Gentlemen,

The Kyosho .40 warbirds have been out for years. I've got a P-40 that I've been working on and off for about two years now. The problem was that they are known for shedding the horizontal stabs in normal flight. Do a search...... Also, the covering is not monokote type but the older sticky back shelf-paper type stuff that looks like crap after a few minutes in the sun. It does not shrink back well or easily. I doubt any of this has changed but maybe. Tower/Great Planes stopped importing these planes almost immediately due to the many problems/returns they were getting. Its only now that Kyosho has its own USA distribution center are these planes going to start trickling in again. I would like to see a current kit.

The thing is though......;
They fly GREAT! So having said all that I've been tearing off the old covering, rebuilding a new/stronger stab, and am recovering in a more scale color scheme. Whoever said that the CMP is more scale is WRONG! While the Kyosho is no master scale competitor it is a bunch more true to the three views I have than the CMP. The spine on the CMP is not curved enough, The rudder is too short and fat, the cowl is too curved (slopes) on top and bottom, the canopy side window shape are too long and flat on top. While it looks like a P-40 and has a more scale color scheme it's not really as true as the Kyosho.

If you really compare this three view you'll see what I mean.

Mike