P-38 guy

I don't think would of been delivered unpainted. Some had their paint removed in field. Most common would of been war weary hacks but there were others like below. A number of U.S. and Australian Photo recon units used stripped down photo recon ships. 34th PRS below. Off the top of my head the 8th & 9th PRS did along with an Australian unit. Mike

I have an order coming from Russia. Shipped Aug 4th. Arrived Chicago customs Sept 2nd and has not moved since. Will be calling the customs Friday to see what is going on. Mike

Yes that's Paul Woods plane. He has 14 total from what he told me. They are getting ready to take delivery of a Corsair. Mike

I know and agree with him. Just excited I got work on an F-86 of any make. Mike

Would be nice. I was working on the real thing just the other day! Me in the gray shirt. and now he's gone.... Mike

Same here I use Imgur. Mike

Yes, I think it came here in the late 90's. Mike

Thanks for all the info. I have all the specs. Just needed the starting size for the star and bar. When we restored it in 2011. I painted but wasn't involved in getting the marking for the plane. The place that did them went out of business so I'm taking care of them since I did all the ones on the local F-105 we have. From 2011. From 2019 Mike

That’s what I was thinking too. I have the diagram on how to make them. I did 30” ones awhile back for the F-105B at my local airport. That thing was big when done. Lol Thanks, Mike

Yep full-size real bird. Vietnam combat vet. Museum is closed until June. If It doesn’t workout here I’ll try other sources. Mike

I have to make new star and bars for an F-4C (not a model one) I help take care of. Everything I find shows the sizing for the pre SEA camo with 30" star. Anyone know what size they went to when they went with SEA camo? Google has not been my friend today. Thanks, Mike

I was working on 4 AMT P-40's at the same time. 3 P-40F's and 1 P-40K all desert scheme's. Simple kits and same paint figured I'd kill 4 birds with one stone. I did get kind of bored at times I have to admit. Mike

Nice find! If you haven't seen it critical past is a good place too. https://www.criticalpast.com/ Mike

Been hearing about this the past week or so. Guess there has been some C-17's using T-birds call signs flying around some of the city's that are planned to get flyovers. Guess they are figuring out a route. There is also a picture out there of a Thunderbird's with blue and red smoke trails on Airshow Stuff FB page. So maybe colored smoke this time?? Mike

Yep. The only thing in my area I still see maybe happening is Cleveland, Labor Day Weekend. Fingers crossed. Mike

https://airshowstuff.com/v4/airshow-calendar/ Mike

He is just another of a growing number of ebay Japan sellers listing kits at crazy prices. Look at his other items. I ran into one the other day when he had just listed items and it was just page after page of this guys crazy items. I looked at total number of kits listed by him and it was over 5K. Mike

Hit the brakes, he'll fly right by. LOL Mike

So very sorry for your loss. Mike

Welcome! Enjoy yourself and and don't forget to share some pic's of your work! Mike

They played a behind the scenes trailer for it before the movie 1917 today at the theater I go to. Showed some of the flying scenes being filmed which was cool. Mike

At work we ship Hazmat packages air with UPS but it has to be small quantities and packed/labeled a certain way and with proper paperwork and the people doing it have to go through special training. If I remember right the fine a few years ago started at $7K. It could be more now. I ship pallets of Hazmat air packages every Tuesday and Friday to Alaska, Hawaii, Guam and Saipan. For a hobby shop I don't think it would be worth the hassle and risk to do it. Mike

That's one of the shows I thinking about going to. Mike

Just got back from seeing it. Never originally intended to until I saw everybody's comments here. I agree it's worth seeing and I'm glad I did. It was encouraging was see how many people were there to see it. Mike

My third one arrived today. Must of tangled with a box full of Zero's on the way here. Not happy but they are sending me a replacement. Mike