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Take care. The J version waist gun windows were not the same as the B-25D2 or B-25G-12. These were symmetrical top and bottom. Here's a 41BG aircraft that shows the waist gun windows with the HAD modification. The wind deflector is clearly visible at the front of the window fairing. Lots of interesting detail in this image, i.e., the smooth contour MLG tire, rescue markings at the corners of the aft photographer's windows, starboard package gun. etc. Other images show that a port side package gun was not installed and cockpit external armor plate on port side only. The poor co-pilot. H

Hi Jon, If you don't already have the information below, this posting to HS may be of assistance to you in building your model. Don ******************************** Mitchells in Central and South Pacific- ' 43-44 December 8 2007 at 9:56 AM Phil Marchese (Login philmarchese) HyperScale Forums from IP address 75.75.163.60 I recently completed a model of a 1945 version of the B-25G as used by the 41st BG in the final two months of the Air Offensive, Japan campaign. That plane was a NA96 that had gone thru at least four major m

In 1/72, no aftermarket handheld twin .50s, M-6 Stinger or the light weight A-6B tail turret. Same for A-6 turret with modifications for use as a nose turret. By "light weight A-6B tail turret", I think you are referring to the SAC-7 rear turret. See "Consolidated Mess" by Alan Griffith. You could probably modify the Hasegawa B-24D/J rear turret for this. If you want the A-6B with the covers for the guns removed, the Cobra Company PB4Y-2 set has a great rear turret. This is the best 1/72 B-24 turret made. The bad news. Cobra Company has folded up shop. But, this does show that a good

This the set you recall? I purchased these at a show in Texas some years back and don't remember the price for the cowling set. The wheel well set as marked. Nice casting. No idea if Fox 3 is still in business. Don

Drifting a bit off topic, since we are talking about P-47N's, what about the 1/72 High Planes P-47N? Better than the Sword kit? Don

Larry, That is a great article. The only summation, that I know of, for US aircraft ordnance from a model builder's viewpoint. This drawing has some dimensions that will be helpful in making the photoflash bombs: Here's a family of bombs that can be made from the 100# bombs in the various 1/48 AM kits. I had intended to finish these and cast duplicates. Never got around to the finishing and casting. The procedure was too reshape the nose, cut the nose and tail sections of the appropriate length and glue back together. Two kit 100# bombs are required for each

I did not record where this critque was posted. Here's a start: ********************************* Hi! I'm Grant Matsuoka currently living in Tokyo. If you prefer building a kit as is and getting the most out of it, perhaps this will be disappointing. If you are a worrywart who likes it perfect, perhaps this is for you. If you might be interested in what might be necessary to make a kit more accurate, even if it is not important, this might be an interesting read. Among other things, I'm a C-130 nut who came back to C-130s after a long time due to the issue of the

Hi Larry, Here's a discussion that you should read, if you've not already done so. Lots of very good info: Hyperscale discussion of RB-26C There is no kit or aftermarket source for the M46 Photoflash Bomb. The photoflash bomb was similar to the M47 chemical bomb, but dimensionally not exactly the same. You'll have to make your own M46. Not difficult to do. Here's the M46: I made an M46 from the 100# GP bombs found in the AM B-25C kit. If you're interested, I'll dig it up and post pics here. Don

Blackburn Aircraft operated a modification facility at Roosevelt Field on Long Island New York. There, US aircraft such as Hellcats and Corsairs were modified to British requirements. Factory delivered aircraft for the USAAF and USN were also sent to US mod centers to make the aircraft meet the requirements of the theater of operation and projects that they were destined for. The critical role of these mod centers is an untold story of US WWII aircraft production. Don

Hi John, In case you are looking for more Corsair III: "Sturtivant's "Fleet Air Arm Aircraft 1939-45" show two contracts for Corsair IIIs built by Brewster. The first, covers JS469-JS888 (BuAer #04689-04774, 08550-08797, and 11067-11152). A second batch was quite small, JT963-JT972 (BuAer 11153-11162) While these were all designated F3A-1 by Brewster, they were similar to Vought F4U-1a." Don't know the site or person that posted this info. It was copied from my files. "430 Corsair III serialed JS469-JS888 and JT963-972. USN BuNos indicate that the first

Les, Happy to help. The tank mounted behind the rear cockpit bulkhead was for the ADI fluid. This was not installed in early F6F-3 aircraft. To quote William Reece, "This tank was not fitted until BuNo 40634 with the advent of the R-2800-10W engine." Don

