WW2 BATTLES--PEARL HARBOR 2005 (aug 7 - - december 7 07:55am) finished

email sent jules.



joe

hmmm true... would be hard to find paint schmes for it though. The reference in the box is all the 30's bright yellow and green scheme. let me get back to you!

(besides it will earn me brownie points with madame la Kremps!)

tom i have views for both the nmf and the od/gray schemes.


joe

Joe if you could I would appreciate you sending them to me or posting them here.. I found an overall OD one today, an actual pic taken before Dec 7.. but would welcome the chance to see more of it... the NMF one sounds good too... especially because it is a 1/32 kit. Too bad I cant use it in the bright schemes... they are something to look at in that... But it would definitely fulfill my quest for "fringe" builds within GB's...


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Darren - another pic of you, at the top of the page showing a Pearl Aircraft... looks like they were fairly fresh, maybe some exhaust staining...

here is the link:

http://www.flightjournal.com/articles/pearl_harbor/pearl_harbor_2.asp

Thanks for the email Joe

Tom go the peashooter, its awesome cause it's so ugly, i'm gonna have to get me one of those.......

Yup-- that was my pick too.....although it looks like I'll have to gho with the old OD/NG scheme as the only NMF Peashooters I have seen pics of are pre-war ones....

good news. it appears hasegawa has heard my pleas.

http://www.greatmodels.com/cgi/display.cgi?item_num=HA08156

joe

tom i hope that email came through ok. not all that i have but they are the ones i have on this system.


joe

Joe - thanks! not sure the P-26 is the one I will do, but when my P-26 in action book comes in I'll tell ya!!! I may just do a wildcat from Ewa.

If anyone is still at odds as to what to build here is what the kit I am building looks like.







And for thos of you that are doing a P40-B here are some sites that might be of help.

http://www.combatsim.com/htm/june99/pac-theatre2.htm

http://www.military.com/HomePage/UnitCreatedPage/0%2C11003%2C704452%2C00.html

http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/usaf/47fs.htm

http://www.daveswarbirds.com/usplanes/american.htm

http://gra.midco.net/mlgould/Early%20Fighters/P-40%20Warhawk%20unknown.jpg

http://gra.midco.net/mlgould/Early%20Fighters/P-40%20Warhawk.JPG

http://gra.midco.net/mlgould/Early%20Fighters/P-40K%20Warhawk2.jpg

http://us-aircraft.com/walk/P-40E.htm

http://www.largescaleplanes.com/reviews/Scratchbuilders/P-40B-C/P-40B.htm

http://www.p40warhawk.com/Reviews/Models/Trumpeter/P-40B/P-40B.htm

http://www.p40warhawk.com/

http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com/AWA1/401-500/walk491_P-40_Williamson/walk491.htm

http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com/Rev1/401-500/Rev492_P-40B_Tabsh/rev492.htm

http://www.ipmsusa.org/Reviews/Archive/Kits/Aircraft/Trumpeter_32_P-40B/Trumpeter_32_P-40B.htm

http://www.largescaleplanes.com/reviews/Kits/WW2/Trumpeter/P-40B/P-40B.htm

http://www.p40warhawk.com/Reviews/Decals/DataDecals/32003/32003.htm

http://www.shutterfly.com/progal/album.jsp?aid=768a5498cf4acc70caf7

http://www.frasca.com/TradeShowDemo/frasca_p40.mov

http://www.kitreview.com/reviews/p40bcinteriorreviewlr_1.htm

http://modelingmadness.com/reviews/allies/us/lesterp40bpreview.htm

http://kits.kitreview.com/p40btrump48reviewbg_1.htm

Reall can't wait to get started.

Richard

Hey Tom if you do a Wildcat we should do them as wingmen and post them up in the forums at the same time..........

