From: "Submissions for ARC" To: "David & Natasja Johnson" References: <4C0250E1.209@xtra.co.nz> Subject: Re: HLJ - Hasegawa P-40 Kittyhawk Mk.I/Mk.III Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2010 12:16:48 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0075_01CB0BBB.797BFDB0" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Unsent: 1 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3664 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0075_01CB0BBB.797BFDB0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi, I just wanted to let you know your article went on ARC today. Thanks = again for sending it in. Steve Bamford Aircraft Resource Center http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com Live like there is no tomorrow; Love like you've never been hurt. Work like you don't need the money. Dance like nobody's watching. Sing like nobody's listening. Live like it's Heaven on Earth. ----- Original Message -----=20 From: David & Natasja Johnson=20 To: submissions@arcair.com=20 Sent: Sunday, May 30, 2010 4:49 AM Subject: HLJ - Hasegawa P-40 Kittyhawk Mk.I/Mk.III Hasegawa P-40 Kittyhawk Mk.I/Mk.III 1/32 Limited Release Product #08204 (http://www.hlj.com/product/HSG08204) from HobbyLink = Japan (www.hlj.com) Product Article by Dave Johnson on the May 2010 Looking at the box art you will be thinking, haven't I seen this = boxing released before.? Well yes and no. This box art featured on = Hasegawa's 1/48 Limited Release of the Kittyhawk Mk.III boxing #09715 = around the end of 2006. This time the same box art is featuring on this = 1/32 release. Most large scale fans of the P-40 will know of the = offerings and what to expect from Hasegawa's past releases of the E, K, = N and M versions . Opening the box top you are greeted with 190 parts on = 10 medium gray and 1 transparent sprues.=20 The cockpit has an excellent level of detail as its past releases have = and have not changed since the release of the first boxing of the P-40E. = There should be no need to replace the cockpit with an aftermarket resin = replacement as the detail in the office is excellent. The only addition = that you may wish to add is a Seat Harness, scratch built or the many of = aftermarket options that is out there for the modeler to choose from. = You will need to check your references to see whether you require a = British Sutton Harness or U.S. Style Harness, as most RAF and = Commonwealth units used the Sutton Harness. The kit is loaded with lots = of optional parts to build different versions of the P-40. Two versions = of the tall style tail, instrument panels, mid-fuselage Drop tank or = bomb assemblies, Tubular and Flared types of exhaust pipes and cowl = flaring to correspond with the exhaust pipes and canopies. Exterior = details are fantastic with very fine recessed panel lines and rivet = lines with raised details for the fabric covered ribs tapes for the = elevators and ailerons areas. The parts show no signs of molding flash, = sink marks or major seem lines. The kit has options for two aircraft - Kittyhawk Mk.III, Geoffrey B. Fisken, 14th Squadron, RNZAF July 1943 KittyHawk Mk.Ia, No.239 Wing Desert A.F, RAF, No.112 "Shark" Squadron, = Egypt, 1942. The print and colour registry on the decal sheet is very crisp. The = printed white has been an issue on past Hasegawa releases as being to = dark and appearing as a cream colour. This sheet is a lot better, and = appears to be an off white or weathered white instead of the usual cream = colour seen on past releases . The markings for Geoff Fisken's "Wairapa = Wildcat" did appear in the last issue of the P-40 boxing, which was the = M boxing. Some notes and information that may be of interest to anyone who is = considering building an RNZAF P-40 scheme and/or Geoff Fisken's = "Wairarapa Wildcat" thats supplied in this boxing - The P-40 was known throughout the RAF as the Kittyhawk but RNZAF used = the American designations of the P-40. RNZAF used American flying = equipment and US Style harness, but used the British 'Mae West' life = jackets. The blue on the RNZAF roundels have always been a hot debate = within RNZAF Historians and enthusiasts for many years, The dark royal = blue that appears on the Hasegawa decal sheet for the RNZAF roundels = appears to be too dark in my opinion and others. RNZAF roundel blue is = near to Fs 25056 when its freshly applied to the aircraft. With the heat = and dusty conditions in the South Pacific the roundel blue weathers to a = Fs.35109. There are a few aftermarket P-40 decal sheets by a New = Zealand manufacture called Ventura Publications, that have a have these = colours featuring on their decal sheets. =20 Geoff Fisken's, NZ3072, P-40M "Wairarapa Wildcat" arrived by ship = into Auckland, New Zealand, assembled and test flown in March 1943. It = suffered some damage while it was been ferried to New Caledonia. It was = handed over to be repaired by the local U.S.Army Air Service Command = Corps unit. Before handing back the aircraft to the New Zealanders, the = US unit had painted their unit emblem of a black tomcat on the cowling's = of the P-40 NZ3072. Geoff Fisken had been allocated this aircraft at = this time, and the New Zealander pilots 'owned' their individual = aircraft and the black cat was decided to left on the cowls by Geoff and = ground crew. Since many in the Squadron came from the Wairarapa area in = the lower North Island of New Zealand, it was dubbed the 'Wairarapa = Wildcat'. The cats' white outline was apparently only added with chalk = to enhance it for a photo shoot and never carried the white outline. The = 11 victory flags appeared on the cowl only on the port side. The cat and = the number 19 appeared on both sides of the cowl. NZ3072 survived its tours of duty, and ended up back in NZ in early = 1944 where it was used for training at Ardmore Air Force base near = Auckland, and at Ohakea Air Force base . NZ3072 managed to survive a mid = air collision at the hands of trainee pilots in Aug 1944. NZ3072 was = unfortunately scrapped along with most of New Zealand's lend/lease = aircraft in 1947/48.sub=20 I would like to thank HobbyLink Japan (www.hlj.com) for the review = sample. -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ----- -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ----- -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ----- -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ----- -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ----- -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ----- -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ----- -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ----- -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ----- -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ----- -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ----- -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ----- -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ----- ------=_NextPart_000_0075_01CB0BBB.797BFDB0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
 
