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Historical Aviation Album volume XV 1977 indicates the YF-3 had T3A cameras in lieu of bombs American Aviation Historical Society Journal vol 35 no 1 Spring 1990 indicates : "The XF-3 , YF-3 and F-3A were modified production A-20 used as photo-reconnnaissance aircraft. cameras replaces guns in the nose and more cameras plus photo-flash bombs were carried in the bomb bay. 51 were modified and most were A-20J's and A-20K's" (F-3A) Douglas Havoc and Boston The DB-7 and A-20 series by Scott Thompson (Crowood Aviation Series) pg 59 "the turtledeck covering between the cockpit and gunner's compartment was partially replaced by a six-panel skylight and a fuselage window was added aft of the camera compartment. pg 60 (F-3A)"These aircraft for K-19B camera or an alternate installation of K-17 or K-22 cameras. Most F-3A's were assigned to operational units in the Ninth Air Force. known F-3A serials include 43-9876, 43-21457,21461,21581 and 43-22091/22093 and A-20K 44-71/72,44-194/198,44-342/347,44-365/370, 44-707/711 44-719/728 and 44-733/734 ** and no photos or drawings of any of this sorry if this couldn't be of more help to you , Larry but, at least it is something, Sincerely, Paul

Excellent ! well done ! I think it looks good enough to be in the movies

Sorry, I seem to have many ,but none for that unit

I have several aftermarket decals for 1/48 scale Airacobras - let me look through them and I will let you know if I have any.

is that by any chance the Monogram kit? I have one release of this kit and it has those markings.

Thank You SimonT ! you found what I was looking for. @ Lawzer I have used these on a couple of Spitfires (MK Vb,VIII,IX) with good results. (sorry no photos currently available)

I do know of one in .PDF format but cannot seem to find it on my computer or the link on the net.

yeah , I don't know how any model kit manufacturer can miss it ???

for my models of "Carol's Daddy" and "Mrs. Virginia" I am planning on stealing them from P-40 kits. looks like the angle of the spine might be close enough. but, I haven't actually done it yet so I can't guarantee it will work

tell me about it ! I much prefer the original (1981?) British miniseries for HHGTTG instead of the new movie version ; the movie deviated too much from the book series.

nice job on those kits. and Thank You for building these for veterans , that is a very nice touch

thank you for that link , JWM ! there are some good photos there, one I would like to colorize.

one other thing the others might not be considering... if viewing this on a modern HD computer monitor it's capable of a degree of brightness that was impossible in the 1940's filters were used in the 40's - they were for anti-glare purposes and were available in red or green if you really want to start a war start a new topic "Interpreting Soviet WWII colors from black-and-white photos" that will surely light a raging bonfire

nice vid , thanks for the tip (downloaded that one and part 2 !)

in the case of the Hellcat ; the Hasegawa (F6F-5) is very nice , but so is the ARII (F6F-3) for the Thunderbolt ...TAMIYA ; miles better than any other kit of the t-bolt. (if you want to do a late model P-47 (D-30,D-35,D-40) you will have to buy the P-47M kit) Lightning ? I agree with Jessica ; Academy or Hasegawa

I have 2 copies of Tamiya's PR IV / B IV kit and I am not using the rockets from them. you are welcome to them if you want them. they are what is shown in this photo : https://www.cybermodeler.com/hobby/kits/tam/images/tam_mosquitonf13_parts6.jpg

... you forgot "Impatient Virgin"

if you had one of the early issues of the ICM Yak-9 or Yak-7 it was necessary to get rid of the thick , heavy brown mold release agent the kits were bathed in. paint just didn't stick to it ; sometimes glue didn't either.

I was able to log in (after many attempts to remember my password ) maybe send Massimo an email ? or try registering a new username/password ???

P-40D is 4 wing guns Kittyhawk Mk 1 P-40E is 6 wing guns Kittyhawk Mk 1A ( just pointing out a typo)

Thanks for that link 72modeler ! lots of great images there , I will have to go back later when I have more time so see all of them.

whatever one better represents (dark) Olive Drab # 41

at the present time I happen to be working on a pair of 1989 re-issues of the MONOGRAM P-40C. one for the RAF and another for the AVG. I have built (or am building again) several of these classic 1/48th WWII planes over the years. 2 P-61's ,2 B-26 Marauders ,B-25J ,F4U-4N,Avenger,SBD,2 Hellcats,a Mustang,Spitfire IIA,2 bubbletop Thunderbolts,3 razorback Thunderbolts 2 P-38's ,3 Hurricanes 2 Typhoons and 5 P-39 Airaobras.

here is the correct link : http://www.ipmsstockholm.org/magazine/2004/02/stuff_eng_interior_colours_us_part2.htm

Thank You ,I found it useful even if no-one else did. and these photos prove that DFS was painted onto them before delivery to No.601 SQDN