{"id":2044,"date":"2012-04-18T08:09:19","date_gmt":"2012-04-18T16:09:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightonreplicas.com\/blog\/?p=2044"},"modified":"2012-04-18T08:09:19","modified_gmt":"2012-04-18T16:09:19","slug":"p-51-p-40-combo-am-172-kit-1020-0100","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.rightonreplicas.com\/blog\/?p=2044","title":{"rendered":"P-51 P-40 Combo AM 1\/72 kit #1020-0100"},"content":{"rendered":"
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RoR Step-by-Step Review 20120418 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c P-51 P-40 Combo AM 1\/72 kit #1020-0100<\/span>
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See the Step-by-Step<\/span><\/a><\/span> Review by Kevin Lawton \"Kevin<\/a><\/p>\n

The P-40 Warhawk first flew in 1938 and when production ceased in Nov. 1944 13,738 had been built.\u00c2\u00a0 Anyone familiar with the \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcFlying Tigers\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 or who has seen a movie about Pearl Harbor is familiar with the P-40.\u00c2\u00a0 The P-40\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s flown by the Flying Tigers with their distinctive shark\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s mouth are perhaps one of the most iconic American fighters of World War II.<\/span><\/p>\n

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For the modeler: Assembly of the P-40 was not too difficult and the decals were wonderful.\u00c2\u00a0 My only real criticism of this kit is the instructions \u00e2\u20ac\u201c they consist of a series of too-often photo-copied black and white pictures of parts being fitted to the model making parts locations somewhat uncertain \u00e2\u20ac\u201c especially for the beginner.\u00c2\u00a0 In the end I would highly recommend this kit to any young or not so young beginner.\u00c2\u00a0 Although I spent time filling seams and masking to use an air brush, a beginner with some supervision (especially to fix the warped wing) could forget about the seams, paint the model with a brush, and wind up with a nice looking shark mouth P-40.\u00c2\u00a0 <\/span>Except for the issue with the P-51 wing (which may only be my sample) this is a very easy kit to assemble.\u00c2\u00a0 Painting this kit using a airbrush requires a significant investment of time, however a beginner using a brush could eliminate most, if not all of the masking.\u00c2\u00a0 I would certainly recommend this kit to any beginner.\u00c2\u00a0 A bit of adult supervision might be necessary for the painting, but over all the kit certainly fits the bill \u00e2\u20ac\u201c being aimed squarely at the beginner.<\/span><\/p>\n

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