p-40 warhawk: part 2

Bert Kinzey wraps up his two-volume examination of the Curtiss P-40 with this 1999 release from Squadron/Signal. Although it was getting long in the tooth by 1941, Curtiss' warhorse would continue to fight on in new variants, giving valuable service till war's end. Those later models - the P-40D through XP-40Q - are the subject of this volume, #62 in the 'Detail & Scale' series. Although D & S books can be somewhat dry, you can count on them being accurate not only in terms of text but illustrative material as well. In his introduction, Kinzey points out that his D & S crew did extensive research and also undertook extensive photography of surviving P-40 models to tell as accurate a story as possible. Air war buffs and modellers should enjoy the 79 pages of illustrations - photos and artwork - and the authoritative text. The later P-40 models were an interesting lot, similar yet different. Compare the P-40D with the K, M or Q and see how far Curtis-Wright was trying to stretch its aging warrior. It makes for fascinating reading. In summary, P-40 WARHAWK is another fine D & S title, giving full and accurate credit to a long-serving warbird. Recommended.