Dear Woody;

The W.M. P-40 is a way stand off scale model. The retract system is not very good, and I never liked the system they use. On the other side of the coin, the model flyies very well and suprisingly fast with a hot .46. It is larger then the W.M. P-51, but flies better too. The company sprayed paint over a shrink covering to get the camo paint job...and it is durable. My only falt is the landing gear...it is weak, and toss out the tires and get some good Du-Bro units in placed.
Have fun...

Soft landings always,
Bobby of Maui