P-40 Warhawk

[gamary]

And yet another WIP:


I'm part of the French Wing of the Commemorative AF and the president absolutely loves the P-40 so this should make him happy.

He might also ask me to make a couple hundred so we can make a book.

Comments/criticism are welcome. Note that I'm working in an unusual way, doing bits and pieces here instead of my usual "layered" building.

[Supah]

Good start Gaëtan! Always felt this was the prettiest of the P-40 family

[GiantFlyingRobots]

Nice start, look forward to seeing it evolve.

Care to elaborate on this?

Im curious as to the meaning of "bits and pieces."

Its on the list.

[Jarink]

Lookin' good so far!

I'm already wondering how much of this could be re-used for (French) Hawk 75 profiles.

[mclaring]

Gataen,

niiiiice. You have good plans. here is one I did last year. The only thing I can say is thankfully I have improved since. The shading on yours is excellent. Looking forward to final product,

MC

[BLOWHARD]

It's looking like a great start. I can't wait to see it with all the details and weathering in place!

Another cool tree Mc I notice you've got the correct (but almost always missed) blue underwing lettering. Nice one!

[gamary]

Small update:

Funny. I also wondered about that. It might be worth converting it into the P-36/Hawk 75 later on. I guess I need to look into it some more.

Mc & BH: thanks for the pointer. I'll look into that. I never noticed it was supposed to be blue. Same blue as the roundel I imagine?

[BLOWHARD]

AFAIK, yes, the same Insignia Blue as the roundel and/or stars and bars. They may have changed to black letters sometime in the war but the earlier stuff, 41-42, maybe later, seem to be blue. I know the early P-39s in the PTO had blue lettering at least.

[mclaring]

For this this timeframe, definately blue,

MC

[gamary]

Thx BH and Mc. You learn something everyday.

Forgot to answer...

I usually start by shading the entire plane, then adding the highlights. Then I'll do the lines, rivets, etc... Here I started with the spinner, shaped it, "lined" it and give it rivets... Instead of doing it in layers that cover the whole aircraft, I'm doing sections only... For example, I usually would not have added the exhaust pipes and cockpit fillings and small details like that until late in the drawing.

Don't know if I'm clear? Basically, I'm disorganized...