Here's a start. A link to a series of articles by Scott Murhpy that provides many details of the interior of the Hellcat that may be of help to you. Scott Murphy 1/32 F6F project Almost all R-2800 engines in kits and resin ones do not supply the cooling baffles for the cylinders. Here's a drawing that shows the baffles and how they interlocked to ensure adequate cooling air flow around and over each cylinder. The inter-ear deflectors linked together to form the "ring" between the cylinder banks. Below the schematic for the F6F induction system. Unlike the F4U-1, the F6F had a downdr

Hi Kent, The bullet resistant glass was integrated into the windscreen assembly. As I recall, the bullet resistant glass was 1 1/2" thick. Here's an image from navypilot overseas website that shows how the glass was built into the windscreen. The side shatter proof glass panels are broken out. Here's the link to more images of the same aircraft Click for more F4U-5N Don

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Even before the conversion to strafers, .30 cal. MG's were added to fire out of the photographer's compartment windows in the aft fuselage with simple pintle type mounts. These windows were hinged to open upwards so the installation was relatively simple. This practice continued with the conversion to the B-25D-1 strafer. For example, the narrative report for the aircraft named "Todelayo" lists the expenditure of 1,500 rounds of .30 caliber ammunition aboard Tondelayo after the famous October 18, 1943 mission to Rabaul. Later mission narratives also list expenditures of .30 caliber ammo.

12 Squared had a nice conversion set for the LS P-3. OOP a long time ago. Here's a link: 12 Squared Models Look for set 1-3. These show up occasionally on eBay. Don

Hi Don, Use small pieces of plastic strip, glued in place, then sanded to match fuselage contour. Fill the space between the resulting frames with Micro Kristal Klear. Finish with a thin coat or your favorite clear coat. Here's an example: Apologies for the lousy image quality. The photograph was taken through my display case. Don

Matt, I can't comment regarding the use of the mini-gun pods. Here's an excerpt from a private message that I received from Mr. Tom Wickstrom years ago when I was researching Nimrods in SEA: "I was in the aircraft in 67 and 68 at NKP and at that time the favorite configuration was wall to wall Napes on the wing stations, funny bombs and frags in the bomb bay. Of course, we didn't often get our druthers. If going to Barrel Roll, the outer station on each wing held flares, the inner six a combination of whatever else was available including Nape, CBU, Iron Bombs and Funnies. For Steel Tiger t

Here's Dana Bell's post to WIX: ************* Dana Bell Re: Were F4U-1 Marine's Dream Rear Windows Fared Over? Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2014 11:04 am Sorry to be late to the dance, but I just came across this question a few minutes ago. I'm new to WIX, but I've been researching Corsairs for a couple of years for two new books, and I can explain what you saw on Marine's Dream. The Corsair was built to be as light as possible, but this meant the aluminum turn-over structure behind the pilot was prone to collapse whenever the aircraft flipped over on landing. Since ground loops and overturns

In addition to what Joe Hegedus posted, an early model F4U-1D can easily be made. These early aircraft did not have paddle blade props or rocket launchers installed. The modifications to the kit are minor: Fill in the outer wing section fuel cap. Remove the fuel tank drain and crystal filter covers on the underside of the outer wing section. Delete the outer wing section fuel vent tube. Add the bomb switch bomb control box on the right side of the instrument cowling. Scratch build the wing center section pylons. That cannot be that difficult. Fixing the underwing light is a proble

From the Vought F4U-1 outer wing panel assy. drawing, the black walkway stripes are called out as 1" wide. The center section drawing shows the anti-skid walkway to be 12" wide. Same applied to the wing flap. The drawing notes state that the anti-skid walkway was to be painted blue-gray with a 1" black border. Surfacer was not to be applied under the anti-skid material. Anti-skid material was to be applied to the step in the upper surface of the wing center section. Same as shown in the images. There were six ammo boxes in each outer wing panel. Each box held 200 rounds except the afte

No clear answers for the interior finish. Here's Dana Bell's response at HS: Dana Bell C-47 Interiors Thu Oct 5 13:16:32 2000 Greg, There are few simple answers to your questions, and, despite my best efforts, I haven’t been able to figure out all the complicated ones! I’ve checked tons of correspondence and many color photos, and only pulled up fragments of the story. Early Douglas transports and B-18s spec’d DuPont Pine Green in the cockpits. Though we don’t know exactly what Pine Green looked like, this probably wasn’t a company name for Bronze Green, since the same specs called fo