GB 59 - WW2 Pacific Theater of Operations (PTO) - Aug 1, 2023 to Dec 3, 2023

[rochie]

nice.

thinking of starting with this one.

to be honest i may have No 7 from the same 58th Shimbu-Tai, cant remember which one i have decals for

 

[le_steph40]

nice.

thinking of starting with this one.

to be honest i may have No 7 from the same 58th Shimbu-Tai, cant remember which one i have decals for

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infos here

 

[rochie]

infos here

yep, already had that bookmarked

 

[A4K]

Below the enlarged B&W shot of the flag and my rendition .... thoughts?

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Make the stars a bit smaller, and they should be right my friend! Nice work btw.

 

[Wurger]

Make the stars a bit smaller, and they should be right my friend! Nice work btw.

I have fitted them to the white spots in the enlarged B&W shot I used as the template. But you might be right. Slightly smaller would be looking better.

 

[A4K]

Looks good to me!

 

[N4521U]

The best that I could find....

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Motion Models - P-38 Lightning. Model airplanes

I have fitted them to the white spots in the enlarged B&W shot I used as the template. But you might be right. Slightly smaller would be looking better.

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That would be a New Zealand boat sunk!!!!!

 

[A4K]

Only 4 stars on our flag Bill!

 

[N4521U]

Only 4 stars on our flag Bill!

Oh sh!t yes!!!!! And the So. Cross as well.. scuse please.

 

[Jock Tamson]

I may have a go at this one having missed the last couple of GBs. I've got a couple of contenders: ICM Spitfire VIII in RAF or RAAF markings or an Eduard P-39 in US markings. Both 1/48 scale.

 

[Vic Balshaw]

I may have a go at this one having missed the last couple of GBs. I've got a couple of contenders: ICM Spitfire VIII in RAF or RAAF markings or an Eduard P-39 in US markings. Both 1/48 scale.

Go for it.

 

[Davecww1]

Regarding the L-5 "Barbara" I found a profile by Zbigniew Kolacha
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But the serial would be more probably 44-25460 or 44-25463(?)

Interesting profile, but no 83 anymore? Did 9th FS change from the red/white striped tail in the earlier photo to just blue tips?

 

[le_steph40]

It seems that the blue vertical stripe and the white and red horizontal stripes was only used by the 49FG HQ.

Regarding the profile of "Barbara", hard to explain but it seems that from Spring 1945 the 49thFG' HQ's aircraft could have blue/white spinner. But this fact would have been used before, the P-40L flown by Johnson during October 1944 have worn 2 kinds of painting of the propeller spinner; 2 colors => blue (or red ?) and white and then all blue (or red) with a white stripe.

 

[Davecww1]

Yes I have a Hasegawa kit with markings for Johnson's P-40N, guess I will do that before anyone does any decals for Johnson's P-38's.

 

[N4521U]

Yes I have a Hasegawa kit with markings for Johnson's P-40N, guess I will do that before anyone does any decals for Johnson's P-38's.

So what's Johnson's P-38 look like?

 

[Davecww1]

So what's Johnson's P-38 look like?

Le_steph40 and myself have been discussing this for about 10 years or so, no definite way to tell as we have photos of the nose of 3 different aircraft but none that show numbers on the tail/rear fuselage. And probably for that reason no one has ever made decals of any of his P-38s. That includes Superscale/Microscale, Aeromaster, and RepliScale.

 

[Vic Balshaw]

Quite a quandary.

 

[N4521U]

Interrresting!

 

[Donivanp]

 

[Greg Boeser]

Le_steph40 and myself have been discussing this for about 10 years or so, no definite way to tell as we have photos of the nose of 3 different aircraft but none that show numbers on the tail/rear fuselage. And probably for that reason no one has ever made decals of any of his P-38s. That includes Superscale/Microscale, Aeromaster, and RepliScale.

Oh, come on! Microscale isn't averse to just making stuff up.
I have the decals to prove it.