Quite awhile back I purchased a group of 3 AMtech P-40E's from Ebay for about $20 I think. One is going to be a Brazilian machine someday, the other is going to be an American bird but I thought I'd have some fun with the third one. I came up with this neat paint scheme for it and some may have seen it when I first came to this forum. It won't be for everyone!
Its almost complete, I was just waiting to getting around to ordering some custom decals from Jbot decals and finally did. Just put the last of the decals on this evening and should have it finished up soon.
This is what it looked like where I left off. Would have taken some new pics tonight but the camera battery was dead.
I had some inspiration from American, German and British planes but the three biggest where some sort of tiger stripe like paint scheme, using the emblam from JG1 as a roundel and some paintwork from a FW 190.
Some of the additions:
- an air intake from a BF 109 on the port side
- new gun sight
- bomb mount from a BF 109, a radar dome from a corsair and the rocket mounts from a beaufighter
- tail wheel from a corsair and the main landing gear wheels are from a FW 189
- small screens in the intakes
Some pics of the build process:
Paint
This has been a lot of fun so far and I'm looking forward to finishing it!
I've been busy with life and haven't been on much lately. Currently gearing up for a busy field sampling season at work and looking at renovating the basement to make a playroom for my daughter but I am hoping to get back to the bench (at least a little before the summer is over) and get back to some of my other projects on the go.
Its almost complete, I was just waiting to getting around to ordering some custom decals from Jbot decals and finally did. Just put the last of the decals on this evening and should have it finished up soon.
This is what it looked like where I left off. Would have taken some new pics tonight but the camera battery was dead.
I had some inspiration from American, German and British planes but the three biggest where some sort of tiger stripe like paint scheme, using the emblam from JG1 as a roundel and some paintwork from a FW 190.
Some of the additions:
- an air intake from a BF 109 on the port side
- new gun sight
- bomb mount from a BF 109, a radar dome from a corsair and the rocket mounts from a beaufighter
- tail wheel from a corsair and the main landing gear wheels are from a FW 189
- small screens in the intakes
Some pics of the build process:
Paint
This has been a lot of fun so far and I'm looking forward to finishing it!
I've been busy with life and haven't been on much lately. Currently gearing up for a busy field sampling season at work and looking at renovating the basement to make a playroom for my daughter but I am hoping to get back to the bench (at least a little before the summer is over) and get back to some of my other projects on the go.
