Recent content by 494thFS

Hello Tim, I looked through my references and online. There are a lot of photographs of the man, but I haven't been able to find any of his aircraft. Littlefriends.co.uk doesn't list any name or artwork on the aircraft. That doesn't necessarily mean that it wasn't there, but it would...

thirtybg, you are my absolute hero! That picture is better than I could have imagined. I can see tons of details that will make this such a great build. Man, what a beautiful bird this is. I think I'm in love!

Hey guys, My local IPMS is doing an Idaho theme build and a buddy of mine is doing P-47D-20-RE, 42-76468, coded UN-R. The left side of the cowl has the name "Ol' Steel Butt" with artwork of Bugs Bunny carrying a sword and shield, while the left has a painting of Idaho. This a/c was...

Great! I'll be waiting!

Hello all, I'm getting ready for the Photo Recon group build and need some photo references. I'm building the 1/48 Academy P-38 in the F-5E variant. I want to do F-5E 43-28333, nicknamed "Lanakila" with artwork of a hawaiian Ali'i (royalty) on the nose. It was in the 27th PRS, 7th PRG, 8th...

Hey guys, it took forever but I tracked down a photo of the left hand side of the aircraft. Indeed it is "Jamie Boy" and none of the other names reported. So, my decals sheet was correct after all. Off I go to finish it... Thanks a ton!

Hello all! First post ever. I just came across this site recently, and I am very excited about how great a research tool this forum is. I'm building a model of Robert "Punchy" Powell's P-47D #42-8617, 328th FS, 352nd FG. Powell had the right side of the aircraft and it was obviously...