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I bought an aftermarket decal set that is confusing me. The version I am doing shows on the port side a black chevron, a black slash, then the luftwaffe cross then a black triangle a yellow stripe and the tail. How should I do the starboard side ? Should I start with the chevron nearest the tail...

Why do Navy Planes Have Tailhooks? Unbelievably, people don't realize that after a tough day of flying on and off of an aircraft carrier the planes are always washed, and then they use the hooks to hang the planes over the side to drip dry.

Evening all, I recently found a tail wheel from what I believe is a WW2 plane however I am having trouble working out which plane it is actually from. The plates have Serial number PP158700, DRG number 5371-2 (I believe from research that this is the AHO or AH number), and also M23L14 on the...

Hi folks, Here's my first foray into transport aircraft builds. It's an old Airfix mould kit circa 1960, yup, a kit which was around even before most of us were here. It was re-issued by Airfix a few years back and sad to say was not updated accordingly. Besides from the propeller options...

Found this picture on-line. Said it was an A-17 Nomad. I say not with that tail, but I have no idea what it is. Anyone?

Happy Holidays: I was hoping someone could ID this plane for me. I can see a tail number but wasn't able to ID the plane the top number appears to be 134 and the bottom number is 23478. I think this is a trainer, but again not sure. Thanks for the help.

Notice tail gunner.

Hi, sorry if this has already been posted but I couldn't find it. I was wondering if anyone had any good photos of the tail section of the Messerschmitt bf-109. Any and all of the variations if possible, as im trying to do a 4 page project on the tail and I need to do a comparison of all the...