I hope that I am posting this in the right (most productive) place. I am working on a commission for a client who is collecting all the aircraft flown during the Battle of Midway. There were two left from his collection that he has asked me to fill in. SB2U Vindicator and the OS2U Kingfisher.
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Our local modelling club, the ACT Scale Modellers' Society, has its annual exhibition in November and one theme is the 75th anniversary of 1942. I'm contributing a number of 1/72 models of aircraft of the Battle of Midway but have problems finding some information on the very early B-26s and...
Since i got the Skyraider done in USS MIDWAY markings i deciced to build a F-4B and A-6A from the USS MIDWAY. I will be using the Eduard ( Academy ) F-4B and Hobby Boss A-6A.There is a reason for the white plastic between pilot and RIO. When dry fitting tub with instrument panel and ejection...
I was re-reading Shattered Sword, about the battle of Midway, and started to think about how much more bang-for-the-buck the first team of US naval aviators gave compared to later pilots. In the Battle of Midway, for example, three squadrons of pre-war trained SBD pilots sunk 3 carriers in one...