The Forgotten War GB (6/25/08 - 2/28/09) - Deadline Extended Yet Again!

Well done, Steven. The Tigercat is such as sleek, sexy bird. It's too bad jets pretty much made planes like this obsolete. Congrats on being te first done. You;ve been awarded your Korean Conflict service badge on the first page.

Stephen, as I said in your post in aircraft, your F7F looks the part.  All the pictures I've seen of the Korean Tiger Cats do not look like they were well loved by the painters!  Are you sending me that barrel of gas?

Now that the pressure is off about who finishes first, here are some pictures of what I have been doodling with.  The engine cart is official. I put USAF markings and an equipment serial on it from the decal spares box. 

Stephen-Fantastic job on the Tigercat.  The paint/finish is outstanding!

John-The engine looks great.  Looking forward to seeing more of your build.

jeaton01 wrote:

Now that the pressure is off about who finishes first...

Nice work on the cart, John! The decals really add some realism. Now you've got me chompin' at the kit to break open my Sabre. Of course I still haven't figured out which one to use: the Italeri with the incorrect slatted wing or try to find a resin kit for the Hasegawa kit.

I can always start either a T-33 or the Mig-15 first if I want to try the resin on the Hasegawa kit, but seeing your progress makes me want to dig into the Italeri kit.

will started it late yesterday evening instead of doing it on monday. the fishing trip was rained out and bil was real sick all day long. so i was really bored. so far steps 1 and 2 have been done with out any major problems. i all most had a royal snafu i didnt know that their was to tail gates to this jeep. but i caught it in time before the super glue sat. so here whats been done so far.

Harv:

My references show khaki.

Not to steal his work, a poster called "34Drive" on another forum posted the below comments. THere is some neat stuff there if some of you out there are still undecided as to what to build.

Here's my list of communist aircraft that participated in some manner in the Korean war. I have researched this for over 20 years. I have included non-combat types, and at least one type that was withdrawn before seeing combat. All confirmed by photo, wreckage, gun camera, official records, or eyewitness reports. Please feel free to add to the list.

Fighters:

La-9;
La-11;
La-15 (withdrawn from Manchuria due to undercarriage problems);

Yak-9U;
Yak-9P;
Mig-9;
Mig-15;
Mig-15bis;
F-63A (destroyed on ground in SSR)

Attack:

Il-10;
Il-2m3 (wreckage found);

Bombers:

Tu-2;
Il-28;
A-20G Havoc (SSR)

Trainers:

Yak-11;
Yak-18;
Po-2;
Ki-55;
Mig-15UTI
Willow;
Spruce;
Yak-17UTI;
Sukoi UTB

Transport:

Ki-57;
Ki-54;
C-47;
Li-2;
Il-12

Sea:
MBR-2

Rumoured but no supporting evidence:

Tu-4 (observed by B-26 late 1954);
La-7 (misidentified La-9);
Yak-16 (again, mis-numbered Yak-18??);
P-39
Yak-7U;
F-86A;
Yak-17;
Mi-1

Wow. That's quite a list!

I guess the trick with this is to find the correct markings for some of these...unless that's not a big concern?

dupes wrote:

Wow. That's quite a list! I guess the trick with this is to find the correct markings for some of these...unless that's not a big concern?

Good point. Yes, it should be a vehicle or piece of equipment that participated in the War. I'd prefer that the markings/colors reflect this.

With the communist side, I may be wrong here but the markings were not all that tricked out in comparison to the NATO side. I'm sure there are exceptions, but from what I've seen typically country ID markings and code numbers. Some of the North Korean Migs had pretty neat paint jobs, as well.

If you've got a half-decent size spares box of decals, putting together the correct markings may not be as difficult as it seems.

Very nice Tigercat, Steve. My fav of piston fighters.

Saw one once in real life at an airshow. It was awesome to see it in flight. 

John, great looking engine. 

jeaton01: I don't know much about planes, but that is one sweet engine and cart!!

