pearl harbor 2008 thankyou

sorry about that.  i missed the earlier post.  as for your build i think back to last year, and the year before when i worked through builds thinking they were of types and numbers associated with units involved in the spirit of the build and then found that they were wrong.  the spirit of the build is what counts.  i hope you are able to find the correct markings.  but i am finding that records from that time period are very scarce.  many were destroyed by a fire.  in other words if the build is correct except the plane number(based on historical fact) i believe i will let it pass.  with that being said, let me look around to see what i can come up with for you.

joe 

Hey awesome! Thanks a bunch guys.

(Might be a little historically incorrect, but oh well).

Josh

fightnjoe wrote:

lewbud - there were actually several civillian birds airborne at the time of the attack.  i will take a look at my refs today and tomorow and try to get you some options.  the one that got me is there is a report of a civillian two engine plane that was shot down, it was found and deemed a japanese plane with the passengers deemed as spys.  it seemed a ring was found from a hawaiian high school.  this started a rumor about hawaiian boys participating in the attack.  however like with all accounts time has watered and changed the account.   josh you are in.  just shelf the build for a couple of days.  you are good to go.     i have you both on the list.   aaron sounds good to me.       joe

Joe,

It wasn't me that was looking to build a civilian a/c.  There was a gentleman a few posts up looking for a reason to build a Stearman and I was just trying to provide him with one.  I'm sure he would appreciate it though.  I'm planning to do a 1/72 Hobby Boss F4F-3 in VMF-211 markings by Yellow Wings.  The decals are for the a/c that were deployed to Wake, but if I can find the nos of the a/c that were left at Pearl, I can cobble up the rest from that sheet gotta query a few people.  Or, if you'll allow me I'll do one of the Wake defenders from the attack on the 8th and not worry about it.

lewbud - there were actually several civillian birds airborne at the time of the attack.  i will take a look at my refs today and tomorow and try to get you some options.  the one that got me is there is a report of a civillian two engine plane that was shot down, it was found and deemed a japanese plane with the passengers deemed as spys.  it seemed a ring was found from a hawaiian high school.  this started a rumor about hawaiian boys participating in the attack.  however like with all accounts time has watered and changed the account.

josh you are in.  just shelf the build for a couple of days.  you are good to go.

i have you both on the list.

aaron sounds good to me.  

joe 

fightnjoe wrote:

aaron you are in.  joe Ut oh checking the bottom of me shoe! Beware of Bondoman and Namrednef they be a shiesty pair of scallawags meant on doing some good stuff!  Joe I have lots I can build was looking to see what would fill a nitch. If I can't make up my mind I'll let Nam and Bondo do it for me OK? ( making up me mind)

Well, i've started the A/C in the "AC" forum. I've only got the engine and figures done. So I don't know if I still qualify to join.

That and i'm not sure if the fact that it's in that movie still qualifies it to join? I'm building it up as a U.S.Navy trainer.

Josh

FastasEF wrote:

Dang, well I guess not. They have an N2S Stearman at the Pacific Air Museum in Hawaii but nothing says it was there during that time. Oh well, thanks for info though!

There was supposedly a civillian flight instructor in the air that morning giving a lesson.  In TORA,TORA,TORA the a/c was a Stearman.  This might give you an in if you want to build a Stearman. (the rest of the movie was pretty accurate, so I've got no real reason to doubt this).  Just out of curiosity, what are the dates of this build? They weren't mentioned at the front.

Oops. Saw the start date was listed a couple of posts earlier.  I'd like to get in on this build if i could.  Gives me a good reason/excuse to buy the Hobby Boss F4F-3 in 1/72.  Now gotta find markings for the MAG.

aaron you are in. 

joe 

My drenel is charging.

I've bought more glue, sanding films knives, putty and paints. 

I've dusted off my airbrush compressor.

I've been aranging my reference images on my computer. 

three days till we start. 

three days and counting.

joe 

Here's a nice site, if you haven't seen it.

http://www.navweaps.com/index_oob/OOB_WWII_Pacific/OOB_WWII_Pearl_Harbor.htm

Fastas, keep looking. One search thread that will lead to good stuff is

http://www.airfields-freeman.com/HI/Airfields_HI_Oahu_S.htm

Scroll down to Ewa- biplanes all over the place, which don't look too Stearman to me, but keep looking. Also, write the Museum.

Dang, well I guess not. They have an N2S Stearman at the Pacific Air Museum in Hawaii but nothing says it was there during that time.

Oh well, thanks for info though!

Hi Josh. Here is the addy to a page listing the A/C present at PH that morning.

www.ww2pacific.com/aaf41.html

Hope this helps you! 

Question. I read somewhere on the internet that there was either one or two PT-17 Stearman airplanes on the island that flew "patrol". Whether they were in the air somewhere or on the ground during the attack is beyond me though.

(It's been awhile since i've seen the recent movie "Pearl Harbor" and I hope i'm not just remembering something off of there).

If anyone has any information on whether they were there or not it would be much appreciated as the next build I will be starting is the PT-17. And if I could join this build with that aircraft, (as long as history allows it), I would enjoy it.

Josh

brian no apology needed.  you are more than welcome to join this one.

 andrew got it.

joe 

randomodeler it is not too late.  i will get you added to the list.

joe 

the list is now current as of this post 06/02. 

joe 

http://www.essentialpearlharbor.info/#utm_source=newsletterww2&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=apr08

PH info web site, I figure I would share.... will join in here with my build  later the summer, cheers!

About 15 years ago there was a PBY that stopped at San Francisco Int'l when I worked there. It belonged to the Confederate Airforce or a similar organization. I was lucky enough to have the time and watched it take off. It was sweet! There seemed to be no effort in it. It rolled down the runway and just didn't want to stay on the ground. Just so slow and smooth that it resembled a Barn Owl in flight.

Mike T.

Man ... I would be so for this build but I am an below average speed builder, lol. And I already signed up for the WWII Medium Bomber GB ... but, I also can't imagine it taking me any more than a month or two, (depending on if it gets nice out), to build a 1/48 B-26 Maurader.

On a side note though, I will definately be buying one of those PBY's when it releases. I have always been fascinated by those planes. Mainly because there is one stationed here in Spokane for fire-fighting use, so I get to see it all the time.

Hey! It's the old Revell kit.....reissue......Tower Hobby says they'll have it by the end of June......that's al I know, but info is solid. Tower Hobby posted it.

HTH