Warbird in 1/48 - P-40 Currawong

[ZacYates]

Apologies all, I don’t seem to have posted this before! I’ve just lifted what I posted elsewhere:

Hi all,
My main modelbuilding focus is warbirds. One I completed last year is the lovely old Mauve 1/48 P-40M with OldModels Decals markings for A29-448, a P-40N-1 that was recovered from Tadji in PNG by Charles Darby and restored to fly here in NZ. Today she flies with a second seat and some dual instrumentation and controls, and even has all six .50cal machineguns in working order...albeit firing blanks. Always a big hit with the crowds at Wanaka. She wears the serial A29-1050 on the starboard side for no known reason except it was that way when she was recovered, and is on the NZ civil register as ZK-CAG.

So here she is, I hope you enjoy this slice of Aussie wartime history that has been happily flying in New Zealand for almost 20 years.


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[Dave Homewood]

Who made the decals Zac?

[ZacYates]

Feb 12, 2020 7:46:33 GMT 12 Dave Homewood said:

Who made the decals Zac?

John Sutherland, trading as OldModels Decals (link). He does a huge range of Kiwi subjects in every mainstream scale, and - such as for Currawong and the Fletchers - is happy to do custom jobs that then join the range for others to purchase. He has a small range of warbirds on offer as well as RNZAF and civil subjects.

[planecrazy]

Thanks for that link, great stuff, wish I'd known about these decals earlier,
have more projects coming.