72modeler Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 If you're not fans of the FG- you should be! Here is a neat collection of P-47 and P-51 photos with nose art from the 4th FG website. You can sure see the pride the ground crew had in their charges on their faces in the photos. I hope you enjoy looking at them. Mike http://www.4thfightergroupassociation.org/nose-art-gallery.html 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackson Duvalier Posted January 18, 2020 Share Posted January 18, 2020 They were lucky to have such talented artists to customize their rides. I did a Tamiya Thunderbolt as "Wela Kahao" before I really understood the differences between the -C model and the early -Ds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smithy Posted January 18, 2020 Share Posted January 18, 2020 Both of Frank Speer's excellent books on the 4th ("The Debden Warbirds" and "Eighty-One Aces of the 4th Fighter Group" - both published by Schiffer) contain appendices on the nose art carried by the group and especially Don Allen's work, who was the 4th's exceedingly talented artist. A superb documentary called "Nose Art and Pin Ups" was made a few years back and contained a lot about Don and his work and interviews with him. Well worth watching if you can find it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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