Loki Posted March 7, 2013 Share Posted March 7, 2013 (edited) Artie, on 07 Mar 2013 - 15:15, said: In the same way of thinking, we shouldn't call "Mustang" a P51 because that's the name the Britons gave to the plane, instead of the original North American designation for the fighter....????? Cheers.... Where there even planes flying when "The Britons" were around? Ok ok ok.... Edited March 7, 2013 by Loki Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Learstang Posted March 7, 2013 Share Posted March 7, 2013 In the same way of thinking, we shouldn't call "Mustang" a P51 because that's the name the Britons gave to the plane, instead of the original North American designation for the fighter....????? Cheers.... Not quite, Artie, as the name "Mustang" was eagerly adopted by the Americans, as it had a much better sound to it than NA-73. In the same way the British name for the nose-gunned A-20's was adopted by the Americans; Havoc. Interestingly, the Soviets adopted the British name for the bomber/glass-nosed A-20's; Boston. Hmmmm, I suppose a long thread could be started (and undoubtedly already has been) on the subjects of aircraft nicknames - worst, best, strangest, etc. Regards, Jason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Learstang Posted March 7, 2013 Share Posted March 7, 2013 You're right, Jason......The spanish civil war era planes still give us some obscure subjects to build.....Specially the Republican ones, wich combined an absolute absence of information with a weird mixture of planes from lots of countries...Of special interest is the way the Grumman G23 came to Spain.....Do you like "gangster's movies"???????? Cheers..... Yes, the way some of the Spanish Republican aeroplanes wound up in Spain is rather interesting. I actually have a Grumman G-23 built up model somewhere in storage (actually a Canadian Car & Foundry Delfin - the licence-built version of the U.S. Navy Grumman FF-1, or "Fifi"). Regards, Jason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted March 12, 2013 Author Share Posted March 12, 2013 new green upper color, maybe it is better now... photos in daylight or even some sunshine are always better, but in lack of it, I hope these will do! some touch up necessary I noticed... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artie Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 Much better now for sure....!!!!! Please, note that the wheel wells were painted in the same underside colour or matt black....Light blue would be a good choice, unless photographic confirmation comes to hand..... You're doing a very nice work with that little gem.... Best regards..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jynski Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 Spot on. I may have to pull one out of the stash and build it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Learstang Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 Yes, that green looks much better now! Good job! Regards, Jason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 This is shaping up into a very attractive little build! Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UKscalemodeller Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 Looks great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinleeds Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 Very nice little donkey! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted March 17, 2013 Author Share Posted March 17, 2013 (edited) some more progress, hope to finish it soon Mosca already flying in their natural habitat, early spring sun, although somthing/someone 's still missing... a really nice little kit, Eduard! Edited March 17, 2013 by exdraken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted March 27, 2013 Author Share Posted March 27, 2013 ready to fly! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted March 29, 2013 Author Share Posted March 29, 2013 some more pics at: http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234937145-i-16-mosca-spanish-republican-air-force-ready-to-fly/ Cheers, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Maas Posted March 30, 2013 Share Posted March 30, 2013 In the same way of thinking, we shouldn't call "Mustang" a P51 because that's the name the Britons gave to the plane, instead of the original North American designation for the fighter....????? Cheers.... Actually Mustang is the original designation of the NA-73 in service, P-51 came along later (the original Mustang 1 never saw operation in the USAAF, the few the USAAF acquired were designated as XP-51's and used solely as test subjects). The Mustang was designed for the RAF, not for the USAAF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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