Category: P-40 Warhawk
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Burma Banshees
Curtiss P-40N-1 Warhawk, white 60, “Rough Cobb”, 89th FS, 80th FG, Assam, India, 1944 This was for a group build our local club did for the show circuit in 2019. I completed this Hobby Boss P-40M as a P-40N-1 back in 2018. This was a fun little build suggested by a member in our local…
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Aussie Kittyhawk IIA
Curtiss Kittyhawk Ia, serial unknown/U, Sqn Ldr Richard Cresswell, 77th Squadron RAAF, New Guinea, 1942 This is another one of those “started over a decade ago, not sure when, but pulled off the shelf and finished!” Completed in December 2018. The Subject Before knowing Squadron Leader Cresswell’s history, I chose to model this subject because…
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Not just another Flying Tiger — “It’s GRRREAT!”
Fictional Racer This is not my scale, being 1/48th, but it was free and the club wanted to do a “build the same kit” theme so I acquiesced. The Backstory What if NASCAR never took off, so to speak, but aviation racing reached the sponsorship and popularity of modern day NASCAR? Lots of aircraft available…