P-40 Warhawk

LAST EDITED ON Aug-19-04 AT 09:02 PM (CDT)
 
I'm gonna try to post a couple of pictures of Keith Sandberg's new P-40 Warhawk. The combat plane of WWII, not the unofficial stunt event. It is based on the RSM kit, although only a little remains of the original kit. Power is a Saito 56. Custom machined spinner backplate with greater depth than usual. Brodak dope. Note the neat droppable gas tank. Has not been flown as of a few minutes ago, waiting for less windy weather. Saw it at the Bentfield contest in Minneapolis this last weekend. Very pretty.

If I keep after this, I'll get everything in this post, yet. Keith is the president of the Minneapolis Piston Poppers and an excellent builder and Advanced flyer. He has been a real anchor for the club since we joined, saving our flying site virtually single-handedly and promoting the hobby to any number of people. #1 super guy!

I'll give credit for the photos when I know for sure who shot them. Was that you Jeff?

Good looking plane. Wish I had that patience.
Lee TGD

Looks good Keith. How about some specs? Good luck with it!

LAST EDITED ON Aug-20-04 AT 01:08 AM (CDT)
 
Kelvin:

My camera, my grass, Keith's hand on the shutter.

Jeff W

P.S. You knew I'd never get by with a one word reply.

You only think the grass is your's. You don't own a lawn, a lawn owns you!

Great looking P-40, on my "need to build" list. Is the drop tank operational in flight?

?Is the drop
>tank operational in flight?

No, and we were all threatened with mayhem if if it got broken off.

Kelvin, that is a beautiful finish! Do you know what was used and if it has a particular top coat if anything?

LAST EDITED ON Aug-20-04 AT 10:55 AM (CDT)
 
Larry, TTBOMK it is straight Brodak dope. It is every bit as good as it looks in the photos.

>Larry, TTBOMK it is straight Brodak dope. It is every bit as
>good as it looks in the photos.

Sweet!!

BUT...

WHERE'S THE SHARK MOUTH???

Andy

Direct quote from the builder, "Everybody has the shark mouth, and besides, it looked like a lot of work."

>BUT...
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>WHERE'S THE SHARK MOUTH???
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>Andy

>Direct quote from the builder, "Everybody has the shark
>mouth, and besides, it looked like a lot of work."

The easiest way to do it would be to generate the color graphics in an drawing, photo, or CAD program and then have decals custom made:

http://www.tangopapadecals.com./

Some more work to be sure, but you certainly wouldn't need to try and *paint* all that detail!

A beautiful job, with or without the mouth...

FWIW,

Andy

Actually, I don't think the Flying Tiger shark mouth was the most common scheme. There was also the Aleutian tiger mouth and a variety of personal nose art. The shark has become a sort of archtype scheme for the P-40 because of the Flying Tigers. I have a 15 size P-40 from Larry Richards in my pile to build that I want to do in the Aluetian scheme.

For those interested, here's Pat Johnston's P-40. This is the one that Pat used to design the RSM kit. He just scaled it down a bit for the .40 sized engine. This one has a Saito 56. I actually like the predecessor of this plane a bit more, but it was less scale-like. It used an ST60

LAST EDITED ON Aug-21-04 AT 01:58 AM (CDT)
 
Pat's .40 sized (RSM Prototype) P-40 is without doubt the best flying .40FP type model I have yet seen. Not quite equal to a .40VF/pipe powered Impact, but really excellent. Pat has plans available for his big Saito powered P-40, so no need to roll your own. I have his list in a .doc file...can't post it...not sure I would anyway, since our host Leonard sells some of the same plans. But I guess I could stick it on the website, if anybody wants it, or email it. Steve

LAST EDITED ON Aug-21-04 AT 12:23 PM (CDT)
 
Steve,

Wait till you see Pat's .40 sized prototype P-40 with the OS46LA on it. He's been testing that setup for a bit and may bring it to the Roundup.

Randy

Edit: Oh, forgot to mention that all Pat's semi-scale planes (P-40K big and little, a series of Bearcats and the new Mustang) have dihedral. Looks very cool and has no effect (or at least no negative effect) on flight characteristics. I've flown several of his planes and they are killer.