Written and designed by Keith Sparks
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From the start, the goal for this project was to build a large, lightweight, 1/4-scale model with materials easily obtained from home improvement stores. Material availability has proved to be one of the major obstacles with most of my foam-based designs. Although the P-40 Warhawk uses light plywood and balsa in areas requiring extra strength, the majority of the airframe was purchased at my local home improvement store.
The construction…