TUSKEGEE AIRMEN GROUP BUILD

darson

Member since
February 2003
From: Melbourne, Australia

Posted by darson on Saturday, February 12, 2005 5:31 AM

I hear what your saying Tom and from what I have read Creamers Dream was one of the more daring schemes in the Army Air Corps, although kids do go up quickly these days (just kidding).

Creamers Dream is the ship that I'll be doing for this build and thanks again to Thad for sending me the decals. I've got to admit I really love nose art on an aircraft, it really does add something.

Cheers
Darren

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tho9900

Member since
July 2004
From: SETX. USA

Posted by tho9900 on Friday, February 11, 2005 7:59 PM

oh yeah a few pics I found out on the net.. actually on ebay.. they were for sale, I bought the one of the pilots squatting under the wing of Skippers Darling II to go with the model for that kid...

P-40 with pilots

In training

AT-6

another P40

Skippers Darling

---Tom--- O' brave new world, That has such people in it!

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tho9900

Member since
July 2004
From: SETX. USA

Posted by tho9900 on Friday, February 11, 2005 7:43 PM

great Joe!! I am pondering starting mine this weekend as I have pretty much everything for the build I need... problem is I wish I had that decal set Darren posted... a lot more P-51D's represented in it than the one I have... the only D set out of mine is for Creamers Dream and I can't do that as I now plan to give the model to a friend of mine's kid... (naked lady nose art and being 8yrs old dont mix) His mother introduced him to the story of the Tuskegee airmen as a positive role model thing..

---Tom--- O' brave new world, That has such people in it!

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fightnjoe

Member since
September 2011

Posted by fightnjoe on Friday, February 11, 2005 3:05 PM

the kit is here. the icm p-51c. and all i can say is wow. what detail. going to have to get more from icm. will start working on this i hope this weekend. the decals should be here monday or tuesday.

joe

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didfaI

Member since
December 2002
From: Vallejo, CA

Posted by didfaI on Friday, February 11, 2005 2:49 PM

You know what they say: "Can't get enough info."

There seems to be some conflict between members as to which site is the "OFFICIAL" site and as expected caused problems.

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Jeeves

Member since
February 2003
From: Saratoga Springs, NY

Posted by Jeeves on Friday, February 11, 2005 2:19 PM

There is some good stuff there-- it is a shame to see a good number of the links in the Tuskegee links section dead though Sad [:(]

Mike

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didfaI

Member since
December 2002
From: Vallejo, CA

Posted by didfaI on Friday, February 11, 2005 8:13 AM

military.com has a great deal of info on 332nd today! Check it out!

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Jeeves

Member since
February 2003
From: Saratoga Springs, NY

Posted by Jeeves on Thursday, February 10, 2005 10:08 PM

Here is a link to a thread on this very thing Matt-- and in it is the only real good pic of a Tuskegee Jug I have seen-- this is the general's ride:

http://www.finescale.com/fsm/community/forum/topic.asp?page=-1&TOPIC_ID=35325&REPLY_ID=354211#354211

Mike

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, February 10, 2005 3:45 PM

mattinhouston:
the Tuskegee Airmen P-47D is a rare bird indeed, w/ very little info
& virtually no pix available.
the info Jeeves is giving u re: TA P-47s being hand-me-downs from the Checkertail Clan (325th FS) is the only info i know, mostly razorbacks in OD uppers/ Neutral Grey unders, a few NMF bubbletops...
they only had the Jug for about a month in summer 1944
before they started getting 2nd hand Mustangs, & according 2 one source
the P-51s came from all over the place, not just the 325th...

HTH,

frosty Smile [:)]

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Jeeves

Member since
February 2003
From: Saratoga Springs, NY

Posted by Jeeves on Thursday, February 10, 2005 3:14 PM

Matt--

What I am planning on doing is finding a representative Jug from the Checkertail Clan and just change the checkertail to a red tail....as that is who the Airmen inherited their planes from. I have only seen one pic of a Tuskegee Jug in my 2 years of researching themcand that was a NMF scheme. So--- I would check out some Checkertail Jugs and copy the fuselage codes from one of those-- the Airmen left the old codes on and only changed the tail color as they didn't end up having them all that long to personalize them.

