Hobby Boss Easykit P-40B/C "Hawk"-81

[beany]

Congratulations on finishing Steve - lovely build mate. I made this one some years back when Hobby Boss were the new kids on the block and I was only just seriously getting back into modelling. I finished mine in the other scheme as you can see, but for some reason never applied the red tail band decal - something I must do one day! Seeing yours completed has inspired me to finished the last 1% of mine



Cheers
Al.

[Stevehnz]

Looks good Al, I can see another of these heading my way, though I do have at least 3 of the Airfix version to tackle at some stage. I originally bought my one of these because I thought the colour of the Nationalist Chinese marking was a better shade of blue than the, to me, overly washed out shade of the Airfix decals.
Steve.

[fredk]

I always thought the blue looked washed out till I found out that the markings on the top of the wings were a) painted with a paler blue and b) that blue faded greatly, unlike the strong blue used on the markings on the underside of the wings.

[Stevehnz]

Interesting that, something I've not come across, I've long thought that it was the same as the underwing colour but more faded 'cause it saw more sun/weather. Be that as it is, Airfix do theirs with the same very pale blue for top & bottom, I'm keen to have some differentiation between the two, hence why I wanted the markings from this kit, they're still quite pale but not as much as the Airfix ones.
Steve.

[AndrewR]

Nice build Steve. Always good to see a Desert Hawk.