After the first volume devoted to the

Focke-Wulf Fw 190A, the "Planes and

Model Kits" Collection continues with an

often-underestimated plane, the Curtiss

P-40. The reason is simple. In spite of its

limitations, the Warhawk was a machine

which took part in the whole conflict and

on all the fronts, sporting some of the

most highly-coloured insignia and nose-arts

of WWII. What can be more motivating

than to produce a model with such

spectacular camouflages?

The present work has no historical pretensions

and offers simply the possibility

of discovering a plane purely from a modellers'

point of view.

Each of the four assemblies is centred

on one particular theme with the objective

of presenting certain "sleights of hand"

used by the old modelling veterans in the

most dynamic and didactic manner. The

models are a P-40B, a P-40E, a P-40F

and P-40N, all 1/48th scale.