This item was built
from the Eduard Limited Edition Sharkmouths Over China Kit for the P-40 M/N.
I chose to build the P-40 N Flying Tiger with Taiwanese markings flown by the
Chinese Ace Wang Kwang Fu. His 6.5 kills earned him the honor flying
missions during WWII against the Japanese.
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Eduard's kit is an old mold
and has plenty of fit issues especially at the wing roots. The two
PE sets including one color zoom for the cockpit help a great deal.
Eduard also includes
a nice resin set as well as paint masks, helping to make this build better.
I would recommend it to a more experienced molder due to all of the small PE
pieces and the fit difficulties. Although the decal sheet supplied
was more than adequate, I used a set of Aeromaster decals. They went on
well with future and Microset but were a little bit thick. The tail decal
did not line up well, so I ended up painting on the white and blue stripes.
Model Master enamels were used for this project
Doug Fede
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