Cuajete
Following.

Maciej Bellos
Whoa! Definately following!

Patryk S.
Thank you for joining in Gentleman! Currently working on elimination of some ghost seams and rescribing (ideal way to complicate an easy project this is a shelf of doom survivor that i started around 3 years ago. Due to various reasons I struggled for the last 10 years to get back to modeling (which i finally managed to do with the P-40 project) so the picture depicts the state it was left in in 2017. Decided to rescribe it in order to gain some more expierience in it. Better to mess up a 3 Euro kit than the B-36 that im planing to do in the future

Łukasz Gliński
How come I'm not watching this?

Patryk S.
Now you do . Work is currently going on a steady pace, will upload progress pictures in the coming few days.

Cuajete
Those holes in the engine fit him really well.

Patryk S.
Project update: as this is a proof of concept build more than anything I am trying ouf some things: model will be fully rescribed, did get rid of the pronounced fabric effect as the pictures of the real thing show a smooth finish, also made the cowling hinges from streched sprue and added smal brass elements.

Cuajete
Following.

Patryk S.
Thank you for joining in. Currently working on the wing, fit is unfortunately bad.

Łukasz Gliński
Me 2(nd), watch out for the front guns!

Patryk S.
Will do! ???? Currently I'm in the proces of parts cleanup and prepping them for priming. I already had to remove lots of plastic on the inner part of the wing in order to trim the leading edges a bit. Your build is a great reference for me so a big thank you for tackling it!

Cuajete
Well done. Congrats!

Patryk S.
Thank you.

Andy Ball
she's a beaut!!

Patryk S.
Thank you very much. It was a long project but the expierience gained while working on it is invaluable. I am writing down pros and cons of the kit and products used so tay tuned for a short After Action Review

Andy Ball
Great idea Patryk, I think if we have time this is the most valuable thing we can do on here- to talk through our projects

Guy Rump
Great result, very impressive

Patryk S.
Thank you very much!

Patryk S.
I decided to make a few notes about the kit and the products I used for my P-40 project in hopes that it would be helpful to others when building the kit. I am not an rivet counter but I like to study thruoughtly the subject I am modeling so here are some of my thoughts. Off with part one then:
Acuracy:
- front windshield to wide, sliding part is too thick and stands out in comparison with original (to high profile, shimming the fitting area of the fuselage does not completely solve the problem), sloppy fit, wrong outlines of rear fuselage glazing (pmasks solve problem);
- after fitting of the upper cowling to the fuselage the created line is not in accordance with the original, needs to be redone;
- the tailplanes are to thick and wing trailing edges also;
- front armored glass, N2A gunshight missing (not present on all examples of the P-40B - check your references);
- Mechanical gunsight and seat rear frame missing;
- landing gear reinforcements missing 3x position rods on every side plus gear door actuators;
- good wheel well representation (if modeling without the canvas covers which were indeed often removed.
Beside of this it looks definetly like an P-40B and is easily convertible into a P-40 CU.