♠ Allied Aces GB (WW1 -WW2) April 2006 Start - Sept 2006 Finish

YES !!!

I am in with two P51 Mustangs...one B and one D, both for Yeager...I know the B was the model he was shot down in, but why not!  The D will be in the OD finish with the "5" model fuselage (sans fin fillet)...

Great Call Jay !!!

Oh Sure, Count me in.  I'll do a Tamiya 1/48 P-47-D Bubble Top, as flown by Maj. Glenn T. Eagleston.  Ninth AF, 354th FG, France, 1944.

Regards,  Rick 

Jay, I'm in.

Not sure what I'll go for, possibilities at present:

• Roland Garros' Moraine Saulnier N type. ( I think he qualifies as an ace?)
• Pierre Clostermann's Tempest, 33 victories, probably the 1/72 offering from Academy.

Having typed that, it may well all change.

Karl

Jay-count me in.  1/48th P-40C as flown by Robert Neal, AVG.  My research shows 13 kills.

Thanks in advance for organizing & hosting.  Gonna be another good one!

Jay Sign me up.  I'll probably do a Spitfire MK Vb Donald Morrison RCAF 401 Sqn or William Klersey's MK IXb  RCAF 401 Sqn.  I'll let you know after a trip to my LHS the one I chose.

I feel another ME to ME gift comming on .

Cheers

Bear

Jay,

I would like to jump into the build with an Hasegawa 1/32 F6F-3 from VF-6 flown by Alexander Vraciu (final count 19 victories) flown off the U.S.S Intrepid.

Richard

Jay put me down, but I have to look in the stash to see what falls out

Thad

Richard and Thad, I've got you on the first page now, I wonder where our Aussie friends are?....

So I take it, no one has seen my little challenge, it has been there since I first posted this GB. There is a prize for the first person to get it...

How did I know you'd be the first...Don't underestimate yourself Tanky. You had an idea on the last one and your idea was correct, yes I picked Bong's P-38.  What you get is my undying adoration and praise for being an excellent study of all things about ACES! 

Now for the second part of the challenge! you forgot their mounts!

Both, if they have it! eg - Ace: Duane Beeson, AC: P-51B Mustang, Name: Boise Bee.

Hey there Jay, found the site.  I think I'll do Adriano Visconti from Italy.  TheCraftworks Macchi 202/05 was the first kit I got on my quest to aquire all the aces aircraft. I just love the lines of the Greyhound especially in that mottled grey camo.  Plus I got that book on how to build resin models which features the Craftworks kit.  I figure its a perfect time to tackle the resin beast figurin since three other of my kits are resin also.  The buffalo, P-51B, La-5 are all resin as is the conversion kits for my three different Spitfires.  All I'm waitin on is a 1/32 Tempest so I can do Closteterman.  I could do another Spit but I've got three different ones as it is. Sorry to ramble just stoked to be amongst brethren.                              

                                                                           TL

Jules - Right on, will add you to the front page.

Tanky - Wooverstone8 is doing Rickenbacker, and actually Nungessers is a Spad XIII. 

Deathbringer, Sorry but Visconti flew for Fascist Italy, allied with Nazi Germany so he is not valid for this build. You must pick an allied ace.

This looks interesting and plenty of time to start. I would like to join with something different, a 1/48 Classic Airframes Curtiss Hawk III bi-plane in the markings of pilot Arthur Chin - Chinese/American Ace (born in Portland, Orgeon) with 9 kills before he was shot down and wounded in 1939.  Recoginzed as one of America's first aces in WWII by  Hall of Fame of the American Airpower Heritage Museum. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross in 1995. 

Waikong, that is such a cool and interesting subject! I've never heard of him.  That is why I love these GBs!  You get to learn all sorts of neat things.  I will add you to the front page!

Tanky, don't be so hard on yourself, I didn't realize it but for being such a Famous French ace of WW1 he only had 13 victories, he was a pow for part of the war though.

Did you know that all of John D. Landers's aircraft had the name Big Doll or some sort of deriviative? His P-40 in New Guinea was called "Big Doll".  I would love to build that P-40 but I have never seen a decal set for it.  I guess I should look a little harder.

 Oh my bad, I looked right at the "Allied Aces" and ignored it.  Since its allies, I'll probably do the Czech ace Karel Kuttelwascher's night fighting Hurricane or NZ Falkland Grey's Mk XIV Spit.  I've got warbirds conversion kit including the wings which would give me good resin experience.

                                                                                                TL

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