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Already ordered Big Box Horton and eagerly waiting for 109K and Spitfire Vb from Kotare and Das werk ,Me Prototype.1101 . Other that that ICM will be releasing UH-60A in 1/35 and/or maybe Revell's Sea Hurricane 2c?

Impressive

Time for some German subject, or Italian Looking good Scott.

I like the presence of the toothbrush

`I hope I am not loosing my marbles, but this looks like fabric covering. I see it bowing into the cavity of the canopy frame. I should stop watching the news, it's getting harder and harder to distinguish what is real. I would love to get my hands on the Naval fighter book, which has been long gone/sold out, especially after the recent Skyhawk releases in all scales.

I am not saying you are wrong Hubert, that's not what I am tryin to do. ,,,it has been proven over and over that authors make or copy mistakes. I am just trying to get to the core of it, there's no lateral intention. For instance here is a very early production Skyhawk with the canvas in place.

Full size pictures from the storage manual.

If this is written in the book form Billy Jack Long, then he is wrong. Both pictures are showing well used operational airframes, with full marking. I believe those coverings are part of storage/cold weather package. Pending confirmation upon arrival of my SC-1 maintenance manual. Source of the first picture, Naval Air Material Center, Report #N-4759, Rev.-1, May 1948, "securing and Storage of seaplanes aboard Battleships and Cruisers " (This is not a Curtis corporate manual, based on the early production models, but official US Navy issue publication, using well worn, operational examples ) Location: US Naval Base Station Philadelphia, PA. Source of the second: unknown, dated 1949 decommissioned from USS Iowa, after years of service, making place for helicopters. And just to add some pictures. Here is a pair, still operational aboard Iowa, dated 1947