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                        TUSKEGEE AIRMEN GROUP BUILD

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                        Jeeves
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                          February 2003
                        • From: Saratoga Springs, NY
                        Posted by Jeeves on Sunday, February 19, 2006 8:03 AM
                        Looks sweet frosty!
                        Mike
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Friday, February 17, 2006 3:56 PM
                        well, altho' no-one else has joined in this time around,
                        here r the latest pix of my P-51c:
                        i found the noseband decal 4 the st5arboard side, yay !
                        the horizontal tailplane pieces have been installed 
                        another pic.... i'm hoping 2 finish this this month...
                         
                        hope u enjoy the pix !
                         
                        frosty Smile [:)]
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                        Anonymous
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                        Posted by Anonymous on Friday, February 3, 2006 7:56 PM
                        Well, folks.... it's that time again....
                        February is Black History month, & i'm working on my Tuskegee Airmen
                        P-51c, this is the academy 1/72 kit:
                        i was originally going 2 build 'Topper iii', but then i changed my mind & decided 2 build it as
                        'INA, the Macon Belle', Lee Archer's a/c. 
                        added some p/e seatbelts 2 the 'pit, i'll b touching up the paint where it got scratched when i
                        was installing them...
                        if anyone is thinking about building a Tuskegee redtailed bird, now's the time !
                         
                        frosty Smile [:)]
                         
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                        Jeeves
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                        • From: Saratoga Springs, NY
                        Posted by Jeeves on Tuesday, January 17, 2006 10:10 AM
                        Looking great frosty!
                        Mike
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Friday, January 13, 2006 11:59 AM

                        here is a pic of the p-51c i'm building:

                        this is the academy 1/72 'Red Tails' kit, i was originally planning on building it

                        as 'Topper iii' but it is wearing some of the decals from 'INA, The Macon Belle'

                        because i changed my mind at the last minute... unfortunately, the noseband decal

                        on the starboard side of the fuselage didn't stick very well, in fact it has disappeared

                        completely... & so, i mite end up doing this one as 'Topper iii' after all.

                        oh well, at least i'm back at work on it !

                         

                        frosty Smile [:)] 

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                        Anonymous
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                        Posted by Anonymous on Monday, December 5, 2005 1:56 PM
                        TuskegeeAirman:
                        Thanks for the updated link to the new TA site !
                         i will update the link in the first post so that other folks
                        can find it easily for reference purposes...
                        & if you are one of the legendary 'Red Tailed Angels',
                        thanks for your service & devotion to an ungrateful & unaware nation,
                        hopefully you are finally receiving the recognition & respect which
                        is due to you all !
                         This ongoing Group Build is my way of saying thanks & letting
                        people know about the remarkable achievements of the Tuskegee Airmen.
                        Who knows, maybe we will even get a few new builders to join us...
                        December is a great month for red & silver !!!
                        Please feel free to drop in anytime & add any thoughts, comments or
                        helpful information you might see fit to share with us,
                         
                        thanks again,
                         
                        frosty Smile [:)]
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                        Anonymous
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                        Posted by Anonymous on Friday, November 25, 2005 3:40 AM
                        Greetings, Fostygirl...please see the current national website for Tuskegee Airmen, Incorporated at: www.tuskegeeairmen.org for any questions about the legendary pilots.....Tuskegee Airman
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                        Anonymous
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                        Posted by Anonymous on Friday, October 28, 2005 6:55 PM
                        QUOTE: Originally posted by Panther_99FS

                        Hi all - First off as a new person here, I want to say "Fantastic Site" and "Fantastic Thread". .. I thought I'd show you Tuskegee representation in that computer simulator Smile [:)]



                        Panther_99FS:
                        thanx & welcome 2 the forums !
                        & thanx 4 sharing the pix, too...
                        the one of 'BUNNIE' is especially cool, because
                        i built that a/c in 1/72 as one of my projects
                        4 this GB ... here's a pic:

                        the GB is still open if u feel like building a TA a/c !
                        "fight, fight, fight, fighting 99th !"

                        frostySmile [:)]
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                        tho9900
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                        • From: SETX. USA
                        Posted by tho9900 on Sunday, October 23, 2005 9:02 PM
                        thought this was interesting... hope the link works!

