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F4F-3 BuNo 12290 in work at USS Midway Restoration Facility

Wed Jul 08, 2009 11:31 pm

12290 (with the help of unID'ed FM2) restoration in progress for USS Midway.

Enjoy,

Gary
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Thu Jul 09, 2009 9:31 am

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Last edited by Rob Mears on Thu Jul 09, 2009 9:35 am, edited 1 time in total.

Thu Jul 09, 2009 9:35 am

Rob,

Sure do check the thread list, should be on the first page.

Hope you enjoy!

Thu Jul 09, 2009 11:04 am

Fascinating. I see traces of 3 different stars 'n bars overpainted on that fuselage.

August

Thu Jul 09, 2009 11:43 am

Is there any plan to carefully sand back the fuselage paint to reveal previous markings? It would be great to see what the original markings were on this aircraft...

Lynn

Thu Jul 09, 2009 12:14 pm

That's a Lake Michigan bird, right? I never knew Coca Cola made radials!

Thu Jul 09, 2009 12:53 pm

whoops! Kim Jong IL did it!
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