XP-40, was a P-36A equipped with an 1160hp supercharged Allison V-1710-19 engine. This monoplane was armed with a pair of 0.3 inch (7.62mm) machine guns in the wings and the main landing gear units were held flat in the wing section, deploying forward. The wheel had to rotate through 90 degrees during the deployment process to be aligned for landing. The P-40E, with a shortened nose, shortened landing gear and armed with six 0.5 inch (12.7mm) wing machine guns, was used extensively as a low-altitude close-support fighter. Numerous units were exported to the Allied air forces, among which 1500 served the RAF as P-40E Kittyhawk Mk.IA. The British deployed the Kittyhawk in Northern Africa against the German Luftwaffe.
Please see the paint guide below for the manufacturer’s suggested colors.
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Product Details:
Scale: 1/32
Skill Level: 3
Parts: 180+
- Painting and assembly required
- 18 sprues
- Molded in high-quality plastic
- One decal sheet
- Clear parts
- Optional bomb or auxiliary fuel tank
- Detailed cockpit interior
- Optional position canopy
- One pilot figure
- Includes decals and paint guides for the following versions:
- US Army Air Force, 9th FS / 49th FG, Lt. John D. Landers, New Guinea, 1942
- US Army Air Force, 76th FS / 23rd FG, Maj. Edward F. Rector, China, July 1942
- Illustrated instructions and paint guide
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Paint Guide:
Red
Yellow
Silver
Neutral Grey
Sandy Brown
Dark Earth
Steel
Cocoa Brown or Hull Red
Flat Black
Sail Color
Red Brown
Mahogany
Clear
Clear Red
Clear Blue
Flesh
Khaki Green
Burnt Iron
Semi-Gloss Black
Tire Black
Olive Drab FS 34087
White FS 17875
Light Grey FS 36495
Zinc Chromate Type I FS 34151
Chromate Yellow Primer FS 33481
Dark Green BS 641
Ocean Grey
Medium Sea Grey BS 637
Sky BS 381C/210
Dark Earth BS 381C/450
Azure Blue
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