peter havriluk Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 Just finished a pair of ancient Lindberg 1/72 kits, P-47B and a P-51b and decorated them with Xtracals od/neutral gray schemes. Neither decal documentation mentioned a black or very dark OD glareshield. Doesn't seem right... Does anyone know of any of these 2 airplanes in European ETO showing no glareshields? Thanks! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
southwestforests Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 Been a while since I've modeled or researched WW2 aircraft but in the several decades that I did, there didn't seem to be any period images of US planes painted olive drab which had anti-glare panels; only the natural metal ones did. Had to look up Lindberg's kit. That black upper nose on the D-Day marked olive drab one one is something I've only seen there. https://www.scalemates.com/kits/lindberg-482-60-north-american-p-51b-mustang--179071 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
peter havriluk Posted March 25, 2020 Author Share Posted March 25, 2020 (edited) Yup, that's the box art that I have, although I didn't use it to guide the finish I applied. It's possible that I included the OD/neutral gray aircraft with the natural metal ones in my mind's eye. And this is an example of the need to honor documentation, not assumptions. I made a quick look at photos of OD airplanes, not a glareshield in sight. And thanks for speaking up. Edited March 25, 2020 by peter havriluk Quote Link to post Share on other sites
echolmberg Posted March 26, 2020 Share Posted March 26, 2020 I don't think I've EVER seen a WW2 U.S. plane that was olive drab WITH a black anti-glare shield. That just looks weird! They were only ever used on on planes that were left in their natural unpainted metal state. Eric Quote Link to post Share on other sites
peter havriluk Posted March 26, 2020 Author Share Posted March 26, 2020 Looking through my kit inventory, none of the od/gray aircraft showed an anti-glare shield. Just sounded like the wrong chord, but no, my problem was my erroneous assumption that I'd seen glareshields. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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