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  1. danbuoy
    Phew, that's great news!
  2. danbuoy
    Knew you wouldn't be disappointed, its a great book, and so many potential projects if you want something a little off the beaten track. Nice choice of formation monitor too. How will you tackle the triangles on the tail?
  3. danbuoy
    That looks really nice. Fancy doing this kit myself at some point.
  4. danbuoy
    Painted the weapons last night. First up, two tiny Thompsons; And the rest of the arsenal; Have also made a start on all the various boxes and bags that both vehicles will be festooned with.
  5. danbuoy
    I remember the Air Atlantique Dakotas. Its an attractive scheme. I like that control tower. Is it based on any one in particular? Looks very much like the one at Woodbridge.
  6. danbuoy
    I was surprised with the colour for the jerrycans as I thought they'd just be the same colour as the vehicles but it adds a bit more interest.
  7. danbuoy
    Man, that was tedious! Got the other sides to do next time! On the plus side, wheels are now all on!
  8. danbuoy
    From the assembly ships supplement in the Hacks book, there is the following updated information concerning NMF P-47 formation monitors;
  9. danbuoy
    My Hacks book has the following aircraft listed for the 381st; 2x B-17E (Little Rock-ette and Tug Pappy) The aforementioned P-47 formation monitor An L-4 (Fearless Fosdick) An A-35 Vengeance
  10. danbuoy
    According to my Assembly Ships book, 42-8442 was the formation monitor for the 381st.
  11. danbuoy
    £5? That's a bargain and no mistake! I'm quite enjoying all these "interruptions", so please continue, but I can at least report that my Thunderbolt's sprues have had a quick dunk in some warm soapy water in preparation for getting started!
  12. danbuoy
    Ah, I guess it must be in my book then, but I'd just not really noticed it. Probably distracted by yellow and black checkerboard, or polka dotted Liberators!
  13. danbuoy
    Mine cost me £60, which is apparently not a bad price. Didn't know it was potentially going to be reprinted, but it makes sense, its a sought after book.
  14. danbuoy
    I did wonder, as that Thunderbolt clearly still has its guns, whereas most (but certainly not all) hack/monitor P-47s had them removed. Good photo that, and a nice pic of the black and white airfield control Jeep too. As for flying over Germany in a red striped, unarmed B-17, I suppose by that point in the war, the Luftwaffe was conspicuous by its absence! Some interesting bits in that diary, certainly. I've recently finished reading my copy of "Mighty Men of the 381st", which is an excellent account of the day to day operations of an Eighth Air Force bomb group, written from the perspective of the chaplain.
  15. danbuoy
    Interesting, there are definitely both profiles and photos of "Little Rock-ette" in my Hacks book. Hopefully I can get more details on the other aircraft too, especially the P-47. So, do you think this Thunderbolt is in addition to the one used for formation monitoring?
  16. danbuoy
    Wow, rare to get any photo of a formation monitor P-47, let alone a colour one. I'll check my assembly ships book later, to see if there is a profile of the 381st one in there.
  17. danbuoy
    Yes, I heartily agree about it being one of the best group builds. It was, indeed, a really eclectic mix. I remember your wind farm, and there was also a card lighthouse amongst a whole myriad of water borne craft. There definitely needs to be a SSD 2! I think I just got carried away, probably thinking my Matchbox ships wouldn't take that long, which was bold as at that point I'd never built as much as a rowing boat before.
  18. danbuoy
    Just remembered, I also have a Scammell tank transporter, which would make a nice combo with the Churchill. Plenty of time to decide anyway!
  19. danbuoy
    Add me in for this please! Thinking either a Cessna O-2 Skymaster or a Churchill tank. My Super Jolly Green Giant is unfortunately just one year too late.
  20. danbuoy
    I visited Ridgewell in 2021, both the museum and airfield site. Despite living in Cheshire, I am trying to visit all of the former Eighth Air Force airfields, using the list in "Airfields of the Eighth Then and Now" as my guide. Out of those 68, I have visited 61, although one of these (Tibenham) was back in 2000, so my photos badly need updating! I did an airfield walk at Horham organised by Eighth in the East in 2014.
  21. danbuoy
    I will be joining in too, with 2 castaways from the Salty Sea Dog group build (which feels like an absolute lifetime ago!). I boldly entered into this GB with 3 Matchbox ships, then promptly added a fourth, then a Lindberg ship too. Only the fourth Matchbox and the Lindberg ended up being completed within the timeframe, with my Matchbox USS Indianapolis crossing the finishing line barely a week late. This leaves USS San Diego and USS Fletcher. Both have hulls complete, and the various sections of superstructure, and the turrets are assembled and painted, they just need finishing off, but motivation just seemed to evaporate once I got Indianapolis finished. The biggest stumbling block is the camouflage for both of them. The camo for Fletcher is irregular patterns over the hull and superstructure, which looks a bit fiddly, but its the camo for San Diego that I'm really not looking forward to. It consists of geometric patterns with straight edges. Masking this on the nice, flat sided hull should be OK, but its masking off the superstructure and turrets that looks like being a bit of a headache. Hopefully, this KUTA GB will give me the incentive to try and get them finished. Might not start until the New Year, as I'm in 3 other GBs at the moment which will all have finished by the end of the year. Of course, if I don't finish any of my 3 current builds, then that will be 2024's KUTA sorted!
  22. danbuoy
    Look forward to seeing this. Congratulations by the way, and enjoy your honeymoon! Hope you don't mind, but I had a look through my assembly ships book to see what options there are for natural metal formation monitors. There are more than I thought! 446th Bomb Group (Bungay) 453rd Bomb Group (Old Buckenham) 384th Bomb Group (Grafton Underwood) 303rd Bomb Group (Molesworth) 92nd Bomb Group (Podington) 305th Bomb Group (Chelveston)
  23. danbuoy
    Thanks, it's a nice kit, and due to needing another kit to get the missing cabin floor piece, I do have another in the stash! As I said in the original thread, this had been a project I'd wanted to do ever since getting that Hacks book. Was pleased with the result, and the Norseman is now sat amongst my various diecast Eighth Air Force models. Bertie on the other hand, is currently curled up on the bed!
  24. danbuoy
    Just checked my copy, and you're quite right, there are no captions for either cover photos. There is a nice photo of a Catalina in the Halesworth section.
  25. danbuoy
    The Catalinas were painted white all over. They came into use quite late on in the war but performed sterling service. A colour photo of one is on the back cover of Mighty Eighth in Colour. The airworthy Catalina that is based at Duxford is in 5th ERS markings, representing "Miss Pick Up", an OA-10 that was lost after being strafed by an Me 262 whilst sat in the North Sea during a rescue. The crew were adrift for about 4 days before being rescued by motor launches. The unfortunate P-51 pilot who they had been attempting to rescue eventually washed ashore and was captured by the Germans.
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