| #8 Commonwealth/Night fighter Discuss **** DONE: Academy 1/72 P-40N "Cleopatra III" of Lt.Col. G.C.Atherton Commonwealth GB in the Group Builds forums; Username: imalko First name: Igor Category: Category 2/Intermediate Scale: 1:72 Manufacturer: Academy Model Type: Curtiss P-40N Details: ’Cleopatra III’ flown ... |
Username: imalko
First name: Igor
Category: Category 2/Intermediate
Scale: 1:72
Manufacturer: Academy
Model Type: Curtiss P-40N
Details: ’Cleopatra III’ flown by Lt.Col. G.C.Atherton, No 80 Squadron RAAF, New Guinea 1945
New entry rather late in the game, but since it's 1/72 scale think I'll manage to finish it by the deadline. Here's the kit...
Last edited by imalko; 01-30-2011 at 03:39 PM.
"Find your enemy and shoot him down - everything else is unimportant."
...and here's the aircraft I'm going to build - Lt.Col. Atherton's mount. Started the work tonight, so the first progress photos in next couple of days.
Last edited by imalko; 01-30-2011 at 03:41 PM.
"Find your enemy and shoot him down - everything else is unimportant."
Very nice Igor....
Good one Igor, looking forward to seeing it develop.
Great choice Igor! BTW Geoff Atherton reached the rank of Wing Commander not Lt.Col, there is no such rank in the RAAF.
Some more pics for you!
I like them white tailed P-40's.... good one.
Planes are so simple....... damned helicopter builds!
Thanks for the clarification mate. Didn't know that about RAAF ranks. Also thanks for additional pictures.Originally Posted by Wildcat
Great choice Igor! BTW Geoff Atherton reached the rank of Wing Commander not Lt.Col, there is no such rank in the RAAF.
Some more pics for you!
"Find your enemy and shoot him down - everything else is unimportant."
No worries Igor, looking forward to your build mate!
Gentelmen, the Lieutenant Colonel and the Wing Commander are exactly the same rank. But the first one is usually used by the Army, the Army AF and the second rank is the typical name for the Air Force. However in the Polish Armed Forces we use one name for the rank with adding the name of the kind of the Armed Forces. Only, the Navy uses its own different name of the rank.
Last edited by Wurger; 01-31-2011 at 06:14 AM.
nice choice Igor, was going to do CleopatraIII before i picked Hep Cat
I may be drunk, Miss, but in the morning I will be sober and you will still be ugly.
"Winston Churchill"
Good onya Igor. Another good Aussie subject.
cheers
Peter
cool stuff.
In the realm of dog fighting, if it's a fair fight... you did something wrong.
Nice one Igor, Aussies are well represented in this GB and I'm looking forward to you performing your magic on this one.
At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, we will remember them.
Lest We Forget
Good one one Igor! I made the Academy P-40M a number of year ago. Almost the same kit and a very nice one. Unfortinatly the wife stepped on it a year ago - don't ask. You might see how the canopy looks when test fitted. It's a different molding on the P-40N but might have the same problem as mine. The sliding portion was made large enough to be posed open over the rear fuselage, but doing this made the out side of the canopy oversize due th the thickness of the canopy. The wind screen was made tall enough to match the canopy, so looked over-sized as well. You might look into the availability of a vacuformed canopy. Other than that it was an excellent kit.
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