1/48 P-40

[TimM63]

I have a Revell 1/48 P-40 Tiger Shark and an Airfix 1/48 P-40 Warhawk. I don't need them both as they are essentially the same.
Will trade one for any 1:35 armor kit.

 

[BlackSheepTwoOneFour]

I’ve done the Airfix kit. Great kit. I’ve done the old Monogram P-40 Flying Tigers kit in my youth. That Revell kit is probably the old Monogram re-pop kit.

 

[TimM63]

I’ve done the Airfix kit. Great kit. I’ve done the old Monogram P-40 Flying Tigers kit in my youth. That Revell kit is probably the old Monogram re-pop kit.

I may just build them both. They are different versions. I can go extreme paint with one of them.

 

[Down Time]

May I suggest a theme.......

 

[the Baron]

Yeah, the kit in the Revell boxing originated with Monogram. It remained in the combined catalog after Monogram and Revell were merged, right up to the Hobbico bankruptcy and the end of Revell-Monogram.

Revell only ever kitted the P-40E, first in 1/32, like the one Down Time showed, and then they pantographed it down to 1/48 scale.
After the merger with Monogram, Revell's P-48 was the basis for the ProModeler P-40E. Along with refining some details, RM added a couple of figures from the large bomber kits. They added the ground crewman, standing pointing up, and the pilot in overseas cap, modified to have one foot resting on a little box.

Airfix' kit is nice, but I didn't make me get rid of the remaining Monogram P-40s in my stash. It still builds into a nice representation of a P-40B.