Hi,
I just wanted to let you know = your article=20 went on ARC today.  Thanks again for sending it in.
 
Steve Bamford
Aircraft Resource = Center
http://www.aircraftresourc= ecenter.com
 
Live like there is no tomorrow;
Love = like you've=20 never been hurt.
Work like you don't need the money.
Dance like = nobody's=20 watching.
Sing like nobody's listening.
Live like it's Heaven on=20 Earth.
----- Original Message -----
From:=20 David = & Natasja=20 Johnson
To: submissions@arcair.com =
Sent: Sunday, May 30, 2010 4:49 = AM
Subject: HLJ - Hasegawa P-40 = Kittyhawk=20 Mk.I/Mk.III


Hasegawa

P-40=20 Kittyhawk Mk.I/Mk.III

1/32=20 Limited Release

Product #08204 (http://www.hlj.com/product/H= SG08204)=20 from HobbyLink Japan (www.hlj.com)

Product Article by Dave Johnson on the May=20 2010

Looking at the box art you will be = thinking, haven=92t I=20 seen this boxing released before=85? Well yes and no=85 This box art = featured on=20 Hasegawa=92s 1/48 Limited Release of the Kittyhawk Mk.III boxing = #09715 around=20 the end of 2006. This time the same box art is = featuring on=20 this 1/32 release. Most large scale fans of the P-40 = will know=20 of the offerings and what to expect  from = Hasegawa=92s=20 past releases of the E, K, N and M versions . Opening the box top=20 you are greeted with 190 parts on 10 = medium gray and=20 1 transparent sprues.

