re: Vader’s Model Desk: Curtis P-40 Warhawk

Amazing how fast the technology advanced in the 40s. The Warhawk was the best fighter the US had in 1941. By 1944 the P51 was much faster with more armaments.

That thing is badass. Props. Always enjoy your work and your attention to detail.

Have you ever built a Dewoitine D.520?

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Most I buy from a local hobby shop. I set local, it’s on Hoover about an hour from where I live. I also order some from Amazon and eBay. Usually once a year we’ll make a day trip to Memphis to a Hobby Shop there that has a tremendous selection. Also, whenever I travel for business, I’ll check to se if the city I’m in has a good model shop.

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I remember the days as a kid when Jackson had a nice hobby shop. That was the coolest store on earth. It was always hard to choose which kit I wanted. Since those days, the store has gone from being a hobby shop to a record store, to a bar, then a seafood restaurant, and now it's the site of a Petco.

Aahhhhh! The "E" model! Very nice!

I always wanted to get a few hours in an older "B" model like the Flying Tigers (AVG) flew when they first got to Rangoon.

Side note: General Claire Lee Channault, commander of the American Volunteer Group and later the 14th Air Force was an LSU boy! (Although he graduated from Louisiana Normal College). His hand-written memoirs can be found at Hill Memorial Library on campus at LSU.

When did the P-40 go out of service? I am trying to remember the single prop that was still around doing CAS in the first part of Vietnam.

Small correction to "History Lesson"'

The AVG was not "fighting the Japanese before Pearl Harbor".

They were organized and in training in China before Pearl but did not actually fight until later in Dec 1941.

However, Chennault was on the Chinese Air Force Staff from 1937-38 and there are sketchy reports that he may have actually entered combat himself at that time in Russian supplied planes or possibly an earlier Hawk 75 but again details are very sketchy. But the common misconception the the AVG was fighting the Japanese long before Pearl Harbor is a false one.

This takes nothing away from the AVG's accomplishments and we should all be proud of its Louisiana and LSU connection thru Chennault. He most definitely was a great leader, organizer and trainer as well as a fighter. A true Fighting Tiger!

Sweet display. Is that Bounty?

Great build! You discussing build times in days is almost ridiculous in my mind. My builds are usually in years+.

Curious, what's your technique to get those panel lines marked so well?