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I hope it works out for you.

Rare Plane Detective https://www.rare-planedetective.com has the Koster turret kit in its December catalog. $33.

You might want to check out Barbatos Rex on You Tube, he has a wealth of airbrushing information, including hardware, techniques, paint brands and their foibles, etc.

I just received mine. They look great. The P-51H might just get moved up in the cue now.

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Thank you.

A beautiful job! I appreciate that you filled the wing panel lines, just as NA did. May I ask what technique you used? I am about to try a Tamiya P-51B and am looking for suggestions for this. Thanks.

Not further reading per se, but these two YouTube channels provide well researched daily updates on the Chinese and world economies, without political bias or click-bait hysteria; Joe Blogs and China Update.

Are you suggesting that the Chinese couldn't use a base in the Solomans to launch seaborn, particularly submarine, attacks on shipping in the Malacca Straights because they aren't particularly close? U.S., British, Japanese etc., fleets traveled extreme distances to engage in combat during WWII...

Hell, so do I.

I won't pretend to have any expertise in Asian politics but let me share a few thoughts. 1. A base in the Solomons that would allow Chinese aircraft to strike Australia is a base in the Solomans that can be struck by Australian aircraft and missiles, both land and sea-based. That base is a much...

Here we have some unadorned P-40Bs in the 20th PS, Wheeler field. The shade of the wheel covers is much lighter than the neutral gray cowling undersides.

Why? They face into the wing. What value would painting them neutral gray bring? It isn't as if they would be painted along with the wings. The wings in the photographs are already painted neutral gray while the wheel covers are zinc chromate yellow.

Not a bad conclusion, but what color would they be painted for delivery? Neutral gray isn't required as the wheel cover faces into the wing when the gear is retracted. The same applies to any standard color. No doubt the units will have a field day once issued, but what color would they be when...

If you look at the photo just below it, it appears to be the same A/C having the prop adjusted, likely before the stand is removed and the engine started up. I suspect that a the time the Curtiss employees knew what they were doing.