GA.modelmaker: Look's like you got off to a good start, minus the tailgate problem.

deathrattler32 wrote:

Well finally the M-40 showed up and this weekend i will start workin on it i will take pics of the box and the sprues and everything else goin into the beast either later on tonight or right before i start. Well on other hand i have a decision to make i picked up revell's 1/48 B-29 superfortress and noticed it has decals of a B-29 in korea so dilemma one do i build it for this GB hmmmmm what u all think

Being an airplane guy, I'm biased towards the B-29. THe B-29 looks really nice with foil on it...

But it really depends on which one gets your modeling juices flowing more.

I decided to start with the Mig (1/48 Tamiya) while I figure out how to handle the "E" wing on the Sabre. I am now looking at the Airwaves resin conversion for the Hasegawa kit. Great models has one listed as "Special Order" so I'm inquiring as to the availability of such item.

I haven't built a Tamiya kit in a while so hopefully this one will be as smooth as the previous ones and I'll have her together in the time it takes me to find the wing conversion.

Hey Charles....would like to join...let me think about a subject....I have the Huckbien on deck....technically the Mig 15 is the same plane....does that count???

Let me see what I find...remember I'm not a big jet fan....

CS

carsanab wrote:

Hey Charles....would like to join...let me think about a subject....I have the Huckbien on deck....technically the Mig 15 is the same plane....does that count??? Let me see what I find...remember I'm not a big jet fan....   CS

That's one of the great things about the period, jets were not completely dominant yet. Some late WW2 era (Mustang, Corsair, B-29, some Soviet prop Migs and Yaks) and just missed the war aircraft (Tigercat, Sea Fury, Neptune) were still active, it is also an interesting time for the helicopter (H-5, H-19) which was just starting to be recognized as a useful tool.

jeaton01 wrote:

Greg: There is not ... Here is a list I compiled from articles about Korea in the first 4 volumes of Wings of Fame.  There are undoubtedly others, and many of the North Korean types were used in only minor roles, the main aircraft being the MiG-15, Po-2, AND Tu-2:   usaf usn raf raaf nk F-80 HO-3S (R-5) Seafire F Mk 47 Meteor F Mk 8 Il-10 F-82 F9F-2, 3 Sea Fury   Po-2 P-51D/K f4u-4, -5, -5n, -5NL Firefly   Ki-54 C-47 HO4S (h-19)     Yak-3 C-119 F7F-3N     Yak 9p C-54 F9F-5     Yak-7 C-82 F2H-2, 2P     La-7 F-86A, E, F F3D-2     Ki-55 F-84E, G AD-2, -2Q     Mig-15 B-29A AD3, 3N,     Tu-2 B-26B, C, RB-26 AD-4, 4N, 4Q, -4W, -4L     La-9 RF-80A AD-4D drone controller     La-11? RF-86A, F F6F-5K drone       CCKW-353 6x6         M48 Patton           RF-51D         C-124         F-94B         RB-45C         OH-13         OH-23

I know I'm a bit late in the game...great list except...how did they get a M-48 Patton to fly!!!hehehehehe...

CS

Aaronw wrote:

carsanab wrote: Hey Charles....would like to join...let me think about a subject....I have the Huckbien on deck....technically the Mig 15 is the same plane....does that count??? Let me see what I find...remember I'm not a big jet fan....   CS   That's one of the great things about the period, jets were not completely dominant yet. Some late WW2 era (Mustang, Corsair, B-29, some Soviet prop Migs and Yaks) and just missed the war aircraft (Tigercat, Sea Fury, Neptune) were still active, it is also an interesting time for the helicopter (H-5, H-19) which was just starting to be recognized as a useful tool.

Thanks I looking into it...

B-29!!!..no big planes....not for a while...Mucker knows what I'm talking 'bout...

carsanab wrote:

Hey Charles....would like to join...let me think about a subject....I have the Huckbien on deck....technically the Mig 15 is the same plane....does that count??? Let me see what I find...remember I'm not a big jet fan....   CS

As much as I hate to say it, technicallythe Huckbein doesn't count...but like Aaron said, there are plenty of props in this one. Mustangs, Corsairs, even a bi-plane from the Russians.  

Charles...tell you what..put me down for a F9F...at least I know there wont be an crazy camo jobs on this build!!!!

Carlos