P-40 at Peal Harbor 1941

P-40B at Peal Harbor 

LT Taylor and Welch (Welch right) with the 47th PS, 15th PG.. Welch down two in P-40B (160), Taylor down four in P-40B (155) on Dec 7, 1941. 

P-40B (160) LT. Welch down Two  

LT. Welch (160) and Taylor (155) P-40B 

Kit box art  

Kit paint and marking guide on rear of box 

Kit decals 

Kit instruction sheet 

Kit parts 

I allways wash the kit parts before starting a new project 

Kit cockpit floor 

Kit side wall details 

Kit side wall details and cockpit floor 

Kit lower wing 

I will blink off wheel well opening 

New wheel well roof 

Kit upper and lower wings 

I will remove kit wing guns 

I will replace kit wing guns with a brass tube 

Remove kit side wall detail 

New side wall details 

I removed the kit cockpit floor details and added some new details 

New details to side walls and cockpit floor 

Kit seat and resin seat 

Painted resin seat 

Painted seat 

Wings glued up 

Top of wheel wells 

Kit wings glued up 

P-40's had a canvas cover to keep out dirt 

Kit cockpit with added details 

Kit instrument decal 

Painted cockpit 

Painted side walls and cockpit floor 

New side wall detail painting 

Kit nose section 

Kit nose sections and fuselage glued up 

Fuselage glued up 

Kit nose section 

I used Surface Primer as a putty 

A little gap on underside of nose 

Cockpit glued in 

Kit rudder 

Kit rudder and tail 

Fuselage and wings 

Fuselage and wing 

Wing glued on 

Wing glued on 

Note gap 

Kit landing gear 

Bad gap 

Add plastic to hide gap 

Kit landing gear added 

Steel wool to smooth out the plastic and remove glue marks 

Ready for paint 

Airframe complete 

Mix the paint real good 

I use a Grex airbrush on this project and Model Master Acrylic Thinner 

Flory's brown wash 

Paint and wash complete 

New rudder hinge 

Brass tubs for wing guns 

Brass tubes for wing guns 

I used Model Master Clear Gloss 

Clear Gloss coat 

Kit decals with some Set & Sol 

Kit decals 

Kit decals and from spars box 

Kit decals on lower wing 

Other decals used on this project 

Kit exhaust stacks 

Exhaust stacks installed 

Kit landing light 

Landing light paint silver 

Landing light with white glue lens and gloss clear coat red Gloss paint for Nav Light 

I needed some new testors little bottles of enamels for Nav Lights 

Testors little bottles all gloss  

Testors, Green, Red, and White gloss for Nav Lights 

Paint yellow prop tips 

Kit prop painted 

Kit prop painted 

Prop painted 

Prop decals 

Prop finished 

Kit tail wheel 

Tail wheel installed 

I used a straight pin for Pitot tube 

Pitot tube 

Landing gear installed 

Resin seat 

I will dip canopy in Future 

Kit canopy dipped in Future