A Couple Shots For You Diarama Gurus
Sat Sep 05, 2009 11:36 pm
B-17E engine change Australia 1942
P-40Ms 80th FG under one big f-ing tree Assam CBI 1943
Sun Sep 06, 2009 1:18 am
Cool pics! I've never seen a P-40M with the "skull face" before..just Ns.
SN
SN
Sun Sep 06, 2009 11:30 am
Steve,
Those Skull Head P-40s are from the 89FS/80FG based at Karachi, India, in 1943--that squadron painted all of their P-40s that way (Some one correct me if I am wrong, but I think the whole group painted their P-40s that way). See Squadron/Signal Publication "CURTISS P-40 IN ACTION" by Ernest R. McDowell. My copy has a Skull Head P-40 on the cover. The P-40 in Jack's photo, Number 46, an be found on page 50. The book has several photos featuring these airplanes.
TonyM.
Those Skull Head P-40s are from the 89FS/80FG based at Karachi, India, in 1943--that squadron painted all of their P-40s that way (Some one correct me if I am wrong, but I think the whole group painted their P-40s that way). See Squadron/Signal Publication "CURTISS P-40 IN ACTION" by Ernest R. McDowell. My copy has a Skull Head P-40 on the cover. The P-40 in Jack's photo, Number 46, an be found on page 50. The book has several photos featuring these airplanes.
TonyM.
Sun Sep 06, 2009 1:13 pm
I loved to see a B-17 named "Stinky", that is what it says right?
I have a car I call stinky, the previous owner was a heavy smoker and the car stank something horrible, but it was cheap.
Tim
I have a car I call stinky, the previous owner was a heavy smoker and the car stank something horrible, but it was cheap.
Tim
Sun Sep 06, 2009 1:45 pm
TonyM wrote:Steve,
Those Skull Head P-40s are from the 89FS/80FG based at Karachi, India, in 1943--that squadron painted all of their P-40s that way (Some one correct me if I am wrong, but I think the whole group painted their P-40s that way). See Squadron/Signal Publication "CURTISS P-40 IN ACTION" by Ernest R. McDowell. My copy has a Skull Head P-40 on the cover. The P-40 in Jack's photo, Number 46, an be found on page 50. The book has several photos featuring these airplanes.
TonyM.
Need to clear something up:
The airplane on the cover of my P-40 book was based at Karachi (according to the caption) for a time, but the Skull Head P-40 photos on page 49 and 50 appear to have been taken at Naggaghuli, Assam, just like the plane in Jack's photo.
TonyM.
Sun Sep 06, 2009 5:18 pm
Awesome, already made the engine hoist.
Id say its accurate to scale(1/144) and the diorama has come along way since this picture was taken.
Id say its accurate to scale(1/144) and the diorama has come along way since this picture was taken.
Mon Sep 07, 2009 2:45 pm
Steve Nelson wrote:Cool pics! I've never seen a P-40M with the "skull face" before..just Ns.
SN
I know they had P-40N-1's, that had the earlier canopy.
Mon Sep 07, 2009 2:46 pm
Steve Nelson wrote:Cool pics! I've never seen a P-40M with the "skull face" before..just Ns.
SN
I know they had P-40N-1's, that had the earlier canopy.
Mon Sep 07, 2009 5:15 pm
If it was a N-1 it would only have 4 .50's. If I remember correctly. I See 6 in the photo.
Tue Sep 08, 2009 9:44 am
TimAPNY wrote:I loved to see a B-17 named "Stinky", that is what it says right?
I have a car I call stinky, the previous owner was a heavy smoker and the car stank something horrible, but it was cheap.
Tim
Tim, my father's P-51 was named "Stinky".
