Canute
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Yes, USN didn't appreciate the Corsair and dumped it on the USMC. The higher landing speed needed experienced flyers coming aboard USS Boat. -
That camo website only helps for WW II. Post war will need good photos for anything else.
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Here is a website about camo schemes on these subs in US service. https://shipcamouflage.com/submarines.htm Subs were painted in Measure 9, a black over upper surfaces and Measure 10, which were gray uppers.
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Aren't they the French light infantry? Huge plumes on their shakos.
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Shipman, most definitely. He's one of the best.
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here's a build of Langley as CV-1: http://www.modelshipgallery.com/gallery/cv/cv-01/Langley-350-kk/index.htm he does some very nice work.
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I'm in too. Big, bent wing bird.
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Stretchers for the wounded?
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It does have an odor. Sort of like Bondo Spot Putty, the red stuff. I tried some Vallejo acrylic putty lately, which works well except it doesn't bond to some polystyrene plastics. Guess nobody was QCing the parts that day.
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Andy, what filler did you use on the roof joins. Looks good. Hard to think those queen post castings would ever match up.
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Doors or barricades, OC.
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Scharnhorst was a good looking ship and your model represents it so well.
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Quite a nice lineup you've worked out, OC. Will be a very nice dio when done.
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OK, OC. Trouser color was the difference then.
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Were the uniform jackets for the KGL and Rifles the same, OC?
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As a fixed wing, fast mover flyer, that was our opinion of the rotary wing set. But boy, did we pray like heck for a Jolly Green or one of his Army/Navy/Marine cousins to swoop in to save our bacon, if we got shot down. Thanks for being around, even if I never had to use them.😁
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That's just good management to hide the Butt chewings and broadcast the well-dones.
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Denis and anybody else, read "Shattered Sword" by Paschall and Tully. A very good study of Midway from the Japanese side. American authors, but they used a lot of more up to date Japanese writings to flesh out old studies done immediately post WW II. They bring out issues like Denis mentions, plus adding in the differences in training and operational doctrine. Very good read, mates.
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In AF fighters, both crew-members were officers, but we somewhat "beyond the pale", being a kind of rowdy bunch. Tough to get most into their blue suits. We lived in our goat bags aka flight suits. In the big jets, with both officers and enlisted in a crew, we were a little better mannered while on home station. In the air and while deployed, the ranks got blurred quickly. Non flyers couldn't fathom the comradery in us crew dogs. Not sure where AF helo basic was in later years. I think the mission aircraft training in Search and rescue worked out of Kirtland (Albuquerque) and Hurlburt (Florida Pan Handle).
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I'm sure you do. Sly like a fox! Was the Army flying these for what we in the AF would term Undergraduate helicopter Pilot training in the late 60s/early 70s?
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