Mike

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darson

Member since
February 2003
From: Melbourne, Australia

Posted by darson on Thursday, February 10, 2005 5:56 AM

Jeeves, awesome looking pit. That Tamiya P-47 is a great kit, probably the best I've ever built out of the box.

Jules, I ordered my MM Chrome Yellow from Frontline Hobbies last night along with some other bits and pieces. I got an email today saying it was dispatched already. That's what I like to here!

Cheers Darren

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, February 10, 2005 3:32 AM

QUOTE: Originally posted by frostygirl

QUOTE: Originally posted by j.s.harrison
BTW who makes chrome yellow and were the bands continued on the underside of the wings

Jules:
Testors makes a chrome yellow, TS1707.
i believe the bands did continue around the undersides of the wings...

frosty

Thanks Frosty Thumbs Up [tup]

Jeeves nice looking pit Approve [^]

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, February 10, 2005 2:36 AM

Hey Jeeves, I am working on my P-47 D Razorback. I like your cockpit! I am just about done with the conversion and am still tryin gto find 1/48 (or any scale for that matter) of decals that would be for the P-47 Tuskegee. I would even be daring enough to put them together on my computer and print my own IF I would find some good references.
Got anything besides whats' in the thread??
Thanks

QUOTE: Originally posted by Jeeves

OK-- here's what I have so far-- they are a bit fuzzy- but the office is now done:

Now to start playing with that awesome engine....

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, February 9, 2005 1:59 PM

QUOTE: Originally posted by j.s.harrison
BTW who makes chrome yellow and were the bands continued on the underside of the wings

Jules:
Testors makes a chrome yellow, TS1707.
i believe the bands did continue around the undersides of the wings...

frosty Smile [:)]

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Jeeves

Member since
February 2003
From: Saratoga Springs, NY

Posted by Jeeves on Tuesday, February 8, 2005 1:00 AM

OK-- here's what I have so far-- they are a bit fuzzy- but the office is now done:

Now to start playing with that awesome engine....

Mike

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Monday, February 7, 2005 10:42 PM

QUOTE: Originally posted by darson

Jules, the Aeromaster sheet you are looking for is 48 224 and here is a link to it so you can at least see what it looks like.

http://www.gustav.x-y.net/htmbox(2)/decals/(d)tuskegee.html

Looking at this link actually answers another question I had, which was what color were the yellow theatre bands on the wings, answer chrome yellow.

Cheers
Darren

Thanks Darren, I'll give SMM a call and see if they can source me a set Thumbs Up [tup]

BTW who makes chrome yellow and were the bands continued on the underside of the wings Question [?]

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tho9900

Member since
July 2004
From: SETX. USA

Posted by tho9900 on Monday, February 7, 2005 7:27 PM

Matt, howdy from Houston! I don't think there are any Tuskegee decals out there... hmm maybe I can find some squadron codes at least and you could fake it out of a generic call letter set or something...

Aren't you the one who recommended Hobby Island to me several months ago? I remember someone from Houston did... if it was you.. THANKS!!!

Well everyone... going to finish my Typhoon for the Aussie build first, then up in the air if I do a P-47 from Mexican escuadron 201 in the Phillipines or the Tuskegee one after that... I really want to do both... probably the Tuskegee one as thats the one I have decals for right now...

---Tom--- O' brave new world, That has such people in it!

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Monday, February 7, 2005 6:38 PM

Hey all, I now officially started my 1/48 P-47 D. I am having a HORRIBLE time finding decals.ANY help would be great.
Thanks. I will post pics in the next day or so.

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KINGTHAD

Member since
May 2004
From: Dallas

Posted by KINGTHAD on Monday, February 7, 2005 4:37 PM

Got the fuse glued and in primer.

Thad

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Jeeves

Member since
February 2003
From: Saratoga Springs, NY

Posted by Jeeves on Monday, February 7, 2005 1:33 PM

Looking forward to seeing pics frosty-- I am still working on my T-bolt interior....taking my time with this one as Tamiya did such a nice job on it! Will hopefully be done with the 'office' tonight and will try to take pics...

