Runway connection.

The Air Force, Marines, Navy, Coast Guard, and the Army land at each other's field very frequently, especially when flying cross country. Government aviation fuel IS government aviation fuel afterall. At NAS Norfolk you can find a wide variety of aircraft, anything from Marine V-22 Ospreys to Air Force C-17s to Navy P-3 Orions to Coast Guard C-130s to Army Chinooks, Air Force One and everything in between. You never know what you will see at that airfield.

I'm not an expert in WWII aircraft operation so what ever I said previously about me being not sure about USMC/Navy planes being in same airfield with army planes, you can disregard it.  As I was watching a documentary, there were footages of USMC planes with US ARMY planes all in one airfield.  Enjoy your build!

T-rex wrote:

this was just a idea for displaying two of more great aircraft at the same time/place.

 

Yes, you can display them both at the same place and time frame. An example; when Tacloban airfield were captured, many types of aircraft from different services landed there. Henderson field comes to mind too. Marines, Army and Navy share the same airfield. When front lines moved, the air bases became stop over for aircraft. Sometimes commanders from different services flew with their aircraft to meet at the base to discuss missions. 

this was just a idea for displaying two of more great aircraft at the same time/place.

you could do a Black sheep episode, they had a hot shot Army flyer drop into their little slice of the war. IIRC he {and the Army} were trying to run up his record, and was hazzarding Pappy's men.

 At least that puts them both on the same runway, or they could have been commanders flying in from various bases for a high level briefing.....

T-rex wrote:

Well yes and no. The problem is that many of my model have large delay like lost or brocken pieces and usaly I lost interest on them and move alone, the Coirsair is a old kit, I'm just making look better, and I find the P-38. Dio's are coming along too but its the plans thats having problems, the good news is there all be done at the same time. Keep post on this subject.

Ya I was like that too when I first started 6 years ago. I was pretty stoked on dioramas and I pumped out little styrofoam bases covered in all sorts of grass, then I tried to fit a tank and a bunch of soldiers on. I bought so many kits within my first few months that I still got a few half-finished ones on the shelf.

If you plan on putting two side by side make sure the markings match a similar time and area etc. And also that the planes variants are early war ones. If your going for authenticity. Or it could simply be a "preview" type diorama showcasing military air-power in the Pacific theatre.

T-Rex

Early in the Philippine campaign the Marines shared airfields with the Army. So it is possible.

MikeT.

Well yes and no.

The problem is that many of my model have large delay like lost or brocken pieces and usaly I lost interest on them and move alone, the Coirsair is a old kit, I'm just making look better, and I find the P-38. Dio's are coming along too but its the plans thats having problems, the good news is there all be done at the same time.

Keep post on this subject.

Sounds good.

Keep in mind that CORSAIR was used by the US Navy and the Marine Corp. and P-38 was used by the U.S. Army Air Corp, so I'm not sure they would have shared a same airfield/runway at the same time frame (maybe unless it was an emergency). 

If you are just using same runway to just display both aircrafts without worrying about historical accuracy, I say why not?  Go for it.

By the way, your work station must be covered by all those kits/dioramas that you've been working on for the past several months.  Do you have final finished diorama that you want to share with us?