Mick
SOH-CM-2024
Hi Mick,
Well why not, but not just yet...
By the looks of it a B is a C/D with the A gun blisters, so not too hard to convert...
So if you do any hold back and I'll get round to doing the B fairly-ish soon.
Cheers
Shessi
Yep, the visible difference between the B and C were the 3D or flat gun positions, including a blister instead of the big dustbin belly position. As far as I recall those were the only external changes.
I will keep the pics I found on the web, and my printed modeling references are always at hand. As the thirties progressed, the Army went from wild colors on planes like the P-26 to plain silver with only unit codes. The B model came along during that transition, late enough to be natural metal but early enough to get some colorful markings like cowlings in squadron colors, squadron badges, formation leader stripes. Like how silver P-36s were colorful but silver P-39s and P-40s all looked alike except for unit codes. I can come up with at least three or four skins that have some color or some markings that wouldn't be on the later models.