Warbird Information Exchange

Hi Im looking for any pics or info on paint schemes of SNJ's that were aboard carriers such as the USS Wolverine or Sable in the early 40's.. Ive seen a few pics here and there and a few model pics on the site here but was wondering if someone could post those in this thread as I cant seem to find them anymore..also any info on paint schemes would be very much appreciated. Thank you. Its for a model display for a fellow modeler who recently passed on.. Thanks again..

I hope I'm not to late..just saw this post. A few years ago I was part of a project to build a 1/72 model of the Wolverine for the Kalamazoo Air Zoo. Well, master scratchbuilder Bill Waldorf built the ship, but our model club supplied the aircraft and figures. I built two SNJs..markings info wasn't easy to come by. Most photos show pretty "plain Jane" aircraft. Usually just the standard insignias, and a code on the side consisting of a letter J followed by dash and two-digit number. I found an old documentary with some color footage, and some appeared to have sections of the wing painted yellow. I used the summer 1943 red-bordered insignia, just because it made for a more colorful model. The only photos I found showed the old star-in-circle insignias or the late-war all blue star-and-bar. I thought I had some reference photos buried on my computer somewhere, but they may have fallen victim to the Great Hard Drive Crash of 2007.

Anyway, these are the models I came up with. The kits are from Academy..mostly stock, but with scratchbuilt tailhooks (and tailwheel guards) and I added scratchbuilt flaps to one.







Cheers!

Steve

interesting, thanks!

Bump!

Does anyone have photos of SNJs flown off the Wolverine or Sable?

I'm thinking of painting my SNJ in these markings (if I ever finish it...).