ... I should have stabbed myself in the hand & provided a decent blood sacrifice! ::)
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Re: RW Build: P-40M (Kittyhawk Mk.III) 112 Sqn RAF
« Reply #13 on: September 27, 2024, 01:05:56 AM »
OK, so this is where I'm at (see if you can spot all of the other annoying things that went wrong today, apart from the disintegrating decals);

















Landing gear hatches not fitted yet'





Right, that's it for tonight.


'Night all!

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Re: RW Build: P-40M (Kittyhawk Mk.III) 112 Sqn RAF
« Reply #14 on: September 27, 2024, 01:15:17 AM »
Looking damn fine
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Re: RW Build: P-40M (Kittyhawk Mk.III) 112 Sqn RAF
« Reply #15 on: September 27, 2024, 03:12:53 AM »
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Re: RW Build: P-40M (Kittyhawk Mk.III) 112 Sqn RAF
« Reply #16 on: September 27, 2024, 03:52:39 AM »
Looks good to me - the real plane would have been beaten up by daily use, anyway.
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Re: RW Build: P-40M (Kittyhawk Mk.III) 112 Sqn RAF
« Reply #17 on: September 27, 2024, 10:19:53 AM »
Thank you all very much, gentlemen! :icon_alabanza: :icon_alabanza: :icon_alabanza:


Quote from: Frank3k on September 27, 2024, 03:52:39 AM
Looks good to me - the real plane would have been beaten up by daily use, anyway.

Don't know about that, Frank.  This girl was the middle of three P-40Ms wearing the GA-M code that were shot down between October 1943 & April 1944.

I think I mentioned this in the first post but FR861 force-landed north of Trogir, (now) Croatia (not far from Split), on the 22nd of March, 1944, after suffering Flak damage during a mission in support of Yugoslav partisans. So, she had been with the squadron (112) for no more than 5 months.


I haven't been able to confirm it by I think my research is suggesting that 112 Sqn were operating out of Bari (central eastern Italy) at the time - Fun Fact: I've been to both Bari & Trogir! ;)
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Re: RW Build: P-40M (Kittyhawk Mk.III) 112 Sqn RAF
« Reply #18 on: November 04, 2024, 12:14:14 PM »
Did you ever get back to this one? It looks too good to not finish.
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Re: RW Build: P-40M (Kittyhawk Mk.III) 112 Sqn RAF
« Reply #19 on: November 04, 2024, 09:26:53 PM »
Quote from: Kerick on November 04, 2024, 12:14:14 PM
Did you ever get back to this one? It looks too good to not finish.

Not yet, mate.

She's on a hiatus until I can find a decent set of decals & finish a couple of other builds, but she ain't forgotten! ;)
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Re: RW Build: P-40M (Kittyhawk Mk.III) 112 Sqn RAF
« Reply #20 on: November 05, 2024, 07:13:32 AM »
I’ll hold you to that!
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Re: RW Build: P-40M (Kittyhawk Mk.III) 112 Sqn RAF
« Reply #21 on: November 05, 2024, 09:52:42 PM »
 :smiley:
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Re: RW Build: P-40M (Kittyhawk Mk.III) 112 Sqn RAF
« Reply #22 on: November 07, 2024, 04:05:59 AM »
It looks great and will be awesome once the tracks are attached… there will be tracks… won’t there!  :o
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Re: RW Build: P-40M (Kittyhawk Mk.III) 112 Sqn RAF
« Reply #23 on: November 07, 2024, 06:53:32 AM »
Quote from: Claymore on November 07, 2024, 04:05:59 AM
It looks great and will be awesome once the tracks are attached… there will be tracks… won’t there!  :o

You mean like this with tracks wrapped around ? ;D
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Re: RW Build: P-40M (Kittyhawk Mk.III) 112 Sqn RAF
« Reply #24 on: November 07, 2024, 09:34:21 AM »
I have that box scale B-58 Hustler that might have wheels to fit that P-40……
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