                        http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/nation/3409435
                        ---Tom--- O' brave new world, That has such people in it!
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                        tho9900
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                        • From: SETX. USA
                        Posted by tho9900 on Sunday, October 23, 2005 7:50 PM
                        Dan - great job!!! I'm going to have to get motivated and post some myself...

                        Well I am still in here... I have my P-51D about 3/4 done, in the painting stage and I have the Alclad aluminum and Gaurds Red down... in retrospect I should have painted it on first THEN painted the Alclad2... where it goes over alclad it is a bright red... where it went on over bare plastic such as the spinner it is a darker red near to insignia red... oh well. Also I don't think I have an acute enough angle on the tail red... I am doing this one as Creamers dream and I have a dash-B on order for Skippers darling and that is the one I am doing for the co-workers kid...

                        should be done in a week or so and will post pics...
                        ---Tom--- O' brave new world, That has such people in it!
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                        Anonymous
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                        Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, October 23, 2005 6:49 PM
                        Hi all - First off as a new person here, I want to say "Fantastic Site" and "Fantastic Thread". I stumbled upon this site looking for planes to have painted for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004. So on that note, I thought I'd show you Tuskegee representation in that computer simulator Smile [:)]








                        (F-16 from Luke Air Force Base that was actually painted like that)





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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, September 7, 2005 2:51 PM
                        amen to that, brother !
                        it's at least partly my own fault...
                        i've been busy building wwi a/c instead of working on my p-51c....
                        bad frosty....Black Eye [B)]
                        nice 2 c the thread back in the front pages 4 a little bit, maybe we
                        can find a few more takers 4 this GB.
                        looking fine, DanCooper !
                        soon there will b another ' thumbs up' on the completed builds list !

                        frostySmile [:)]
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                        Jeeves
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                          February 2003
                        • From: Saratoga Springs, NY
                        Posted by Jeeves on Monday, September 5, 2005 10:30 PM
                        Well done Dan!! Good to see activity in the build!
                        Mike
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                        DanCooper
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                          March 2004
                        • From: Belgium
                        Posted by DanCooper on Monday, September 5, 2005 4:57 PM
                        Almost there, just need to install the exhausts and the droptanks, as well as some minor retouche.
                        I must admit I could and should have done better on the cage though, but I forgot to do the interior green before the bare metal.
                        This is what I have so far...





                        The decals, where hell, way too thick and hardly reacting to solvents, I couldn't get my yellow stripes to meet at the LE, so I decided not to let them meet, but to weather them at that place.

                        On the bench : Revell's 1/125 RV Calypso

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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, August 3, 2005 2:01 PM

                        QUOTE: Originally posted by PakNicK-40

                        I think I will be building the Testors Texan also,are those the kit decals frosty?Great job by the way...


                        PakNick:
                        those r the kit decals, u can also build this kit as the a/c which
                        is illustrated on the back of the book 'AT-6 Texan In Action'...
                        there r decals 4 the red cowling (didn't use that one, tho') & wing bands
                        as well as the national insignia & USN markings.
                        not a bad kit, but the Academy AT-6 kit in 1/72 is a lot better detail-wise
                        4 only a couple of bux more......

                        welcome & thanx 4 ur kind comments !

                        lodni_k:
                        thanx & i hope u get ur pix problems sorted out ok...


                        frostySmile [:)]
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                        Anonymous
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                        Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, July 30, 2005 10:46 PM
                        Frosty & Co, great Job on the Texan!Cool [8D] And Jeeves, Thanks for the pics of the TA birds! They are a real inspiration! My P-51B is still warming the bench but I'm doing a Airfix Mig-21 "Fishbed C" to test my NMF abilities!Big Smile [:D] Unfortuately, I don't have any way of posting pix up to my Photobucket account. The libery center here on base now has some new "Internet Cafe" software on the 'puters that keep me from hooking up the camera!Disapprove [V]
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                        Anonymous
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                        Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, July 30, 2005 12:29 AM
                        I think I will be building the Testors Texan also,are those the kit decals frosty?Great job by the way...
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                        Jeeves
                        • Member since
                          February 2003
                        • From: Saratoga Springs, NY
                        Posted by Jeeves on Friday, July 29, 2005 10:32 PM
                        Awesome job by both of you on the Texan frosty... I just love those yellow wing schemes...

