My stash just grew again. (2022)

[NARSES2]

The boxes have always been clearly marked as being Italeri kits.

Thanks for that tit-bit Jon 

[DogfighterZen]

A late Spitfire prop should work on the P-40Q, too (thinking of a Griffon-esque 5-blade or even 6-blade contraprop...  ), and they'd be a bit more pointed than a Mustang's spinner?

I've been thinking of a 4 blade prop so far, i'm leaving the 5 bladed ones for Griffon powered ideas but, it can't hurt to try one on just to see if i like it...  

A Griffon prop won't work on a Merlin - rotates in the opposite direction.

Well, i wasn't even considering that detail but, yes, that is also something to bear in mind. Thanks for the detail, Lee.
Still, although not the way i like to do things, It's easy enough just to say it's a Merlin engine that spins in the opposite direction and this is Whif World so...

Gondor, the OH F-35C kit is, IMO, similar to the Academy kit as it has the over scale raised RAM tape detail but at least it's cleanly done and it's not as pronounced as on the Italeri kit.

About the only C variant available in 1/72 as far as I know though.

Gondor

Yep, i believe it's still the only kit of the C variant in 1/72. I hope Hasegawa completes the 1/72 F-35 trio with the C, keeping the same strategy of engraved detail and decals for the RAM tape.

[PR19_Kit]

Well, i wasn't even considering that detail but, yes, that is also something to bear in mind. Thanks for the detail, Lee.
Still, although not the way i like to do things, It's easy enough just to say it's a Merlin engine that spins in the opposite direction and this is Whif World so...

Rolls Royce did make Merlins that went the other way, the dh Hornet had one of each to ease the torque problems that beset the Mosquito.

You could also re-engine the P-40Q with a Griffon, who's to say what's under that cowling, eh?   

[DogfighterZen]

Rolls Royce did make Merlins that went the other way, the dh Hornet had one of each to ease the torque problems that beset the Mosquito.

You could also re-engine the P-40Q with a Griffon, who's to say what's under that cowling, eh?   

Absolutely correct!   
I was forgetting that detail, but still, i want to try to have some degree of plausibility on my whifs and if i'm to say there's a Griffon engine under the cowling, then the model will have the blisters over the cylinder heads to give it the characteristic look of Griffon powered fighters like the Spitfire or Mustang had.
Another way to go around that detail would be a contra-prop but i haven't had a chance to read enough about it or test stuff out yet. We'll see when the time comes.

[NARSES2]

Rolls Royce did make Merlins that went the other way, the dh Hornet had one of each to ease the torque problems that beset the Mosquito.

I didn't know that until I started building the AZ kit. They are very specific about which prop/spinner you use on each side.

[Gondor]

Rolls Royce did make Merlins that went the other way, the dh Hornet had one of each to ease the torque problems that beset the Mosquito.

I didn't know that until I started building the AZ kit. They are very specific about which prop/spinner you use on each side.

Swap them over and see if a JMN notices 

Gondor

[PR19_Kit]

I didn't know that until I started building the AZ kit. They are very specific about which prop/spinner you use on each side.

Not only that, but AZ make the starboard engine a tiny bit longer than the port one, just as DH did to make space for the extra gear train of the reverse rotation Merlin! 

[NARSES2]

I didn't know that until I started building the AZ kit. They are very specific about which prop/spinner you use on each side.

Not only that, but AZ make the starboard engine a tiny bit longer than the port one, just as DH did to make space for the extra gear train of the reverse rotation Merlin! 

You know I am now going to have to get the ruler out 

[PR19_Kit]

You know I am now going to have to get the ruler out 

Of course, I'd expect you to. 

It's only about 1 mm, maybe less, but it is longer.

[jcf]

A sidebar on the RW implications of a Griffon swap:
Griffon is about 8.5" taller/deeper than an V-1710 and the contra-prop versions weigh around 2,000 lbs versus 1,400 pounds for the V-1710.

It'd need a bit of a rear fuselage extension. 

[Dizzyfugu]

When I build my P-40Q, it will probably get a Spitfire IX prop instead of the OOB white metal thing. IIRC, QuickBoost does a nice resin aftermarket piece.

[zenrat]

Today, from BNA Model World (along with some canopy masks for the stash) I received this...

Grumman Mohawk by Fred Maillardet, on Flickr

Looking at it in the box it puts the old Hasegawa mould firmly in the shade.  Probably one of the more detailed 1/72 aircraft in my stash, frustrating building highlights to look forward to include fitting individual PE ribs into the undercarriage bays and finding space for enough nose weight.   
I'm thinking of painting it in Auscam.

[Old Wombat]

I'm thinking of painting it in Auscam.

 

[NARSES2]

I'm thinking of painting it in Auscam.

 

Yup would look good 

[Wardukw]

Auscam would look great on that Mohawk Fred