This is Hasegawa's 1/48 scale P-40E Warhawk (kit #JT86) finished in the markings of Col. Robert L. Scott's aircraft while he commanded the 23rd Fighter group, China, 1942. I had always admired Robert Steinbrunn's 1/48 Otaki P-40 build of Col. Scott's P-40e from the December...
Warhawk was the name the United States Army Air Corps adopted for all models, making it the official name in the United States for all P-40s. The British Commonwealth and Soviet air forces used the name Tomahawk for models equivalent to the P-40B and P-40C, and the name Kittyhawk for ...
The tail gets narrower and the cockpit slants in so it can be a challenge to get the cockpit square, but if you're careful it can look really nice. I glued the fold at the top of the cockpit and held it in place to line everything up before gluing it onto the fuselage. Once it ...