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A few more developments on this one. Found some posts on a few other sites talking with Delarm's family members/people who knew him back in the day. Pretty interesting stuff. Also been working on a 1:72 P-47N in Delarm's honor. I'll post a pic when it's all said and done. It's been a fun kit...

No kidding, the proverbial classic car hiding in grandma's barn story. There's got to be a few gems out there. I just don't have the time, money, luck, no-how or money to do it. Did I mention money? :rolleyes:

Here's another interesting link concerning the air war in Central America circa 1954 with color plates of some of the aircraft involved: Guatemala since 1954 I can't get enough of reading about WWII era fighters and aircraft in general flying long after the fall of Japan. It's just fun to...

HaAH... That's the one. Sad to see it in such rough shape but always positive to hear it's under restoration. Looks like the fuselage is workable. Thank you for that. I've scanned and hopefully this will attach. Got to love the painting, especially that big jug all silver. I've even found...

I found the article I was talking about. It was in an Aviation Illustrated from about ten years ago talking about Jerry Delarm and his F-47N shooting down a Costa Rican F-51D. Pretty interesting article and very interesting man. I've found a lot about him since finding the article. The...

I'm in the prelim stages of an Academy RB-50G. My uncle few with the 91st SRS over Korea, China and Russia during the cold war. Looks like it'll be a good project. Anybody have experience with aluminum foil for covering the aircraft body?

I was sitting around thinking of a story I read in an Aviation History or Air Classics magazine a few years ago about an American pilot in a P-47 in some Central or S. American country getting in a dogfight in that or a neighboring country. I can't seem to find the article and was wondering if...