Psychographic Posted March 26, 2018 Share Posted March 26, 2018 I'm toying the the idea if grafting the front of a P-40 to a model T kit. By looking at pictures of the plane, I would be cutting the plane about at the end of exhaust. What scale kit would be as close to 1" wide at this part of the fuselage? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High octane Posted March 26, 2018 Share Posted March 26, 2018 I would go with a 1/48th scale airplane kit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobraman Posted March 26, 2018 Share Posted March 26, 2018 Your going to do what ? Oh boy, this I have got to see! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LDO Posted March 26, 2018 Share Posted March 26, 2018 The Allison V-1710 was 36 inches wide, and they were packed in pretty tight. 1/32 would be closest to the dimension you gave. IIRC, the Rolls-Royce Merlin was only 29 inches wide. A P-51D might be even closer to 1" across. Not sure, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psychographic Posted March 26, 2018 Author Share Posted March 26, 2018 (edited) 5 hours ago, cobraman said: Your going to do what ? Oh boy, this I have got to see! I cut up a Paddy Wagon glue bomb to make a clone of an old Aurora kit. I realized the cab is way too long the way I cut it. As I've tried different wheelbases and wheels for mock and to give me a direction to go in, I saw an airplane nose as a possibility. This is a quick sketch using a generic nose. After drawing it I realize the scoop at the bottom of the P-40 would have to go and that is what I thought made that nose cool looking. This nose does have a small scoop on the top like the P-40 along with two large scoops on the side for the radiator. I think power would be a 4 banger. The rear wheels should be moon discs, or steelies with trim rings and small caps. The Steelies look much better Edited March 26, 2018 by Psychographic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LDO Posted March 26, 2018 Share Posted March 26, 2018 The P-51A has a scoop on top of the nose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaronw Posted March 27, 2018 Share Posted March 27, 2018 I've got a 1/72 P-40, it measures 5/8" wide at that point. 1/48 is would be 1-1/2x larger so should measure around 15/16" , 1/32 is 2-1/4x larger so should measure around 1.4" (roughly 1-7/16") Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psychographic Posted March 28, 2018 Author Share Posted March 28, 2018 Thank you everyone. I just bought a 1/48 P-40 gluebomb on ebay. I'll know very soon if my idea will work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psychographic Posted April 1, 2018 Author Share Posted April 1, 2018 I got the gluebomb plane and it didn't look good on the C cab. I went to see if I had a Red Baron kit and it does look pretty good on that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SfanGoch Posted April 1, 2018 Share Posted April 1, 2018 That works for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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