Curtiss P40B Fighter (New Tool)

Well as others said the two individual panels you have to put on the front of the fuselage do not fit properly and pretty much ruins the build for me considering the defect in manufacturing or design or whatever puts that error right up front and on top. I had no issues with the wing roots though, they were straight forward and fit just great. One thing though, where the heck are the iron sights? P-40 B had iron sights, of course this is a British kit so it appears to be a Kitty Hawk the British flew and removed the iron sights, I guess the designers didn't do proper research. I will finish it but it will end up in the trash heap when I finally find a decent p-40B kit. I hope Trumpeter's is worth a darn.

I have had issues with airfix in the past, but figured new tooling, hey lets give it a try. Nope!! I will give it a thumbs up on the detail, however that is lost when the kit is so poorly engineered. Instead of making the fuselage halves solid they added long strips on the nose and gun area and they don't fit right at all. the wing roots are separate and very problematic. it builds up ok, as long you don't look too close

Overall I think the kit is nice. Lots more detail than the Revell offering. No major fit issues, but a little bit of putty and sanding was needed. Decals were a bit fiddly to apply, but laid down very nicely with microset/sol. Very nice instructions.