Relja

Thank you very much, jimmass and Gmat. Gmat, that's very useful information, I'll try to follow that ''lead".

Hi Dana Thank for your answer. Yes, I'm aware of the errors on the profile regarding the swept upper color, black lettering for the "U.S. Army" and the blue vertical stripe... Those details did raise my suspicion on the entire depiction. The part of the profile which is most intriguing for me is the combination of tail stripes and fuselage star insignia on P-40B (or "C") in early 1942, as they were on those photos of P-40E. Intriguing, because I could not find any photo evidence. That is not surprising because it was a very short period of time, not many P-40B/C were left in Hawaii and they were being replaced with "E" model, and I can only imagine the whole atmosphere in the weeks following the attack, I doubt that taking unnecessary photos was a wise thing to do.... and of course, not everything is posted on the Internet. However, someone drew this profile of this "P-40B" No. 55, I guess that he had some sort of reference...

Hello For some time I'm trying to find more information on this profile of P-40B... first thing - it is genuine? I hope I'm not braking any copyright rules, the source of the profile is 2001 issue of Scale Aircraft Modelling, Combat Colorus Number 4, Pearl Harbor and Beyond, December 1941 to May 1942, by H C Bridgewater and Peter Scott Anyway... 15th and 18th Pursuit groups were stationed in Hawaii on December 7, 1941. The profile is of P-40B, 18th Pursuit group, with the red-white stripes on the rudder, supposedly in January 1942. These stripes were removed from USAAF fighters during 1941, but they were briefly re-introduced in 1942 in the Pacific in order to have the USAAF aircraft marked similarly to US Navy ones. I have searched the Web, I have only found these images of 15th PG, dated early 1942. The model is P-40E, which were sent to Hawaii to replace the bulk of the P-40B/Cs which were destroyed during Japanese attack. My question is: is this marking scheme on the surviving Hawaii P-40B/C in January 1942 correct - rudder stripes in combination with the "red dot" national insignia on the fuselage? I have one extra 1/72 P-40B in my stash, without decals, and this profile looks interesting...

I hope it will be followed by a worthy parody, but it would be a difficult task to surpass "Hot Shots!"...

Folland Gnat?

Thanks... please keep on lobbying

Thanks Jan! Glad to hear about the Hawk! Have you considered a 1/72 Hurricane Mk. I with metal covered wings? I think that currently no one is producing it, there's a lot of Mk.IIs on the market...

Jan, these look great, and I hope P-36 debut today at "Pilsenkit" would be a big success . Just one question: the profile of post-Pearl Harbor P-36 flown by pilot Harry Brown carries two victory markings (two Japanese flags). I've seen the same profile over the years, but no photo of his P-36 with the two "kills". Is there a solid photo reference on this detail? And, when I saw the photos of the KP/AZ P-36 sprues I have regretted buying two old Heller/Smer/Mistercraft kits. they are just not worth the trouble anymore Regarding Spit Vc, which markings are in the plans? How about one 352 (Yugoslav) Squadron airplane?

Just a thought: have you ever considered to produce a SPAD VII in 1/72?

Please choose one of the H.75 A-1, 2 or 3, and not the A-4 version. They are much better looking (at least in my humble opinion), there are plenty of different colorful marking/emblem options, and they do have their share in WW2 history.

You have built a beautiful model, congratulations!

That's right. The guys from LiftHere! are using more than solid references from recently published books and magazines.

Hello The marking were changed over time: first, in August/September 1941 the white "Kosovo crosses" were removed, and some time later, the white rings were overpainted too. This is from an article published in "Military Museum Herald" in Serbian, by Predrag Miladinovic and Aleksandar Kolo.

I really hope they will release it in the near future.

Yes, but those photos are of sprues are for Vb, not Vc. Kits of Vc were always far more difficult to acquire than those of Vb.