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Was this in the Clear Lake area?

Aww.

He was a genius.

Not inaccurate for unlatched doors, but this would be a maintenance situation if that matters.

Nice! Was coiled line from the brake master cylinder in the kit or your creation? Nice detail, regardless.

Looks to be at North American’s Inglewood factory, so doors could be unlatched for ease of inspection before the day’s test flights.

Single white theater stripes until June 5, 1944. For Overlord, 18" stripes upper wing surface, lower wing surface and encircling rear fuselage. Some time in July 1944, units were allowed to remove upper wing stripes and those on the upper part of the fuselage. Post-August 1944, stripes were allowed to be removed completely. This applies to single-engine aircraft. P-38 and multi-engines bomber/utility aircraft had somewhat different specs.

Which part has BSP? That’s an unusual spec for a non-British/Japanese car part in the U.S. That said, BSP is close enough to NPT that you could most likely successfully use NPT. I’d use teflon tape on the threads to help seal the slight thread face angle differences. And you’ll in all likelihood need multiple reducers to step down from 1/2" to 1/8".

Is this a British piece if kit? BSP is close to NPT but not quite. You could very well use an NPT fitting with it just fine on this application. As an FYI, you posted this thread in the General archive, not the active “folder”.

Regarding wing stripe, the P-51, like the Jug, had a single longitudinal white recognition stripe on each wing and horizontal stab when in the ETO. Three stripes above, below and on fuselage, appeared June 5, 1944 and eventually disappeared in October 1944.

Allison P-51s served throughout WWII though their numbers were small by 1945.

Kind of looks like tufts for air flow studies to me.

Prolly not. Unless you call steroids natural…

Watch a couple of C. W. Lemoine’s interviews on The Tubes of You.

Yes, Virginia, the P-38 had antenna wires. The trick is knowing which radios were installed as they dictated when and where wires were used. Search this forum or the interwebs for more info.

Consider that the Navy painted areas with hydraulics white to more easily show leaks, and pinch (as well as head knocker) points red.

Wow, it sure is broad in beam.

I’m with John regarding the slinging of that aircraft.

Weird that there’s two breathers on the left valve cover and none on the right side.

Do you get grief for that fanciful naval fighter? It is well done.

Maybe Caracal?

Everything looks better in S.E.A. clothes.

C.W. Lemoine interviewed one of graphics artists from the movie.

I heard it that the B-52 pilot visited the head.

Wow. My sympathies. He was quite the font of Information.