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.

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.