Richard Looks like i sweet kitand thanks for the links............

hey for you armor and scratchbuilding folks out there. here is a web page of interest.

http://www2.hickam.af.mil/ho/gallery/Fort_Kam/Fort_Kam_index.html


joe

Jules - actually I was at the GOOD LHS today and learned the P-26's at Wickham were done in a NMF and that sounds kinda neat for P-26... definitely something I haven't seen before!!! (per the Squadron book on them) still the jury is out... since I am doing a Spit for the NA GB I might sacrifice my WIldcat for this one because it WOULD be nice to do wingmen! sned me a scan of your decal sheet!

Tom i still don't have anything yet, the Wildcat and the Eduard stuff is on order but i was gonna do the one that Joe posted up on the previous page

Tom I know it was a page back now, but muchos gracias for the links my friend. That sure makes my job a lot easier on when it comes to chipped paint schemes. I sort of figured (hoped) the aircraft would be well cared for but wasn't sure if they’d seen a lot of active service in China before the attack.

Jules I have some pretty good references for the Wildcat, let me know if you need anything OK.

Cheers
Darren

Darren - no prob! Being former Navy myself and knowing Navy's have a lot of similarities worldwide... I figured they would have been dolled up, just to show the Americans how good and proud they were of who they were and what they were doing. I posted it somewhere else before but I remember the Marine helicopter squadrons being up to 0300 and beyond at times getting an aircraft spitshined for the next day (after damage or maintenance)

Jules - I'll have to check Joe's reference, I seem to have seen one online listing crew members and perhaps plane numbers as well...

QUOTE: Originally posted by fightnjoe here is one of the scans i got from lobbie. hope it helps you some. joe

Joe I would love to know if there are decals available for that DC-3.

Might have to pick up that Peashooter book.....

kevin sorry about that. i guess the email didnt go through. i havent been able to find the decal sheet for that dc-3. i was hoping to do that one myself. sorry about that.


joe

Darren any reference material you have on the Wildacat would be muchly appreciated mate
Man i like those little peashooters eh, i'm finding it real hard not to go out and buy one

QUOTE: Originally posted by fightnjoe kevin sorry about that. i guess the email didnt go through. i havent been able to find the decal sheet for that dc-3. i was hoping to do that one myself. sorry about that. joe

No prob. I have been contemplating painting it, but the thought of all of the masking work and cutting the templates makes my blood run cold. I found a nifty three view of it but it's about 1/144 or smaller. I'll keep looking. Hey, who knows, maybe the EAL bird was at PH that day flying some millionaire in to pick up a load of fresh pineapples and mangoes!!

Great news fellas, The F4F arrived in the mail yesterday and i can even use the kit decals as long as i turn a 9 upside down to get the 6..........
Now i'm just waiting on the eduard PE set

FOR THE P-26 GUYS!!!

I have a book called "Flying Colors" that contains a side profile of an OD/NG P-26. The caption states that it was at Wheeler Field "December, 1941". I'll try to scan it and get it posted here.

roadkill-275,

I had sent an email to you in regard to the DC-3 scan and decals, I'm awaiting an answer from Steve of 'Hawkeye Decals' in Oz, regard to your request. What scale are you looking for as this bird ?. If I don't get a reply shortly I will catch him at our forthcomming Model Expo in melbourne over June 11 - 13 weekend.

Rob, I've got the Monogram Eastern Air Lines DC-3 in 1/48. For some reason I'm not getting half of my e-mails.

Roadkill - much appreciated! The NMF Peashooter was listed as at Hickam in 1940 so maybe it would be better to go with the OD scheme. Although a NMF P-26 done in Alclad had me thinking hard about it... woulda looked cool!

I'm glad it's 1/32 too... the 1/72 ones are TINY!!!

According to the caption in the book, the type was retired from service but the squadrons kept some as trainers and hacks. Can you imagine training in a P-26 and then stepping into a P-40??

tom somewhere here i do have a nmf peashooter pic. there were some at the time of the attack.


i will search.



joe

Okay, my scanner crapped out again. My technician is going to work on it, but I won't be able to post anything until next weekend. The book is Flying Colors, written by William Green and Gordon Swanborough, published by Salamander Military Press in 1981. The ISBN is 0-89747-121-0. Hope this helps as this book has been a valuable source of reference for me.

YES, count me in as well
I'll do a corsair of some type