P-40M Kitty Hawk

The Curtiss P-40 family are among the most kitted aircraft around and I cut my teeth on the Airfix 1/72 version way back last century.

- Paul Foster

The aircraft is probably well known to most and the range of colourful options and sharks teeth make it a favourite subject. Since my first Airfix attempt I’ve always liked the 112 Squadron shark nosed aircraft so jumped at the chance of another. Opening the box I would say this particular kit is really aimed at younger/starter modellers as HobbyBoss have reduced it to the bare minimum of parts, simplified a lot of the detail and made the location almost snap together in places. There are some compromises with detail but the outline is good and the panel lines are lightly recessed.