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    "A Wing And A Prayer" thoughts

    Currently reading "A Wing And A Prayer" by Harry Crosby, who was a B-17 navigator. I can't put the book down, I read about 70 pages of it today. It got me thinking, and wanting to know, about the navigators. My great uncle was a navigator, but he was KIA. What was navigator training like, what...
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    Converting Tamiya's Mosquito Mk. IV to a PR XVI

    I'm looking to convert Tamiya's 1/48 Mosquito Mk. IV to a PR MK XVI in USAAF markings. I have aftermarket two-stage nacelles, but not sure what else I need. I heard that the canopy is different (IIRC blisters on the side and top) and the vertical stabilizer is taller, but can anyone confirm? Is...
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    Engine finishes

    I see a lot of the modelers paint their engines, including cylinders, a metallic color, especially the R2800s. I was wondering if anyone can shed some light on what a correct factory finish would be? Seems to me that the cylinders were painted a light gray. Also, what about accessories, ignition...
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    Replica Hawker Hurricane

    Being that the basic structure of the airplane is metal tubing, wood and fabric, I was wondering how easy it would be to build a 1:1 flying replica of the Hurricane. IIRC, the wing box and other components of the structure are special alloy, and would be expensive to have remanufactured, but...
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    FW190 a year earlier

    I read that the FW190 entered service in Spring 1941, if it had been a year earlier and been in the Battle Of Britain, would it have made any sort of a significant difference for the Luftwaffe? Something that was running through my head.
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    F4U Corsair Airfoil

    I'm going to start doing some work to design in Fusion 360 for Tamiya's 1/48 F4U Corsair, and at other scales, to be able to convert it to a Mk II. I have an airfoil plugin for Fusion to design the wings, but was wondering if anyone knows what airfoil(s) it used?
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    Hypothetical, A-1 Skyraider in WW2

    Since the A-1 first flew in 1946, I’m curious if it had entered service (with AAC/Navy/Marines) during the last year, say June 1944, what it might have been like.
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    Aircraft from "So I Bought An Air Force"

    Thanks I appreciate it. Glad to know the status of these, but it's sad that his El Gato crashed.
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    Aircraft from "So I Bought An Air Force"

    I just finished reading William Martin's "So I Bought An Air Force", it was a good read that I enjoyed thoroughly. I was wondering if anyone knows the whereabouts of the P-51s he brought up from Nicaragua and Costa Rica, and the T-28s and B-26s he brought down there. What about the P-51and P-47...
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    Tamiya 1/48 P-51B wing cover

    Thanks guys. What I was also thinking of doing was to create a pattern with masking tape, put it on a piece of flat clear plastic, cut to shape and then slightly heat it to match the curvature and then glue it in with PVA or similar type of glue. Or pour clear resin into the void and then sand...
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    Tamiya 1/48 P-51B wing cover

    I lost the lens cover that goes on the left wing, was wondering if anyone has a spare that they're willing to part with. I'd appreciate it.
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    I'll Trade U 4 That.

    Hi, I have a Hobby Boss 1/48 A-6E Tram kit that I'd like to trade for either an -A or -E variant, as well as an Italieri 1/72 TRAM. My dad was with the A-6s, but was on the -As and -Es, not the TRAMS. Trying to build these for him.
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    P-40 in Flathead Lake, MT

    I'm visiting family in Kalispell, MT and it was mentioned to me, while we were driving around Flathead Lake that during WW2 a P-40 had made a forced landing on the frozen lake. When the ice melted, the P-40 sank to the bottom. I'm curious to know if anyone knows the details about the airplane...
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    Question about converting Tamiya's 1/48 F4U-1A Corsair

    Thanks for that. As much as I want to be lazy and have it as an ex JT195-424 Corsair, I think I'll square off the wingtips by 8" on both ends. I appreciate it, I'll post pics of it when it's finished.
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    Question about converting Tamiya's 1/48 F4U-1A Corsair

    I'm working on a Tamiya 1/48 F4U-1A, but it will be an alternative history "what if" model. The basis is that the 78th Fighter Group of the 8th AAF, short on aircraft, acquired some spare Royal Navy Corsair Mk IIs that weren't deployed to the Pacific, and were repainted in the OD, Neutral Gray...
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