                        We are having a truly awesome summer-- one month or so left of vacation Wink [;)] Glad to hear you re enjoying yours as well....
                        Mike
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Friday, July 29, 2005 3:24 PM
                        Jeeves:
                        thanx 4 the info on the ebony wings site, glad 2 c they r back up...
                        i would b thrilled 2 get a visit from one of the Airmen here at the GB !

                        BTW, ur new pix look great, it's nice 2 c them all in 1 place !
                        (i had trouble linking pix from photobucket 2 the builder's list, oh well... )
                        hope u & the family r having a great summer, i sure am !!!! Big Smile [:D]Cool [8D]

                        frostySmile [:)]
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Friday, July 29, 2005 2:07 PM
                        hey, everybody !
                        i am finally able 2 post pix again, so here r a couple of
                        shots of a Texan trainer :



                        this model was built by my little brother django, he's 8.
                        i painted it 4 him.... a fun family project ! Big Smile [:D]
                        this is the testor's 1/72 kit built OOB, i think he did a great job !

                        frostySmile [:)]
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Friday, July 29, 2005 2:00 PM
                        QUOTE: Originally posted by PakNicK-40

                        Is it too late to join in on this one?


                        PakNick:
                        as Jeeves said, there is no end date on this one,
                        so u r free 2 join us at any time...
                        just let us know what u r planning 2 build
                        (a/c, pilot if possible, manufacturer & scale of kit)
                        & i will add u 2 the builder's list in the 1st post of
                        the thread.
                        welcome 2 the flight line !

                        frostySmile [:)]
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                        Jeeves
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                          February 2003
                        • From: Saratoga Springs, NY
                        Posted by Jeeves on Friday, July 29, 2005 10:04 AM
                        There isn't any set end date Nick-- so let us know what you are building and join in!!
                        Mike
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, July 28, 2005 11:00 PM
                        Is it too late to join in on this one?
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                        didfaI
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                          December 2002
                        • From: Vallejo, CA
                        Posted by didfaI on Thursday, July 28, 2005 9:24 PM
                        Thanks for the info. I'm on it!Big Smile [:D]
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                        Jeeves
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                          February 2003
                        • From: Saratoga Springs, NY
                        Posted by Jeeves on Thursday, July 28, 2005 8:26 PM
                        Warbird Decals are the makers of these sets-- I got mine from the Pasadena Modelers website after a looooooooonnnnnnnggg wait ;)
                        Mike
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                        didfaI
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                          December 2002
                        • From: Vallejo, CA
                        Posted by didfaI on Thursday, July 28, 2005 2:40 PM
                        I'm workin' on a 51B (2 in fact), so I'll still be interested in the ongoing builds.Happy to hear that site is up /running again. Thanks for the info.Big Smile [:D]

                        What are the decals for your 51b's (Hep Cats) and wheere do I find'em?Banged Head [banghead]Banged Head [banghead]Banged Head [banghead]
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                        Jeeves
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                          February 2003
                        • From: Saratoga Springs, NY
                        Posted by Jeeves on Friday, July 22, 2005 9:57 PM
                        I wanted to bring this up to the top again for three reasons...

                        1. In case there are those who are still building and I didn't want to see them forgotten...

                        2. I seem to have gone a little crazy cleaning at Photobucket and lost all my pics-- so here are some newer ones:

                        99th FS P-40L "Ace of Pearls" flown by Herman "Ace" Lawson:


                        301st FS P-47D-- Unnamed....


                        100th FS P-39Q "Quanto Costa" flown by Samuel Curtis:



                        And finally-- 302nd FS P-51B "INA the Macon Belle" flown by Lee Archer:



                        I also wanted to tell those still building that http://www.ebonywings.com/ is back up again and is an awesome site dedicated to the Airmen! I gave the site creator a link to this build as well, so hopefully he will pay us a visit.
                        Mike
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                        Anonymous
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                        Posted by Anonymous on Monday, June 13, 2005 11:53 PM
                        Thanks Tom!Tongue [:P] But how did you know?? Was it the "Nearing over-the-hill" bumper sticker on my '83 Toyota Corolla that gave it away? Big Smile [:D] - Calvin
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                        tho9900
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                          July 2004
                        • From: SETX. USA
                        Posted by tho9900 on Sunday, June 12, 2005 8:31 PM
                        Calvin - I didnt see that one... what was it about? (besides the obvious)

                        Happy Birthday by the way!
                        ---Tom--- O' brave new world, That has such people in it!
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