The cockpit has an = excellent level=20 of detail as its past releases have and have not changed since the = release of=20 the first boxing of the P-40E. There should be no need to replace the = cockpit=20 with an aftermarket resin replacement as the detail in the office is=20 excellent. The only addition that you may wish to add is a Seat = Harness,=20 scratch built or the many of aftermarket options that is out there for = the=20 modeler to choose from. You will need to check your references to=20 see whether you require a British Sutton = Harness or U.S.=20 Style Harness, as most RAF and Commonwealth units used the Sutton = Harness. The=20 kit is loaded with lots of optional parts to build different versions = of the=20 P-40. Two versions of the tall style tail, instrument panels,=20  mid-fuselage Drop tank or bomb assemblies, Tubular = and=20 Flared types of exhaust pipes and cowl flaring to correspond = with the=20 exhaust pipes and canopies. Exterior details are fantastic with = very=20 fine recessed panel lines and rivet lines with raised details for the = fabric=20 covered ribs tapes for the elevators and ailerons areas. The parts = show no=20 signs of molding flash, sink marks or major seem=20 lines.

The kit has options for two = aircraft=20 -

Kittyhawk Mk.III, Geoffrey B. = Fisken,=20 14th Squadron, RNZAF July 1943

KittyHawk Mk.Ia, No.239 Wing = Desert A.F, RAF,=20 No.112 =93Shark=94 Squadron, Egypt, 1942.

The print and colour registry on the decal = sheet is=20 very crisp. The printed white has been an issue on past Hasegawa = releases as=20 being to dark and appearing as a cream colour. This sheet is a lot = better, and=20 appears to be an off white or weathered white instead of the usual = cream=20 colour seen on past releases . The markings for Geoff Fisken=92s = =93Wairapa=20 Wildcat=94 did appear in the last issue of the P-40 boxing, which was = the M=20 boxing.

Some notes and = information that=20 may be of interest to anyone who is considering building an RNZAF P-40 = scheme=20 and/or Geoff Fisken=92s =93Wairarapa Wildcat=94 thats supplied in this = boxing=20 -


The P-40 was = known throughout=20 the RAF as the Kittyhawk but RNZAF used the American=20 designations of the P-40. RNZAF used American flying = equipment=20 and US Style harness, but used the British =91Mae West=92 life = jackets.=20  The blue on the RNZAF roundels have always been a = hot=20 debate within RNZAF Historians and enthusiasts for many years, The = dark royal=20 blue that appears on the Hasegawa decal sheet for the RNZAF roundels = appears=20 to be too dark  in my opinion and others. RNZAF roundel blue is = near to=20 Fs 25056 when its freshly applied to the aircraft. With the heat and = dusty=20 conditions in the South Pacific the roundel blue weathers to a=20 Fs.35109.  There are a few aftermarket = P-40 decal=20 sheets by a New Zealand manufacture called Ventura=20 Publications, that have a have these colours featuring on their = decal=20 sheets. 

Geoff Fisken=92s,=20  NZ3072, P-40M =93Wairarapa Wildcat=94 arrived by = ship into=20 Auckland, New Zealand, assembled and test flown in March = 1943. It=20 suffered some damage while it was been ferried to New Caledonia. It = was handed=20 over to be repaired by the local U.S.Army Air Service Command Corps=20 unit.  Before handing back the aircraft to the New Zealanders, = the US unit had=20 painted their unit emblem of a black tomcat on the cowling's of the = P-40=20 NZ3072. Geoff Fisken had been allocated this aircraft  at this time,=20 and the New Zealander pilots 'owned' their individual aircraft and the = black cat was=20 decided to left on the cowls by Geoff and ground crew. Since many in the Squadron came = from the=20 Wairarapa area in the lower North Island of New Zealand, it was = dubbed =20 the 'Wairarapa Wildcat'. The cats' white outline was apparently = only added=20 with chalk to enhance it for a photo shoot and never carried the white = outline. The 11 victory flags appeared on the cowl only on the port = side. The=20 cat and the number 19 appeared on both sides of the=20 cowl.


NZ3072 survived = its tours of=20 duty, and ended up back in NZ in early 1944 where it was used for = training at=20 Ardmore Air Force base near Auckland, and at Ohakea Air Force base . = NZ3072=20 managed to survive a mid air collision at the hands of trainee pilots = in Aug=20 1944. NZ3072 was unfortunately scrapped along with most of New = Zealand's=20 lend/lease aircraft in = 1947/48.sub =


 

I would like to thank HobbyLink Japan = (www.hlj.com) for the review sample.

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