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Djordje Nikolic
Agree with everyone, clean and beautiful. P-40 was the early workhorse and you did it justice

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A little about the pilot Flight Leader Charles Older:
Charles Older joined the Flying Tigers in China with 3 Pursuit Squadron prior to the USA's entry into the Second World War. He had qualified as a pilot in the US Marine Reserves but resigned his commission to volunteer for the Flying Tigers. He was credited with 10 "kills" and by the end of the war was a Lt Col. In 1950 he flew B-26s on active duty during the Korean War.
In 1952 he studied law at the University of Southern California and became a judge in 1967, appointed by then governor, Ronald Reagan.
His most famous trial was that of Charles Manson.
He died in 2006 at the age of 88.

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Mark K
Beautiful!

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Wings, fuselage and cupola all together now. Next will be masking the canopies and fitting them. 🙂

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Canopies and masks attached (quite a lot of them!). Engine nose now attached. 🙂

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This will be one of two PR.XIXs that I will be building, one WW2 and one post war. 🙂

Robert Podkoński
Ditto!

Łukasz Gliński
Watching with envy, still haven't managed to get this set 👍

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Underside of fuselage painted Vallejo Model Air IJN Medium Grey. 🙂

Mr D
Looking good 👍👍

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This is the second of PR.XIXs that I will be building, the WW2 RAF version. 🙂

Robert Podkoński
I will follow your both builds with interest, Guy 😉

Stephen Lesley
Wow, what a spectacular scheme! This one snuck past me. One of my favourite trainer jets, a very capable aircraft.

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A man of action until the day he died, 2 Lt George Welch won the DSC for his actions at Pearl Harbour,Hawaii in a P40B Hawk on the day the Japanese attacked (Dec 7 1941). He shot down 3 Aichi Vals and a Mitsubishi Zero.
Flying a P-39 Airacobra, he shot down 2 Vals and a Zero on Dec 7 1942 (first anniversary of Pearl Harbour) in New Guinea.
Between 21 Jun and 2 Sep 1943 flying a P-38H, he shot down 9 Japanese aircraft, 2 Zeros, 3 Ki-61 Tonys, 3 Ki-43 Oscars and a Ki-46 Dinah.
Due to malaria, Welch's combat tours came to an end after 348 missions. He resigned his commission and became a test pilot for North American Aviation.
As an instructor for North American Aviation during the Korean War, he shot down several MIG 15s. As he was not officially flying in combat, his "kills" were distributed amongst his students.
After the Korean War he returned to testing. While flying a F-100 Super Sabre he became the first to break the sound barrier with this type of aircraft on May 25 1953.
On Oct 12 1954, test flying a F-100A-1-NA Super Sabre, his aircraft crashed during a 7G pull out at Mach 1.5. On arrival at hospital, he was pronounced dead.

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J35J
Excellent work with that old kit Guy! 👏🏼

Air no
Impressionnant, bravo !

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J35J
Joining, also have some miles in that plane. The heating system is quite interesting in the back, either terribly cold or flaming hot…😅
Looking forward to see the build!👍🏻

Finn
I'm in

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Jennifer Franklin
Very nice work!

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Mr D
Hi Guy the Knat was my 2nd kit when l started back Modeling, l was gifted the 1/72 Aircraft Spitfire and Gnat starter kits for Christmas.
The paint for the Gnat was horrendous!! So had to get a pot of Tamiya, l didn't really have any fine brushes so only painted X1 pilot. also one of the wheel covers disappeared into the carpet 🙄🤣, I had to make one out of scrap but came out good.
Those gifts got me back in to things.... The wheel cover turned up 4 months later 🤔

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@ Mr D: The main thing was it got you back into the hobby! I've really enjoyed the relaxation (and frustration) I have gained since coming back after many years. The carpet monster seems to frustrate us all!! 🙁

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Roberto Rocat
Lovely!

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My next 1/35 scale model will be an Airfix (ex Academy) Sherman. 🙂

Mr D
😲 wow....lots to build... nice project.. Enjoy 👍👍👍

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Made a start on the Sherman. Wheel sets put together and added to lower hull. Back and front panels added. Next is the start on the upper hull. 🙂

Welcome Mr D, pull up a chair. It looks a lot more parts than there actually are. There are a lot of parts not used, guess they're for other Shermans.

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David Taylor
The soldier that is standing to attention at the back dates back to when the guns were horse drawn. they did'nt change the roles so one soldier stood to hold the reigns

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