New 1/18 Scale Curtiss Hawk P-36 Kit w/new cocckpit
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New 1/18 Scale Curtiss Hawk P-36 Kit w/new cocckpit
Alright guys this project has moved from the custom page to the 1/18 scale page. It is official, the P-36 kit is ready for sale. You guys have beared through this for about 7 months and it is ready. Fully built versions will be forthcoming in the near future.
I will be doing 3 paint masters --one silver, one Army green and one French camo. Lair will be doing the decals.
The kit will be sold on e-bay in a week or so. I will speculate that they will be about $190 or so. But remember you will need a 21st P-40 to complete it.
I know that the big manufacturing companies have let us down somewhat . But I and a few others have taken it upon ourselves to keep the 1/18 scale alive with the new Me-163 Komet , my P-36 and the Ki-61 that will soon follow as well as Air Strikes's new project that is still a secret.
Don't fret armor guys there is something for you as well. I have teamed up with the Hun and we have something exciting that we will be offering. It is not going to be on a trailer either. This will be out hopeful in a couple of months.
We as collectors have a bright future in the 1/18 scale world indeed.
Here are the parts for the kit:
I will be doing 3 paint masters --one silver, one Army green and one French camo. Lair will be doing the decals.
The kit will be sold on e-bay in a week or so. I will speculate that they will be about $190 or so. But remember you will need a 21st P-40 to complete it.
I know that the big manufacturing companies have let us down somewhat . But I and a few others have taken it upon ourselves to keep the 1/18 scale alive with the new Me-163 Komet , my P-36 and the Ki-61 that will soon follow as well as Air Strikes's new project that is still a secret.
Don't fret armor guys there is something for you as well. I have teamed up with the Hun and we have something exciting that we will be offering. It is not going to be on a trailer either. This will be out hopeful in a couple of months.
We as collectors have a bright future in the 1/18 scale world indeed.
Here are the parts for the kit:
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I just made some more pics on a blue cloth but for some reason the goofy camera is not loading to the computer. It is down loading pics that I took 7 months agoKillerf6 wrote:PH it maybe the background you are shooting against. Notice how the countertop looks sharp compared to the parts. Try shooting it on a solid nonreflective background, this may help.
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I'll defintely take a fully built version
I'm not one for building stuff too much anymore, too much time.
Sounds neat, especially interested in the KI-61
Corey
I'm not one for building stuff too much anymore, too much time.
Sounds neat, especially interested in the KI-61
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olifant wrote:PH, why not do the wings and offer this thing complete?
I have spent over $550 on RTV and will probably spend that to do the wings as well. I am also using the running gear and canopies from the 21st P-40.
The casting resin I am using costs $36 a unit and I use almost a full one to make the fuse and the other parts. Not to mention the 3 hrs it takes to cast them.The wings will take a full unit to cast themselves and the time involved.
I can get a 21st P-40 between $30 -$45 and for the price of the resin and time envolved it is worth just getting the 21st P-40 to complete the kit.
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I will not be using the 21st fusalage from the model. What I intend to do with the left over fusalage is to convert them to a E and M version. This will create a whole other airplane. Opening up that much more oportunities .AlloySkull wrote:True, as you'd have to butcher a perfectly good P-40... Whole kit seems more feasible, not to mention not everyone has a P-40?
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Very very very niceeeeee! Did the French fly the P-36 in 1940? If so, the 21st ME-109 will have another plane to contend with.
But wait a second....
Hmmm....Maybe a Panther variant? Or...seeing FOV Shermans are plentiful...maybe a Sherman variant?
But wait a second....
Oh my.... How about a hint? Allied or Axis? I assume you'd be using pre-existing molds from 21st, FOV or BBI and modifying them greatly...but which?Don't fret armor guys there is something for you as well. I have teamed up with the Hun and we have something exciting that we will be offering. It is not going to be on a trailer either. This will be out hopeful in a couple of months.
Hmmm....Maybe a Panther variant? Or...seeing FOV Shermans are plentiful...maybe a Sherman variant?
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German of course. It will be a totaly new piece of armor.GooglyDoogly wrote:Very very very niceeeeee! Did the French fly the P-36 in 1940? If so, the 21st ME-109 will have another plane to contend with.
But wait a second....
Oh my.... How about a hint? Allied or Axis? I assume you'd be using pre-existing molds from 21st, FOV or BBI and modifying them greatly...but which?Don't fret armor guys there is something for you as well. I have teamed up with the Hun and we have something exciting that we will be offering. It is not going to be on a trailer either. This will be out hopeful in a couple of months.
Hmmm....Maybe a Panther variant? Or...seeing FOV Shermans are plentiful...maybe a Sherman variant?
Also yes the French flew the P-36 / 75 and yes a Me 109 was the first victom to be shot down at the Start of WW2 when France intered the war. This is the exact plane that I will do . The Red Devil Escadrille yellow 10. I have it posted in the custom step by step.
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I just got in a bunch of P-40s from Aviator Nut. I started to tear down one of the fusalages and forgot how much of a pain it was. I broke off the point of 2 cheapo hunting knives doing so. So I have decided to cast the cockpit and rear tail wheel. The P-36 cockpit seat is different than the P-40s seat anyway. The P-36's seat is rounded on top. So all the builder has to do now is canabalize the front wind shield and sliding glass canopy. This will cut down about 1 to 2 hrs off the building time and a whole lot of cussing.