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On 6/12/2019 at 7:06 PM, 1to1scale said:

John, i can’t really tell prom your pic, but, before you paint, don’t forget you need to fill the rear canopy lines. 

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That has been done. Hard to hide 'em. :wacko: (But I overcame all that on all 5 of my other Hasegawa P-40 builds.);)

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On 5/25/2019 at 4:00 PM, Anthony in NZ said:

Excellent choice John!  This particular combat vet still survives at a property about 4 1/2 hours drive from me.  An elderly gent owns it along with another P-40E, Dh Mosquito, Mustang etc....  All in a big shed.  Unfortunately her wings are stacked outside, but you can se the battle repair patches still on her!

I will definitely be following along, I have thought of doing this particular bird too

Cheers Anthony

Wow! I'd sure like to see some photos if that is possible at some point.

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OK let me see what I can dig out.  I have some others of her in service that might be interesting.  John, do you plan on her scheme in the Islands or when she got back to NZ after the war?  

The ones of her in the 'shed' might be disappointing as she is tucked well away and there id no lighting.  The wings are outside and are better.

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6 minutes ago, Anthony in NZ said:

OK let me see what I can dig out.  I have some others of her in service that might be interesting.  John, do you plan on her scheme in the Islands or when she got back to NZ after the war?  

The ones of her in the 'shed' might be disappointing as she is tucked well away and there id no lighting.  The wings are outside and are better.

This one.

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Ok here we go...time for a photobomb.  Apologies if some have already seen some and also I cant credit all pics as some I have had for decades!

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This one looks doctored to highlight the Japanese flags

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Great photos Anthony! Thanks. I see I'm going to have to go back and paint the horizontal tail surfaces white. :)

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As I said, not very exciting...

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Cant remember which set of wings he said were Glorias (but they are her originals he said), pretty sure they were the lower ones.  Remember she had been repainted here so the original Grey is the one you want to look at not the duck egg blue-ish colour

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Also note again, Foliage Green was sprayed over the upper surfaces, so hard to see the original greens properly

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Repainted and faded roundels...

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Wheel well canvas liners...

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I thought I had some more of her in the Islands, will have another look as they are ptobably in a wrong folder somewhere!

Hope they are of some interest

Cheers Anthony

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10 minutes ago, JohnB said:

Great photos Anthony! Thanks. I see I'm going to have to go back and paint the horizontal tail surfaces white. :)

No don't do that John, that was when she arrived back in NZ and got repainted and displayed around the country, the gave her 'FE' Sqn codes as well, don't replicate those either 

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Hmmm. Is this one after a repaint? Looks like she had just returned from the field and hasn't been repainted yet. Tail looks white to me.

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5 minutes ago, JohnB said:

Hmmm. Is this one after a repaint? Looks like she had just returned from the field and hasn't been repainted yet. Tail looks white to me.

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Hmmm, good point!  Never noticed that before, thanks John! Upon reflection, yes of course as all the others were!

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