Mike

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Monday, February 7, 2005 11:49 AM

thanx 2 a kind offer by rjkplasticmod, i will soon b in
possession of appropriate decals 2 finish my p-51d
in Tuskegee Airmen markings... if i can manage 2 get
them on the a/c w/o any mishaps, i will b done w/ the P-51D
(except 4 figuring out how 2 mount it in the dio, but that's a
whole other issue...)
my plan is 2 airbrush a coat of Future over the a/c before decals
r added... having never tried this before on any model, i was planning
2 do this as my personal modeling 'first', but since the D model is not
my 'official' GB project...
maybe the D will have 2 wait until the academy
kit is ready 4 decals also...
then i can mess them up do them both at the same time !

frosty Smile [:)]

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, February 5, 2005 5:10 PM

Picked up the Academy 1/72 P-51C at the LHS the other day. Just couldn't resist! Tongue [:P]

Kinda cool since it comes w/ enough decals that I can put my Mono P-51 in T/A colors also with some AM bars 'n stars & a few other spare stencils! Big Smile [:D]

- Calvin

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Friday, February 4, 2005 12:39 PM

QUOTE: Originally posted by mattinhouston
In the meantime. ..
A: Where do I find info on the elusive P-47ds' these bad boys were -a-flyin'
B: The kit I have is a 1/48 Hasegawa not 1/72

mattinhouston:
there is very little info on those P-47D models , because the 332nd FG
only flew the P-47 4 about a month before they started getting hand-me-down
P-51s.
a bit of creative license mite b in order...
they had mostly razorbacks in Olive Drab uppers & Neutral Grey undersides,
w/ a few P-47 bubbletops in NMF.
Fuse codes & all other markings remained unchanged from donor squadrons,
but they painted the tails red...
HTH,

frosty Smile [:)]

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KINGTHAD

Member since
May 2004
From: Dallas

Posted by KINGTHAD on Friday, February 4, 2005 8:29 AM

Brandonp51, she looking good from here

Thad

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Jeeves

Member since
February 2003
From: Saratoga Springs, NY

Posted by Jeeves on Thursday, February 3, 2005 11:13 PM

QUOTE: Originally posted by mattinhouston

A: Where do I find info on the elusive P-47ds' these bad boys were -a-flyin'

There really is none...but what has been uncovered is in this Group Build thread-- so give all 11 pages a read....

Mike

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, February 3, 2005 7:11 PM

progress on the B-25.

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, February 3, 2005 6:53 PM

Thanks Darren,
I will drop it in my own web. In the meantime.
A: Where do I find info on the elusive P-47ds' these bad boys were -a-flyin'
B: The kit I have is a 1/48 Hasegawa not 1/72

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darson

Member since
February 2003
From: Melbourne, Australia

Posted by darson on Thursday, February 3, 2005 4:20 PM

QUOTE: Originally posted by mattinhouston

OK, HOW do I add the "badge" to my profile??

Matt you need to have the image hosted on a website and you paste the link to that website into your profile. A lot of people here including myself use PhotoBucket to host their badges and progress shots of their builds.
http://www.photobucket.com

Cheers
Darren

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, February 3, 2005 2:28 PM

QUOTE: Originally posted by fightnjoe

well it looks like i wont be able to begin anything on this till mid to late this month. got an icm p-51c on order as well as markings for "creamer's dream", "strippers darlin", "kitten", and "apache:" so be patient with me, i am just waiting on the kit and decals now.
joe

fightnjoe:
take all the time u need, patience is a virtue
so, no worries !!!
glad u will b joining us, whenever... Wink [;)]

frosty

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, February 3, 2005 2:22 PM

QUOTE: Originally posted by KINGTHAD

Darren, Im with Jeeves on this one I am going to use (MM) insignia red with a little white for scale.
Thad

my references say that insignia red was what they used on their a/c...
a bit of white added 4 scale effect sounds good.
i haven't started my build of the P-51C yet, i'm still trying 2 finish up
the P-51D... Blush [:I]

KINGTHAD:, the pit is looking great !

mattinhouston:
welcome 2 the GB, & best of luck w/ ur project !
ur razorback will b in 1/72, yes ?

frosty Smile [:)]

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