Hasegawa 1/48 P-40E Warhawk

I have been doing modeling for many years one of the best I have ever done

Great model kis was a gid fit, and sturdy. Easy to work on

Clean details

Pieces fit together nicely good amount of detail. Fun to build personally I choose to build my planes with the landing gear up to see the planes and they’re more natural state as if they were flying.

Good product easy to clean parts Good instructions

Old, discontinued kit. The decals fell apart when I tried to apply them, there were several parts included that were not meant for the kit, and building it with the gear up was well-nigh impossible. The wheels didn't fit in the wells and had to be ground down so they would. The gear doors didn't come close to fitting when in the closed position. I found out the kit was discontinued when I contacted Hasegawa, and they told me there was nothing they could do about the decals. I found an aftermarket set, fortunately. Just a PITA from start to finish.

The Hasegawa 1/48 P-40E Warhawk is currently the best kit on the market of this aircraft. The fuselage assembly will fit together precisely if each half is completely assembled from its component parts instead of following the order as shown in the instructions. I did not have to use any filler material for the seams between the fuselage halves due to careful dry fitting of these parts and completely building each fuselage half up before cementing the halves together. When attaching the main wing assembly to the fuselage, I obtained a tight wing root seam by only gluing on the wing lower half to the fuselage initially and then attaching the upper main wing surfaces afterwards. Once the completed wing assembly is attached, apply Tamiya Extra Thin to the main wing root seam and tape or hold

I enjoyed building and painting this model. It was fairly easy to build with well written instructions.The decals fit well and were easy to put on.