Hasegawa 1/32 P-40E. Update 6-3

[moon puppy]

I should clarify. I know some of the pictures are restored aircraft. I am just seeing a wide variety of configurations.

When you got the money to spend on restoring an P40 you can customize your IP all you want.

 

[fightnjoe]

I am not making much sense.


Joe

 

[moon puppy]

I am not making much sense.


Joe

No you are, no two IPs are the same so pick one and run with it.

 

[fightnjoe]

IP sorted. Now, one series of pictures show a breaker panel on the starboard side of the cockpit. Not sure about that. I have seen photos with the breaker panel, radio and electrical equipment, and almost bare.

Joe

 

[fightnjoe]

Hasegawa 1/32 P-40E. After some thought it was time to cut it up.





Joe

 

[moon puppy]

 

[fightnjoe]

Hasegawa 1/32 P-40E. Time to update. The frames are in. Need to think on the fuel tank.

More soon.


Joe

 

[moon puppy]

Fuel tanks?

 

[Sharkmouth]

Hasegawa 1/32 P-40E. Time to update. The frames are in. Need to think on the fuel tank.

Fuel tanks?

@fightnjoe this is the fuel tank on the P-40E:

A video showing the fuel tank installation during a restoration:

I hope this helps and not hinders.

 

[fightnjoe]

Saul right. Trying to figure out how to make it look right without compromising the bulkheads. Thinking separate pieces for either side, glued to the bulkhead. The shape isnt right either.



Joe

 

[Sharkmouth]

 

[fightnjoe]

Ok Saul here is another but kind of specific. Do you have anything showing the area from the access door aft on and aircraft with the SCR 183 radio equipment?

Joe

 

[Sharkmouth]

Ok Saul here is another but kind of specific. Do you have anything showing the area from the access door aft on and aircraft with the SCR 183 radio equipment?

Joe

Probably... which access door?


If it is this one:

You can always block the view with the duffel bag!

Or, do you want something along these lines?

As for the radio... where did you get the information about the SCR-183? I only found it in use with the plain P-40 and the P-40G. The earliest of P-40E had the SCR-283 - perhaps a typo? After a short run, the radios were switched to the SCR-264N with the exception of P-40E-1 built to British standards. These had the TR-9D transmitter while the US ones had the following, according to the manual:

Looking through port access hatch forward:

Does this help?

 

[Sharkmouth]

British Warhawk Mk.IA (P-40E-1 aka Curtiss H-87-A3) found in the desert...

 

[Sharkmouth]

Cockpit update by a reviewer of the ancient Revell 32nd scale kit. Click picture to view:


TMI?

 

[fightnjoe]

Ok that is where my confusion lies. I've done the -E before and looking at pictures I was confused. The one I am thinking of is the SCR 264N. I have the sets confused.

Joe.

 

[fightnjoe]

This is the photo I was confused by. Wondered how I had screwed up so bad and had not caught it.

Joe

 

[Sharkmouth]

This is the photo I was confused by. Wondered how I had screwed up so bad and had not caught it.

That is a nice build. If you need dimensions of the radio components, let me know.

 

[fightnjoe]

So many rabbit holes to travel down.


Joe

 

[fightnjoe]

Ok, what I attempted was the SCR 274 N. Some things were wrong in the attempt. It does look like the right set though. Going to have to redo what I had on the go for this time. I had thought it was either the 183 set or the 274 and based on one picture it looked like the 183. Definitely a rabbit hole.

Joe