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As I stated to Space Tiger Hobbs in my post above, the P 40's and Hudsons were brought and paid for by British money. The expectation was that US manufactured aircraft would have RAF type colours albeit US manufactured ones. This Colour spec chart from DuPont, if you look at "Cockpit Light Green 71=036", really looks quite similar to the Lockhheed colours I posted above (from memory, Lockheed used Fullers paints) Regards Alan

I have AVG colour photos too and I can also see Duck Egg Blue. I would suggest having a read of the Posts in this link by a one Nick Millman, very well researched (he can be found on Britmodeller) and see what you think? http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/76155-american-volunteer-group-p-40-tomahawk-colours/page-2 Regards Alan

The Undercart legs would be silver, remember these are British ordered and British paid for aircraft NOT Lend Lease, so RAF colours (US manufactured versions) would be painted on by Curtiss Aerial - have a look at these http://www.p40warhawk.com/Models/Technical/P40%20%20plans%204.GIF In this diagram of the fin note the aerial attachment http://www.p40warhawk.com/Models/Technical/Tail/Fin.gif Regards Alan

If you are referring to the P 40B's supplied from RAF orders to the AVG, then the colours will be RAF TLS (Temperate Land Scheme)painted in Colours manufactured in the USA most probably DuPont For the outer camouflage it would be Dark Earth/Dark Green/Duck Egg Blue aka Sky Type S*. In December 1940 an AMO was issued by the British Air Ministry for the above colours* to be on British Produced Fighter aircraft and also " any American Aircraft" in British Air Forces service ( I can supply AMO number if you wish). seeing as the AVG aircraft were ordered by the British Ministry Aircraft Productio

Early 2017 suits me for this group build, I have a number of types of aircraft I could enter with. Thanks/regards Alan

Bear in mind that while Pearl Harbour was December 7, across the International Date Line, Japan attacked at the same time, the British and Commonwealth Forces in Malaya/Singapore (Dec 8 1941). If a Pacific GB, then the start date would actually be September 3 1939, when the Commonwealth forces in the Pacific Australia/New Zealand declared war, and started to fight against German forces deployed there. The war against Japan did not start till December 7/8 1941. Points to ponder Regards Alan

This of any help? http://www.squadron.com/1-32-Squadron-Canopies-F4U-1A-D-Corsair-SQ9404-p/sq9404.htm Regards Alan

[quote A Sunderland was in the water at the dock, with some POWs doing some minor maintenance. Dad was in charge, standing on the wing supervising the operation, when one of the men dropped something overboard. He gave a smilie face, and made motions as if he wanted to dive into the water to get it back. Dad was then faced with one of the easier decisions of his RAF service: explain a lost piece of kit, or a lost prisoner. A shake of his head and a wave of his hand ended the situation in his favour! Things may not have gone so swimmingly for the Japanese POW had he dived off the Sunderland

The RNZAF began replacing the straight refuelling probe with the "Dog Leg" type around April 1973 and some if not all the fleet (A4K & TA4K) had them circa October 1973, when they were first used for Overseas flights. So that should date your photo some what to at least 1973. This link will help I think with markings etc. http://redkiwi.weebly.com/delivery-and-new-schemes.html Hope that helps? Regards Alan

Cool choice, its my understanding, that only those A4K's used in the Aerobatic team had the slats locked for safety reasons, rest of the fleet had them per normal. Look forward to some photos of your build :) Regards Alan

RNZAF A4K sounds awesome- I had thought about joining with a Kiwi Skyhawk, but just too much on the modelling plate right now :rolleyes:/> How "early" are you planing on building? Reason I ask is that for the first 7-8 months of their operational service with the RNZAF (May- Nov/Dec 1970), the "Kiwi" was not used in the roundel, the "Silver Fern" was. Looking forward to watching your build progress :D/> Regards Alan

RNZAF NZ7003 was literally the 3rd production "H" Model aircraft off the production line. NZ7001 & NZ7002 preceeded it as 1st and 2nd production "H" Models off the production line. NZ7001 was a test aircraft for the "H" series, flown in 1964 All three being delivered to RNZAF early 1965. NZ7004 & NZ7005 being delivered May 1967 The aerials on use on NZ7003 today are in the same place as they were 50 years ago. information on current updates to aircraft can be found here (note its a PDF). RNZAF C 130H Regards Alan

New Zealand was also there with troops and aircraft. http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/war/vietnam-war Our brand new RNZAF C 130H's straight afer receipt in 1965, started flying into Vietnam in support of our troops, until when Saigon fell. Regards Alan

I don't know that I would consider New Zealand a minor Air Force during WWII. We were and still are a small country but consider this. Europe, we had 485/486/487/488 Squadrons, also 75 Squadron, flying missions (488 squadron served firstly in the Pacific war in the defense of Malaya/Singapore, before reforming in Europe). 490 Squadron flew from West Africa (Catalina's/Sunderlands). In the Pacific the RNZAF was attached to the USN, fighting a long side, I don't know if one could consider fielding more than 400 F4U/FG-1 Corsairs minor, not to mention previous to that, close to 300 P 40's fly

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