Curtiss P-40K Warhawk "White 13"

Posted on 10/22/2017 in kit with tags US Army

US Army – 64th Fighter Squadron, 57th Fighter Group, 1st Lt. Robert Johnson "Jay" Overcash, 246040, Hadi Main (Tunisia), May 1943

Kit details

Finished in a very worn and matt AAF Sand over Neutral Grey, from being scoured by the abrasive desert sand. Area behind rear glass panels could be faded OD or Sand. Spinner is a dull red, rectangle on fin and rudder behind serial number is Olive Drab. Prop blades black with 4" yellow tips. Mainwheel hubs appear to be upper surface color.

This model appears in

  • IPMS Seattle 2018 Spring Show, at the Community Center in Renton WA, from Apr 21 2018 to Apr 21 2018 (event managed by IPMS Seattle)

Curtiss P-40K Warhawk "White 13"
Overcash final score was 5 victories, the last two flying White 13 on April 2nd, 1944, while escorting USAAF B-25s and RAF Baltimores on a bombing mission.
Scale 1:72
Modeler: Paolo Marcucci