Warbird Information Exchange

I am looking for a set of detailed blueprints for the P-40, all models (if possible). I know there will be some gaps in there, missing information, variances between as-drawn and as-built, etc. What I am looking to do is start with small parts / sections and build one from scratch.

I have seen the digital blueprints on sale for several places ranging from $48 to $10k, several out of Australia for around $250. If I can start out with just a few drawings (tail preferably, but anything even as small as a gear door, access ), then I can get started in the end of March / early April and probably finish around May 2030 . Can anyone share a vendor's name/link which has the best drawings for the price?

Many thanks!

You might try contacting 'Hang the Expense' on this forum, he can probably steer you in the right direction.

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Fantastic! Thanks!

Ash Briggs in Melbourne has all the bits to make one up. It will save you a lot of time and money. Pretty much order a set and then put it together like a giant airfix kit. PM me if you want his details.

Please pass along that contact info. I am more interested in building the parts myself, but I do know it will probably take more time and money. I am quite certain that there will be a few parts along the way that I will buy to expedite certain milestones.

The reason I need the prints of the tail section is that over the summer I am going to work on a replica tail for where I work at Tuskegee University. It will be a display for them in the Chappie James Museum. Since it will be out of my pocket for the materials, I can afford to donate the material and time, but not what it would cost to have someone else make the tail section for me. It's a bit of a labor of love for me.

This (mine, not the Tuskegee tail) will be slow-going as I am 40 now and I plan on finishing it before I turn 65.