51fixer wrote:
N3Njeff wrote:
The close up shot of the access panel, you can see what looks to be wet splattered on it, I would assume the picture takers sweat???? Looks pretty real to me!
Probably oil splatters from lubing the canopy rails tp open the canopy which had been shut forever.
If you look closely you may see that there is actually no evidence that the canopy has been opened. In the image of the instrument panel, the forward frame of the sliding canopy can be seen opened only a couple of inches or so, as it is in all the other images. Note that the L/H side of the sliding canopy (in one of the images) "appears" to be intact, however, obviously the L/H side of the clearview transparency is broken with milky fragments. If it is real, the photographer may have simply put the camera through the broken clearview area to take the image of the instrument panel?
mike furline wrote:
One of the "gotta be CGI" posters claims that there's no way the prop and gearbox could have been torn out like that but leave the cowl panels intact. Any P-40 mechs here have any input?
I'm not saying it's "gotta be CGI", I'm just saying that in my personal opinion, I doubt it's real but hope I'm wrong.
Anyway... it's providing great entertainment.