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Beautiful Rhino, with very realistic weathering, especially the keel area behind the burner cans. Well done! Mike

Nice build! A very historic airplane that still exists in a Finnish museum. Mike

I have color slides taken by my father, who was flying in the backseat of a USAF T-33A from Itazuke AB to Johnson AB Japan in 1955; the cockpit is clearly in interior green. Not sure if this helps, and I don't recall off the top of my head, when the change from interior green to grey cockpits took place. Betting one of our resident T-Bird experts will be able to help, Mike

I am making a guess here, Ed, that the reduction in the length of the cowling at the lip on later PBY's was done for the same reason as stated for B-17's and B-24's so the paddle blade props could be feathered without hitting the cowling. Early PBY's had 'toothpick' prop blades and ,later variants had paddle blade props. Mike

You might try Martin Kyburz's excellent Swiss Mustangs website: Martin was a regular contributor on the now extinct Mustang SIG. I hope this link will be helpful, but at the very least you will learn a lot about the Mustang in Swiss service. Mike https://www.swissmustangs.ch/

Roger that, my friend! Thanks for the heads-up! @Sweb thanks for sharing these! Mike

Makes sense, Bruce, as AV-8C's were AV-8A;s that were upgraded with RWR sensors, receivers, and countermeasures, improved avionics, and service life extensions. A total of 47 AV-8A's were converted, but I was unable to find a list with all the serials of those converted. Maybe one of our resident Harrier experts or a visit to the Harrier SIG might be helpful, Mike Here is a list of some of the known conversions I found on the internet: 158394 158395 158702 158965 158969 158972 158975

Outanding work, as everybody else has said; it's so hard to make an overall white model not look like a metal toy, but you have pulled it off. Well done. And, that is one BIG lawn dart! Mike

Yowzah! Museum quality in all respects, and looks ,more like a 1/48 kit; the SH Emils are the class of the field in God's Own Scale, in my opinion. Outstanding weathering and colors. Mike

Wow! What a pair! Beautiful models! Mike

It's a handsome old float plane, and you did a wonderful job- colors look spot-on and the weathering is very subdued and realistic for the scale...hai! Mike

I believe this is the P-38J in your photo; I found it on e 475th FG website; I was unable to find out the block number. Hope this helps! There was some discussion I read on a P-38 website that this Lightning might have been one flown by Charles Lindberg when he was with the 475th FG as an advisor with United Aircraft, but it was not confirmed.: 42-66553 'Strictly Laffs' Lt. Henry C. Toll 432nd FS Just now saw the post by GR when I posted this, which does not match the data from the 475th FG website where i found the information I posted. I have no idea which is correct. Is thus a great hobby, or what?

Wow! That one's going to leave a mark! These tired old Mk 1a memory banks aren't what they used to be, I'm afraid. Glad I was able to help in a small way, and I'm honored to have been involved in the topic discussion with so many heavy hitters! Is this a great hobby or what? Mike

Took an educated guess, as that's what my wife and friends call me!!

Yowzah! She's a beaut! Very striking colors and markings. Well done! Mike