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The USAAF/USAF oxygen bottles were yellow during WW II and Korea. After which they went to the national standard green. I will assume it was the same for the USN. Cheers Itch

Holmes said "one way to deal with those blooming Spammers !!" Great bit, and oldie but a goodie and something we all have wanted to do to them. Cheers. Itch

I, like most of my contemporaries, started in 1/72nd and as I got older and vision was not quite as acute I moved to 1/48th. Then about 20 years ago I started 1/32nd, I haven't abandoned 1/48th just branching out a bit. On a lark I built the 1/24th Airfix Hurricane and enjoyed that (may do more in the future). I haen't built anything in about 15 years but plan on getting back into after I retire in 2 years. May even go over to the dark side and build some 1/35th armor. Love the looks of the M-10, Achilles, M18 and armored cars. Cheers , Itch

Steve, They are mirrors to check and see if the gears are down or munitions / tanks are released. Cheers Itch

OH SURE, not only are you a fantastic modeler, now you're a published author! 😁 All kidding aside really beautiful work, I may take up knitting as a hobby. Cheers Itch

The Cornfield Bomber, it belly landed pilotless, was recovered, repaired and returned to service. It now resides in the AF Museum in Dayton OH Cheers Itch

John, WOW just WOW, words are insufficient to describe your work. Cheers, Itch

John, Fantastic as always. Details are phenomenal. Cheers, Itch

Damn, this just keeps getting better and better. Phenomenal work. I think I need to find another hobby. Cheers Itch

During the late 60's when we could we carried the twin mount mostly to RP 6 and sometimes 5. Cheers Itch

Nice shots, thanks. Cheers Itch

Another note, depending on how early it was manufactured it may have the main gears doors open on the ground. Itch

ES Don't know the thinking but the Russians used red (and white) stars as far back as WWII. And as you stated probably Socialist victory over the imperialist. Cheers Itch

Pictures? Cheers Itch

Not necessarily, they dropped on "soft" targets also. Cheers Itch