Aviation buffs usually scoff at me when I tell them that the P-40 is my favorite WW-2 aircraft, rather than the Mustang, Thunderbolt or Lightning. The P-40 was there when nothing else was available when we needed a serious combat contender. The lines of the P-40 are way cool! Great modeling job! Super impressive! Thanks for the valuable how-to tips on the build! You taught me much of value. Working on my third P-40; an Academy “E” model in AVG markings! I built the “B” model in AVG markings, as well. ‘Love them Flying Tigers!

Nice little build. Love the exhaust stains, they just seem to add way more character to a build. Special Hobby kits are great, interesting subjects and the quality just keeps getting better.

Very Cool! I love P40s most!😊 I did the Trumpeter 32nd P40F recently. Curtiss Aircraft documented their production runs pretty well so you can find inspiration for unique builds easily...

Nice job! Thanks.

Great build, fun watching you go through the process. I've built 2 Special Hobby P-40 Kitty Hawk Mk.Ia's. Both completed as RCAF, one as Wing Commander James "Stocky" Edwards in the North African Campaign. The only issue I've run into with those kits is that the tailwheel is very flimsy. They are wonderful Kits and I have grown fond of the P-40. I have an Airfix 1/48 P-40 Pearl Harbor built and 2 Academy 1/48 P-40C Flying Tigers in the stash.

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Lovely build! One of the first kits I made getting into the hobby properly was a Kittyhawk (same plane basically) and I want to go and make another one after watching this :) awesome

I'm building a Special Hobby 1/72 A-20. Like you found, fit is great in some places, not so much in others. No bomb bay at all, cockpit detail is sparse. No locator pins for the engine nacelles, flap assembly, or cowling, which all have to fit together. Overall the kit is just ok.

That splotch on your workbench looks like Iceland.

Great Job

Really nice build!

Looks awesome! Beautiful build as always

Thanks for sharing eh! Enjoy your weekend ✌🏻🇨🇦✌🏻

Beautiful work! I like so much the worn look

Nice little kit Brett. Good job on this one!

Really cool build, nicely done👍

One of the best P-40s on the market, built 3 of them

Nice job with the detailing. Love how the dirt, grime, exhaust, and all that nicely applied. Well done.

Excellent work with the subtle tonal variations on your paint scheme!! Very realistic.

Looks great, I like the P40, cool, tough looking airplane.

Great build/video. Ive never had a problem spraying Mig paints, but i have had problems with humbrol enamel thinner and mineral spirit dissolving the cured acrylic.

Great job, really like the paint job on it.I really like that plane.Keep up the good work.Always great seeing your videos

Use semi-gloss before the Flory wash. Holds the wash a bit better. Mr. Flory himself recommends semi gloss. Great build, Brett! Love the desert scheme. Drew

Hi Brett. A nice looking little kit, and as usual you did an excellent job with it. Well done.Regards.

That is a beautiful build!!! I have a P-40C that is in my stash. I have a feeling that a lot of what you just showed will be used on it.

I'm building the P-40K short tail version of this Special Hobby kit. So far it's going together well. I haven't had much trouble in the way of fit. Perhaps they've improved the mold between your F from 2008 and my K a decade later. Nevertheless, you did a great job on one of my favorite warbirds.

Really love how this turned out! ❤️ I really like the sand colored topside on this one and the weathering you did like the chipping and exhaust staining etc. Very nice! 👏 👏

Take some white glue and a toothpick (only because the etched sight is in the way), work some into the fuselage/windscreen gap, smooth out let dry. Should improve the look. P-40 is my favorite too, nice job on this. Very good painting.

Brett, Another great build, I've got a bit of soft spot for the P-40.

Nice work! It's always a learning experience with short run kits and a different set of experiences with each one....... You did her justice though, she looks great 👍🏻👏🏻👌🏻

The exhaust staining on this looks very convincing

It's like you knew I was also working on a 1/72 P40 😂 Great video!

I've built two SH kits, both were the 72nd Pucará. It went together fairly well, and now I'm looking with interest the 32nd He 100, which offers lots of whiffer possibilities.

I like model hobby very much.

The Warhawk held the line until better fighters came along.

Hello mr. Head!greate job done.i really appreciate your efforts delivering fun excitenes and Inspiration.thank u4sharing.with best regards and sticky greetings from sandy Brandenburg/germany.your fellow modellmate.christian

Hi Brett, I'm glad you built that and not me. It turned out pretty damned good despite Special Hobby's best attempts to sabotage your build. It's not something I would attempt unless I needed a glue covered monstrosity to use as an airgun target. (Yep, I'd chicken out!) Loving your videos and waiting for your next one. Regards Ian.

I always seem to miss these limited run kits... Still, it does, look great, a really nice relaxing build, makes me wish I had one now. I'm surprised that you didn't get airbrush on the iconography with various specialist masks. It's always struck me as more convincing than decals, although I can always understand why you would use decals.

Consider that this is very old erdition of Special Hobby's P-40. Newer editions (in red stripe boxes) are much much better. In fact it is hard to tell that they are still short-run kits as the moulds are made of steel not aluminium or resin. I do their P-40M with aftermarks from CMK, Master and Eduard and it is great kit.

Try building the Special Hobby's P-40E and P-40N in 1/72nd scale and see what you think of them.

Much like a Wildcat, what the Warhawk lacked in maneuverability or speed, it made up for in pilot experience, rugged construction, and firepower.

The 1/72 Special Hobby Merlin-engined P-40 kits are clearly a generation or two behind their newly tooled Allison-engined P-40 kits, but they're still quite buildable.

Later this year eduard will be releasing a 1/48 p-40. Supposedly they will do the entire line.

Very nice warplane the P-40 fighter plane. In Hebrew it's arbaim.

Excellent work as always 👏 do you use the X20A for thinner all your acrylics or just Ammo?

I have a question…..Why not add the photo etched seat belts after painting the seat??? I understand that parts do not adhere well to painted surfaces but would it not be easier??? Thanks and another outstanding subject done to precision.

What size pilot fits in it, is it a 1:72 pilot or smaller scale?

im not familiar with this livery but could it be you put the wing decals on the fuselage and the fuselage decals on the wings?

Is there a 1/72 p40 with back window glass that looks through to the other side

How many hours does IT take yOu to make this model excluding drying time

Is that the same P40 John Belushi flew in 1941?

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Man you are talented modeler and I like your videos...good explanation of your technique. Please understand livery is pronounced liv-erey...not live-ery. No offense drives me nutts!!! Great work!