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When Hollywood Ruled The Skies - Volumes 1 through 4 by Bruce Oriss


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PostPosted: Sun Feb 06, 2011 9:01 am 
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I look for the pics showing gun bays of early P-40. The gun mounts, ammo boxes, the looks of the bays. Wings and fuselage.
I'd be gratful for the photographs and for the info where to find them.

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PostPosted: Mon Feb 07, 2011 11:47 pm 
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The first two photos were sent to me some years back by the NMUSAF from their copy of 01-25CE-2 Handbook of Service Instructions Model P-40B and P-40C Pursuit Airplanes, 25 October 1941
As for the wing gun bays I been looking for a photo of the inside setup for years... the best I have is photo 3
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I am considering falling in love with You :).
BTW, do Yoy have pictures of the wheel wells of the IIWW period? All I have found is some LIFE shots and I wonder about configuration of the canvas (leather?) covers in the wells. The restored crafts seem to differ from what LIFE pctures suggest.

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PostPosted: Tue Feb 08, 2011 12:06 pm 
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greatgonzo wrote:
I am considering falling in love with You :).
BTW, do Yoy have pictures of the wheel wells of the IIWW period? All I have found is some LIFE shots and I wonder about configuration of the canvas (leather?) covers in the wells. The restored crafts seem to differ from what LIFE pctures suggest.

I will take a look through my longnose P40 photo stash

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Search google life with both "P40" and "Curtis Wright" (one "s") along with "Curtiss Wright" (two "s")

Also search http://www.criticalpast.com/ and http://www.britishpathe.com/ newsreel film archive (also search "Tomahawk")
Their goldmines of detail shots and have still frames from the films you can save if you do not mind a water mark

Im not sure if this would be any help for what your doing but I did a write up for modeler some years back... is out of date but does have a lot of detail notes

http://www.freewebs.com/p40-tomahawk/


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Thank You for the tips.

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